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 ...

The Rose, in Latin Rosa.

There are several sorts of Roses: The Red Rose, the Damask-Rose, the Damask-Province-Rose, the Dog-Rose, the Pimpernel-Rose, the Greater Apple-Rose, the Sin∣gle Cinnamon-Rose, the Dou∣ble Cinnamon-Rose, the Wild Briar, or Muscovy, the Virginian Briar-Rose, the White Rose, the Musk-Rose, the Ever-green Rose, the Sin∣gle Yellow Rose, the Double Yellow Rose, the Monthly Rose, the Monday-Rose, the Franc-fort-Rose, the Hungarian Rose, the York and Lancaster.

The Red Rose is astrin∣gent, and bitter: It com∣forts the Heart, and strengthens the Stomach. It cures the Whites, and an immoderate Flux of the Courses. It stops Erupti∣tions of the Blood, and Fluxes of the Belly. A Decoction of it is used for the Head-ach, and Pains in the Eyes, Ears, Throat and Gums. The distill'd Wa∣ter of it is Cordial, and re∣freshes the Spirits. The fol∣lowing Medicines are made of Red Roses: 1. The Vi∣negar of Roses, which, mix'd with the distill'd Water, is good for Redness or Inflammations of the Eyes; and is used to bathe the Temples in the Head-ach, and to procure Sleep. 2. Aromaticum Rosatum; which is Cordial. 3. Con∣serve of Roses; which is much in use for stopping Catarrhs, and Running of the Reins, and Fluxes of the Belly. 'Tis made in the following manner: Take of Red Roses one Pound; they must be ga∣ther'd in a dry Season, be∣fore they are quite spread; clip off the yellow Bottoms, beat them well in a Stone-Mortar, till they come to a Mass, like a Pulp; then add two Pounds of White Sugar, beat it with the Ro∣ses till it is well mix'd; then put it into a Pot, co∣ver'd only with a Paper, and let it stand in the Sun a Fortnight or three Weeks, stirring it once or twice a Week. Take of Conserve of Red Roses Vitriolated four Ounces, of the Ele∣ctuary of Sassafras one Ounce, of Olibanum pow∣der'd one Dram, of Diaco∣dium a sufficient quantity; make an Electuary: Take the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening. This is excellent for stopping Tickling Coughs. 4. The Tincture of Roses, made in the following manner, is commended for a Rheu∣matism: Take of dried Red Roses one Ounce, of warm Water three Pints, of Spirit of Sulphure, or Vitriol, one Dram and an half; infuse them six Hours; to the strain'd Li∣quor add half a Pound of White Sugar: Take a Draught twice or thrice a Day. 5. Strain'd Hony of

Roses; which is good to wash the Mouth and Throat when they are sore, or any other Part. 6. Su∣gar of Roses; which is good for Coughs. 7. Sy∣rup of dried Roses; which is much in use, and is, in∣deed, an excellent Medi∣cine: It comforts the Heart, re••••••••s Putrefaction and stops Fluxes of all sorts. 'Tis made in the following manner: Take two Quarts of hot Water, infuse in it half a Pound of Red Ro∣ses, dried in the Sun; the next Day press it out, and with two Pounds of Sugar make a Syrup. 8. Oyl of Roses. 9. Electuary of Ro∣ses. 10. Ointment of Ro∣ses. Of Damask-Roses are made Syrup of Roses Solu∣tive, a distill'd Water, A∣loes Rosat, and Hony of Roses Solutive. The Sy∣rup is much in use, and is made in the following man∣ner: Take of hot Foun∣tain-water two Quarts, of fresh Damask-Roses as ma∣ny as the Water will con∣tain; infuse them in a close Vessel twelve Hours, then press it out, and heat the Liquor again, and put the Roses in as before, and in∣fuse them again; and so do three or four times, in∣creasing the Quantity of Ro∣ses as the Liquor increases; then add to six Parts of the Liquor, four Parts of Su∣gar, and make a Syrup ac∣cording to Art. It purges gently: It may be taken, from one Ounce to four. Hony of Roses Solutive is also Purging and Opening, and is often given in Cly∣sters; and so is the Syrup. See Eglantine, or Sweet-Briar.