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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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 June 15, 2024.
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Cumin, in Latin Cumi∣num.
The Seed of it re∣solves
and discusses Wind;
and therefore is good in the
Cholick, for a Timpany▪
and a Vertigo. Taken in
Sweet Wine, it relieves
those that are afflicted with
a Difficulty and Heat of
Urine. Boyl'd with Figs,
in Wine, it cures a Cough,
and cleanses the Breast.
'Tis conveniently baked
with Bread, for it helps
Concoction, and dissipates
Wind. But the frequent
use of it, in a large quanti∣ty,
renders the Counte∣nance
pale. It cures a
Stinking Breath. The Chy∣mical
Oyl of it is excellent
for Wind, and Uterine Dis∣eases.
An Empirick had
mighty Success by pouring
some Drops of it upon a
Toast, and applying it to
the Navel. 'Tis sown in
abundance in the Island of
Melita. The Plaster of
Cumin of the London-Dis∣pensatory
is made in the
following manner: Take
of the Seeds of Cumin,
of Lawrel-berries, and
Yellow Wax, each one
Pound; of Rosin of the
Pine two Pounds, of com∣mon
Rosin two Pounds,
of Oyl of Dill half a
Pound; mingle them, and
make a Plaster. 'Tis good