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ptisan
[ tiz-uhn, ti-zan ]
noun
- a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
ptisan
/ ɪˈæ /
noun
- grape juice drained off without pressure
- a variant spelling of tisane
Word History and Origins
Origin of ptisan1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ptisan1
Example Sentences
A Ptisan of Liquorice Root only has sometimes answered better than any other.
The same Method is to be continued on the following Days as on the first; but as it is of Importance to keep the Body open, he should take every Morning some of the Ptisan Nº.
Whenever their Inflammation is very considerable; when there are a great many of them at once, and they prevent the Patients from sleeping, it becomes necessary to enter them into a cooling Regimen; to throw up some opening Glysters; and to make them drink plentifully of the Ptisan, Nº.
I ordered him immediately to Stillness and Repose, and I advised him to drink a Ptisan of Barley sweetened with Honey, in a plentiful Quantity.
The Humours ought to be diluted, and their Acrimony or Sharpness should be diminished, by a very plentiful Use of a Ptisan of 42 Burdock Roots Nº.
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