The English physitian, or An astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself being sick for three pence charge, with such things only as grow in England ... / by Nich. Culpeper.
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- The English physitian, or An astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself being sick for three pence charge, with such things only as grow in England ... / by Nich. Culpeper.
- Author
- Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by Peter Cole,
- 1652.
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- Subject terms
- Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
- Materia medica.
- Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800.
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"The English physitian, or An astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself being sick for three pence charge, with such things only as grow in England ... / by Nich. Culpeper." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35365.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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Page 58
Childern, cutteth and avoydeth tough flegm purgeth the head, helpeth the Lethargie, is a good preservative against, a remedy for any Plague sore, or soul Ulcer: taketh away spots and blemishes in the Skin, easeth pains of the eares ripeneth and breaketh Impestumes or other swelling: And for all these diseases the Onyons are also effectual; But the Garlick hath some more peculiar vertues besides the former: Vi•• It hath a speciall quality to discuss the inconveniences coming by corn pt Agues or Mineral Vapours or by drinking corrupt and stinking waters; As elso by taking of Wolf∣bane, Henbane, Hemlock, or other poysonfull and dangerous herbs. It is also held good in Hydropick diseases, the Jaundice, falling∣sickness, Cramps, Convulsiers, the piles or Hemorrhoids or other cold diseases.
My Author quotes here many ••••••ases this is good for, but conceals it services: its heat is very vehement, and al vehement hot things send up but ill favor'd vapors to the brain; in chol∣lerick men 'twil ad fuel to the fire, in men op∣pressed by melancholly t'wll attenuate the humor and send up strange sancies and as strange visions to the head, therfore let it be ta∣ken in wardly with great moderation, outward∣ly you may maken •••••• bold with it.
Mars owns the herb.
Notes
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Urine, Terms prouokes, Mad Dogs Venemount Beasts, Worms,
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Lethargy, Flegm, Pestilence, Aposlums, Mineral Vapors, Stinking Vapors, Henbane, Hemlock,wolfbane, Dropsie, Cramps, Convulsions, Fal∣ing-sick∣ness.