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 ...

Tobacco, in Latin Ni∣cotiana.

It resists Putrefa∣ction, provokes Sneezing; is Anodyne, Vulnerary, and vomits. Being smoak'd, it stops Catarrhs, disposes to Rest, takes off Weariness, and suppresses Mother-fits, and is a good Preservative against the Plague. A Gar∣garism of it cures the Tooth-ach, and dissolves Tumours of the Uvula. A Bath of it, or the green Leaves applied, cure a Le∣prosie, the Itch, and Lice: It heals Wounds, and cleanses Ulcers, and cures Burns. The Smoaking of Tobacco strengthens the Stomach, helps Conco∣ction, and gently moves the Belly: But it is not good for People of an hot Constitution. The Pain of the Teeth is cured, by stopping those that are hol∣low

with Calcin'd Tobac∣co. For the Palsie, Take the green Leaves, and in∣fuse them in Malaga-Wine, and rub the Parts well with it after Sweating. This is the best outward Remedy for a Palsie. A Noble∣man that was extreamly fat, was reduc'd to an or∣dinary Size, by chewing Tobacco; which also does good in an Asthma. 'Tis of great use in Camps, where there is, many times, Scarcity of Victuals; and Cholicks, and the like. The Fume of Tobacco blown up into the Bowels, is a most effectual Clyster in the Cholick. It also cures Mother-fits, and Fainting, being blown up∣on the Matrix.