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2 Polypod. radix (I.) Expectoration of mucus. Giddi-
3 ness, with obscurity of vision.
4 Portlandia hex AXDitA — the French Guiano-bark was
5 erroneously supposed to be contained in Warburg’s fever drops.
6 Portulacca Oleracea — is cultivated in the Punjab. Its
7 seeds are used by the Hakims in inflammations of the stomach,
8 and in intestinal ulcerations, etc.
9 Portul. semina (I.) Anorexia. Diarrhoea. Thirst.
10 Posoq.u eri a dumetorum, v. Gardenia dumetorum.
11 Potamogeton natans — has been recommended (in infusion
12 and cataplasm) against calculi and dysury.
13 Potassa CARBONiCA, v. Kali carbonicum.
14 Potassa fusa — is said to cure stricture of the urethra.
15 Potass.® acetas — dissolved in water, is recommended ex-
16 ternally in various cutaneous diseases.
17 Potass® chloras, v. Kali oxymuriaticum.
18 Potassii Ferrocyanidum, v. Kali ferrocyanicum.
19 Potassii Sodidum, v. Kali hydriodicum.
20 ♦Potentilla Tormentilla, v. Tormentilla.
21 ♦Primula veris. Herba paralysis— the Cowslip, though once
22 highly celebrated for its narcotic, nervine and anodyne virtues,
23 has long fallen into disrepute with the faculty; but is still em-
24 ployed as a medicine, by the rustics. (British Flora Medica.)
25 Prosopis spicigera — is a tree which grows at Lahore;
26 not any part of which is used medicinally. I tried its pod.
27 Prosop. spicig. siliqua (I.)
28 ♦Prunella vulgaris ( affinis species) — grows in Cashmere
29 as well as in Europe, where it is no longer officinal, though it
30 continues to be so in the East.
31 Prunell. /lores (I ) Colic. Salivation with pain in the
32 joints. Vomiting.
33 ♦Prunum — the fruit of Primus domestica. Dried plums are
34 sent from Cabul to Lahore; where they are much used by the
35 native doctors, to quench thirst in fevers, to arrest diarrhoea,
36 to purify the stomach, and to drive off* unhealthy bile. The
37 Hakims fancy that plums affect the head, and consider confec-
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