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 ...

Oranges, in Latin Ma∣lus Aurantia.

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value the Trees much, and keep them in their Gardens for a fine Shew, and some of them bring Fruit to Ma∣turity; but by reason of the Coldness of our Cli∣mate, the Product is no way suitable to the Charge. They are kept in Houses in the Winter-time, to defend them from the Injuries of the Weather: But they grow in great abundance in Sicily, Italy and Spain, and in other Places. The Flowers are much esteem'd for their good Smell, which they retain a long while. The distill'd Water of them is also very fragrant, and is not only pleasant, but use∣ful too against the Plague and Contagious Diseases. The Spaniards give it to Women in hard Labour, with a little Penny-royal-water. The Bark is more bitter, and therefore hotter than the Bark of Citron. Being candied, it kills the Worms in Children. It al∣so strengthens the Heart and Stomach, and is good for those Diseases Citrons are prescrib'd for. The Juice is not so sharp as that of Limons or Citrons, yet it is cooling, and tastes pleasantly. It creates an Appetite, and extinguishes Thirst; and therefore is of good use in Fevers. O∣ranges are excellent for cu∣ring the Scurvy. The Oyl press'd out of the Bark is of a fiery quality, as will appear to any one that shall press the fresh Juice near a Candle; for the Drops, like Dew, that fly out will flame and crackle, just as if the Powder of Sulphure were flung upon the Flame. Some think that the Bark so press'd into the Eyes clears the Sight. Neck-la∣ces and Bracelets, to num∣ber the Prayers, are made of small Oranges that fall off; and they smell very pleasantly. The Seeds kill the Worms in Children. The Seeds being set in the Earth, little Trees spring for a Year, which are eaten in the manner of Sallets; they taste very pleasantly, and strengthen the Sto∣mach, and create an Appe∣tite. For the Worms, Take an Orange, bore an Hole in it, and press out the Juice; then fill it with e∣qual parts of Oyl of Flax,

the Juice of Wormwood, and Rue, adding a little Treacle, and Flower of Lupins, and let them boyl a while: Anoint the Pulse, the Temples, the Nostrils, and the Navel with this Linament, and you will find wonderful Success. Conserve of Oranges is made in the following man∣ner: Take what quantity you please of the yellow Peel of Oranges, beat them well in a Stone-Mortar, and add thrice the weight of Fine Sugar; beat it up to a Conserve: This is good for a cold Scurvy, and for Pains and Wind in the Stomach. Syrup of O∣ranges is made in the fol∣lowing manner: Take of the Juice strain'd, and cla∣rified by standing, one Pint; of White Sugar clarified, and boyl'd up to the Con∣sistence of Tablets, two Pounds; let it just boyl up, and so make a Syrup. O∣range-water is made in the following manner: Take of the yellow Peel of half an Hundred of the best fresh and well-colour'd O∣ranges, infuse them four or five Days in three Quarts of Sack and two Quarts of Nants-Brandy; put a Pound of Loaf-Sugar into it to sweeten it.