panic attacks: passionflower, St. John's wort, tangerine oil

parturients (labor aids): see pregnancy section

pleurisy (inflammation of pleura, which is the lining of the chest around the lungs): vervain

PMS (prevention): evening primrose oil

PMS (treatment): evening primrose oil, chaste tree, skullcap, cf. nerves & specific symptoms

poison: dandelion (general), charcoal (first aid), gotu kola, jin yin hua, milk thistle, morning glory, plantain, white oak, cf. specific substance

postpartum depression: see depression

postpartum pain: black haw, crampbark, feverfew, dong quai, hawthorn, feverfew, milk thistle, wu wei zi, cf. pregnancy section

preventive: wu wei zi (general), selfheal (ulcers), melissa (general), echinacea (immune), vit C (immune), rosemary (muscle strain), oregano, elder, marjoram (colds), cf. immune system & colds & specific ailment

prostate: cleavers juice, pipsissewa, saw palmetto, evening primrose oil, borage, black currant

protection: rosemary, fennel, garlic, mullen, sage, St. John's wort, vervain, marjoram, holly, white cedar, cf. smudges

psoriasis see skin

phlegm: jasmine, coltsfoot, ginger, marshmallow, hibiscus (coughs), marjoram, thyme (coughs)

purgative: see Chi tonics