CHAP. 43.—OIL OF LAUREL: NINE REMEDIES.
As to oil of laurel,[3016] the fresher and greener it is, the more valuable are its properties. It is of a heating nature, and is consequently applied, warm, in a pomegranate rind, for paralysis, spasms, sciatica, bruises, head-ache, catarrhs of long standing, and diseases of the ears.