Decoction of Parsley

Documented historical use

The extracted preparation passage does not state a specific intended use. Related use records, when shown above, come from separate same-plant documentation.

Preparation summary

Materials as extracted

• a handful of curled parsley, wash it, bruise the stalks and boil for ten minutes; then pick out the stalks, chop the leaves very fine, put back into the water, boil for another ten minutes, strain and serve as a hot drink, taking a small wineglassful at intervals
• a handful of parsley, a little scraped horseradish root, mince and pound and then add 1 pint of boiling water

Method as extracted

1. Take a handful of curled parsley, wash it, bruise the stalks and boil for ten minutes; then pick out the stalks, chop the leaves very fine, put back into the water, boil for another ten minutes, strain and serve as a hot drink, taking a small wineglassful at intervals.
2. Put a handful of well chopped parsley into a warmed teapot, pour boiling water upon it, let it stand a few minutes, then strain and serve.
3. Take a handful of parsley, a little scraped horseradish root, mince and pound and then add 1 pint of boiling water.

Preparation

Decoction

Route

Internal use

Plant part

Root · Leaf · Fruit

Primary-source transcription

Take a handful of curled parsley, wash it, bruise the stalks and boil for ten minutes; then pick out the stalks, chop the leaves very fine, put back into the water, boil for another ten minutes, strain and serve as a hot drink, taking a small wineglassful at intervals.

Parsley Tea.

Put a handful of well chopped parsley into a warmed teapot, pour boiling water upon it, let it stand a few minutes, then strain and serve.

Parsley Tea (alternative).

Take a handful of parsley, a little scraped horseradish root, mince and pound and then add 1 pint of boiling water. A few young onions, lemon juice and oil can be added to modify the flavour if preferred.

The pear is not much used for simple beverages. In the countries where this fruit grows plentifully an intoxicating drink known as perry is made which closely resembles cider and by many is preferred to it.

Safety and interpretation

Toxic / do not self-use. Historical ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk, terminology and route may differ from modern practice. This archive record is educational and is not dosage or treatment guidance.

• Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
• Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
• The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.

Source record

The Healthy Life Beverage Book by Various. Published 1930. paragraph-388.

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