The compleat herbal of physical plants containing all such English and foreign herbs, shrubs and trees as are used in physick and surgery ... : the doses or quantities of such as are prescribed by the London-physicians and others are proportioned : also directions for making compound-waters, syrups simple and compound, electuaries ... : moreover the gums, balsams, oyls, juices, and the like, which are sold by apothecaries and druggists are added to this herbal, and their irtues and uses are fully described / by John Pechey ...

White-Poppy, in Latin Papaver album.

The Seeds are used in Emulsions. The best Diacodium is made of the Heads and Seeds in the following man∣ner: Take fourteen Oun∣ces of the Heads of White-Poppies well dried, infuse them twenty four Hours in eight Pints of Fountain-water, boyl them well, then press them out, and put a Pound and an half of Sugar to the Liquor, then boyl it to a Syrup.

The Juice of Poppies thicken'd is called Opium: I mean, that which flows out of it self, the Head be∣ing cut; for the Juice that is press' out is called Me∣conium, which is much weaker than Opium. The Turks sow White-Poppies in Fields, as we do Wheat; and every one carries some about him in War and Peace. A certain Jew de∣clar'd, that forty Camels laden with it come yearly from Paphlagonia, Cappado∣cia, Galatia and Cilicia. A Turk can take a Dram at a time without any Injury. The best Opium is bitter and hot, and of a yellow Colour: It recreates the Spirits, and provokes Ve∣nery. Liquid Laudanum is made in the following manner: Take of Spanish Wine one Pint, of Opium two Ounces, of Saffron one Ounce, of Cinnamon and Cloves powder'd, each one Dram; infuse them together in B. M. for two or three Days, till the Liquor has a deep Tincture; strain it, and keep it for use: The Dose is sixteen Drops. Matthews's Pill is made in the following manner: Take of Salt of Tartar, prepar'd with Niter, four Ounces; of Oyl of Tur∣pentine eight Ounces; mix them, and let them stand in a moist and cold place eight, nine or ten Months, or more, till the Salt has taken up thrice its weight of Oyl, and is become one thick Mass, like Soap; in the mean time you must stir it often, and add the Oyl as it incorporates: Take of this Soap six Oun∣ces, of the best Opium two Ounces, of Black and White Hellebore powder'd, and of Liquorish, each two

Ounces; mix them exact∣ly, adding as much Oyl of Turpentine as is sufficient to make a Mass for Pills, which must be kept moist with Oyl of Turpentine: The Dose is ten Grains. The Opiat-plaster is made in the following manner: Take of the Great Diachy∣lon four Ounces, of Quick-silver two Ounces, of O∣pium one Ounce; mingle them according to Art. This is good to ease Pain.