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 3, 2024.
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Vertues and use.
This Physical operation is to open Obstru∣ctions
of the Liver and Spleen to clens the
Blood, to loosen the Belly, to clens the Reins
from Gravel, and provoke Urine. The De∣coction
of the tops of Hops, as well of the
tame as the wild, worketh the same effects.
In cleansing the Blood they help to cure the
French Diseas, and al manner of Scabs, Itch,
and other breakings out in the Body, as also
al Tetters, Ringworms, and spreading Sores,
the Morphew, and all discolourings of the
Skin. The Decoction of the Flowers and
tops, do help to expel poyson that any one hath
drunk: Half a dram of the Seed in Pouder
taken in drink, killeth Worms in the Body,
bringeth down Womens Courses, and expel∣leth
Urin: A Syrup made of the Juyce and
Sugar, cureth the yellow Jaundice, easeth the
Headach that comes of Heat, and tempereth
the heat of the Liver and Stomach, and is
profitably given in long and hot Agues that
rise of Choller and Blood. Both the wild and
the manured are of one property, and alike ef∣fectual
in al the aforesaid Diseases.
By all these Testimonies, Beer appears to be
better than Ale.
Mars owns the Plant, and then Dr. Reason
will tell you how it performs these actions.