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 ...
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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 ...
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Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
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London :: Printed for Henry Bonwicke ...,
1694.
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Subject terms
Herbs -- Early works to 1800.
Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53912.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
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Straw-berry, in La∣tin
Fragraria.
The Fruit
cools and moistens. The
distill'd Water of it com∣forts
the Heart, purges the
Blood, and cures Ulcers of
the Mouth; and is good
in a Quinsie, the Mouth
being gargled with it. 'Tis
Diuretick, and expecto∣rates.
Those that are trou∣bled
with hot Pushes in the
Face, or a dry Itch in the
Body, should take two
Spoonfuls of the Water
every Morning. The same
quantity, at the same time,
is good for those that have
the Stone; for it cools the
Reins, and expels Gravel.
A Decoction of the whole
Herb is very good for the
Jaundice. Take of the
descriptionPage 178
Waters of Wood-Sorrel, of
the whole Citron, of Straw∣berries,
each four Ounces;
of the Syrup of the Juice
of Citron one Ounce, of
Prepar'd Pearls one Dram;
make a Julap: Take four
Spoonfuls three or four
times a Day. This is good
in Fevers, to attemperate
the Blood.
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