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But another Pellitory, which is more widely used because of its pungent efficacy in relieving toothache, and in provoking a free flow of saliva, is a distinct plant, the _Pyrethrum_, or Spanish
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Philipendula, and as much Pellitory of the Wall, two ounces of sweet
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Gerard says this _Pyrethrurn_ (Pellitory of Spain, or Pelletor) "is most singular for the surgeons of the hospitals to put into their unctions _contra Neapolitanum morbum_, and such other diseases that are cousin germanes thereunto."
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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The _Parietaria_, or Pellitory of the wall, is named Lichwort, from growing on stones.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Chew the root of _Pellitory of Spaine_, often in the mouth.
A Book of Fruits and Flowers Anonymous
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The tincture made from the dried root may be most helpfully applied on cotton wool to the interior of a decayed tooth which is aching, or the milder tincture of the wall Pellitory may be employed for the same purpose.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Take two Quarts of Brandy, of Balm, of Wood-Betony, of Pellitory of the
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A plant belonging to the order of Nettles, the Pellitory of the Wall, or Paritory -- _Parietaria_, from the Latin _parietes_, walls -- is a favourite Herbal Simple in many [424] rural districts.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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For inflamed eyes I was told the following is infallible: the juice of Wall Pellitory mixed with a little salt.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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Trajan, from which the people in jest named him "The Pellitory of the wall."
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851
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