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.
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London :: Printed by Peter Cole,
1652.
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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 June 8, 2024.
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Garlick.
THe offensivenes of the breath of him that
hath eaten Garlick will leade you by the
Nose to the knowledg hereof, and (in stead of
a description (direct you to the place wher it
groweth in Gardens, which kinds are the best
and most Phisical.
Vertues and use.
This was antiently accounted the Poormans,
Treacle, it beeing a remedy for all diseases or
hurts (except those which it self breeds) It
provoketh Urine* 1.1 and womens Courses, hel∣peth
the biting of a Mad Dog and of other
Venemous Creatures killeth Wormes in
descriptionPage 58
Childern, cutteth and avoydeth tough flegm
purgeth the head, helpeth the Lethargie,* 1.2 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.