Bay-tree, in Latin Laurus.
A Decoction of the Bark, Berries and Leaves makes a good Bath for the Diseases of the Womb and Bladder. The
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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- 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 June 7, 2024.
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Berries are very effectual against all Poison of ve∣nomous Creatures, and the stinging of Wasps and Bees, and also in the Plague, and infectious Diseases; and therefore are an Ingredient in the London-Treacle. They procure the Courses; and 'tis said that seven of the Berries taken inwardly, will hasten Delivery, and expel the After-Birth. Be∣ing made into an Electua∣ry with Hony, they cure old Coughs, and Shortness of Breath, and stop Rheums; they expel Wind, and pro∣voke Urine, and comfort the Stomach. The Oyl which is made of the Ber∣ries is very useful in cold Diseases of the Joints and Nerves. The Electuary of it is frequently used in Cly∣sters, to expel Wind, and to ease the Pain of the Cholick. So do the Berries themselves.
A Clyster for the Cho∣lick.
Take of the Leaves of Mercury, Marsh-mallows, Pellitory of the Wall, each one Handful; of the Flow∣ers of Camomil one Dram; of the Seed of Caraways, Cumin, of Bay-berries pow∣der'd, each one Ounce; boyl them in clear Posset-drink, to three quarters of a Pint of the Liquor strain∣ed: Add three Ounces of Mercurial Honey, (which see among the Vertues of Mercury) of Hiera Picra two Drams. Make a Cly∣ster.