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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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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A Sarabacca hath many Heads rising from
the Roots, from whence come many
smooth Leaves, every one upon his own
Footstalk, which are rounder and bigger than
Violet Leaves, thicker also, and of a darker
green shining colour on the upper side, and of
a paler yellow green underneath, little or no∣thing
dented about the edges; from among
which rise smal round hollow, brown green
husks, upon short stalks about an inch long,
divided at the brims into five divisions, very
like the Cups or Heads of the Henbane Seed,
but that they are smaller; and these be all the
Flowers it carrieth, which are somwhat sweer,
being smelled unto, and wherein when they
are ripe is contained smal cornered, rough
Seeds, very like the Kernels or Stones of
Grapes or Raisons. The Roots are small and
whitish spreading divers waies in the ground,
and encreasing into divers Heads; but not
running or creeping under ground as some o∣ther
creeping Herbs do; They are somwhat
sweet in smell, resembling. Nardus, but more
when they are dry, than green; and of a sharp
but not unpleasant tast.
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