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 ...

White Round Pepper, in Latin Piper Rotundum Al∣bum.

There is no diffe∣rence betwixt the Plants, as there is none betwixt the Vines that bring White and Red Grapes. All sorts of Pepper heat, provoke Urine, concoct and discuss, being taken inwardly; and used outwardly, they take off the Shaking Cold Fit of Agues, and are good for the Biting of Venomous Creatures. Pepper hastens Delivery, and is suppos'd to hinder Conception, be∣ing applied after Copula∣tion. 'Tis good for Coughs, and all Diseases of the Breast. Mix'd with Ho∣ny, 'tis best for a Quinsie. It takes off the Gripes, be∣ing taken with the tender Leaves of Laurel. It draws Flegm from the Head, be∣ing chew'd with Raisins; and it excites Appetite, and helps Concoction. Mix'd with Pitch, it discusses King's-Evil Swellings, and is good for Cold and Crude Stomachs. There is a great difference betwixt Taking of it whole, and in Pow∣der; for the Powder causes the Hickups, and inflames all the Bowels: They there∣fore that take it to help their Stomachs, should swal∣low it whole. And it is best to season Bak'd Meats with Whole Pepper; for when it is powder'd it sticks to the Coats of the Stomach, and occasions in some Constitutions the Heart-burning, and the Hickups. 'Tis used out∣wardly

in Gargarisms, and Sneezing-Powders. It takes off the Pain of the Teeth, and asswages the Swelling of the Uvula, and is good for cold Diseases of the Nerves. Pepper, and the Oyl of it, is mightily com∣mended for Quartan-Agues, by several good Authors. Oyl of Pepper outwardly used, is an excellent Reme∣medy for a Palsie. Not only the Berries, which are properly call'd Pepper, are so biting, but also the whole Plant. The Indians use Long Pepper in Ointments, for Pains of the Members proceeding from Cold, and against Poysons, and for Giddiness of the Head, Ca∣tarrhs, and Dimness of Sight, with good Success. The Common Sort of Peo∣ple in India use, when their Stomachs have been a long while weak, to drink Wa∣ter wherein a good quanti∣ty of Pepper has been in∣fus'd: And they draw a very fiery Spirit from fresh Pepper, which they use for the same purpose. Pepper with a cluster'd Tail, and Long Oriental Pepper, have much the same Virtues with these describ'd. Take of Malaga-Sack three Pints, of Rue, Ginger and Long-Pepper cut, each two Drams; of Nutmegs one Dram; boyl them to the Consumption of a third part; strain it, and add two Drams of Venice-Trea∣cle, and one Dram of Mi∣thridate, and four Ounces of strong Angelica-water; mingle them: The Dose is, one Spoonful at a time for Preservation against the Plague, and three at a time to cure it.