10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICRA»
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Ayurvedic materia medica for domestic use
HIERA PICRA The words signify, Holy Bitter, from xepoC,, holy, and uxpoC,, bitter
. It is a well known domestic remedy, chiefly used in female obstructions, and is
prepared by mixing together a pound of hepatic alles, and three ounces of white
...
(56) The hiera picra —hiera meaning 'divine' and picra 'bitter'40 Mastic, saron,
Indian spikenard, balm seeds, balm twigs, asarabacca, cassia, and cinnamom
one dirham ofeach; aloe sixteen dirham. A potion (may be made by using) two ...
Hibaẗ Allâh ibn Ṣāʻid Ibn al-Tilmīd̲, Oliver Kahl, 2007
3
The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ...
Stb, Ebced oil, which, united to the picra, resinoid, extractive, and oxygen, is
rendered soluble in various menstrua. Qtb, Aroma, of a peculiar nature, very
fugitive. . lotb, Waarlysibre, finally decompofible intr. oxallic acid. llt/J, Acid not
vegetable, ...
4
Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal
8th, Fixed oil, which, united to the picra, resinoid, extractive, and oxygen, is
rendered soluble in various menstrua. 9th, Aroma, of a peculiar nature, very
fugitive. 10th, Woody fibre, sinally decomposible into oxallic acid. Wth, Acid not
vegetable, ...
5
On the Diseases of Females: A Treatise Describing Their ...
Aloes is generally considered to be a bad medicine in these cases, but the hiera
picra, (it is a mixture of aloes and white canella bark,) long the old woman's
remedy, has certainly been serviceable. The following case may be given as
worthy ...
6
A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
See the article Hiera Picra. PICRIS, Lague de beus, in botany, a genus of the
syngenesia-polygatnia-æqualis class of plants, the compound flower of which is
imbricated and uniform, with equal and numerous hermaphrodite co- rollulæ ; the
...
7
Every man his own farrier: or, the whole art of farriery ...
Hiera Picra. pot, and stir the mixture constantly, until it be burnt into a matter of a
grey colour^ which is then to be removed from the fire, ground into powder, and
put into a coated crucible. Lute to this crucible another inverted over if>
perforated ...
8
The World of Pharmacy and Pharmacists in Mamlūk Cairo
laʿūq al-buzūr seeds confection laʿūq al-ʿunāb laʿūq al-buzūr iyāraj fiqrā sādij
jujube confection seeds confection plain hiera picra habb ayārij habb ayārij fiqrā
hiera pill hiera picra pill habb al-sabr habb al-qūqāyā habb al-shabyār aloe pill ...
9
The Gentleman's and London Magazine: Or Monthly Chronologer, ...
HIERA PICRA. TAKE of Sucotrine-aloes finely powdered, a quarter of a pound,
Winter's bark finely powdered, three quarters of an ounce, mix them together.
Tiuaure os HIERA PICRA. STEEP an ounce of Hiera Picra, made as above
directed, ...
10
Every man his own farrier, or, The whole art of farriery ...
Jer; Virginian snakeroot, and ginger, each Sals an ounce, in powder; atix them
together* Hiera picra, thus prepared, is an excellent jnedicine for the stomach j
particularly where the stomach is weak, and the corn he eats passe* away ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICRA»
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Historic 'cure-all' recipe book of 18th century aristocrat beats Delia
For gout she offered powdered Hiera Picra (aloes and canella bark), and blood-red cochineal insects dissolved in 'the best red port'. «Western Daily Press, Feb 14»
