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.

Vertues and use.

It is good for the Diseases of the Chest or Breast,* 1.1 for pains and Stitches in the Sides, and to expel crude and raw humors from the Belly and Stomach by the sweet savor and war∣ming quality; it dissolveth the inward con∣gealed Blood hapning by falls or bruises, and the spitting of Blood, if the Roots either green or dryed be boyled in Wine and drunk, as also al manner of inward Wounds or out∣ward if they be washed or bathed therwith. The Decoction also being drunk comforteth the Heart, and strengtheneth: the Stomach, and a cold Brain, and therfore is good in the Spring time to open Obstructions of the Li∣ver, and helpeth the wind Chollick; it also helpeth those that have Fluxes, or are bursten, or have a Rupture; It taketh away spots or marks in the Face, being washed therwith: The Juyce of the fresh Root or Pouder of the dried Root hath the same effect with the De∣coction.

The Root in the Spring time stee∣ped in Wine doth give it a delicat savor and tast, and being drunk fasting every morning comforteth the Heart, and is a good Preserva∣tive against the Plague, or any other Poyson; it helpeth Digestion, and warmeth a cold Sto∣mach, and openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen.

It is very safe, you need have no Dose pre∣scribed•• and is very fit to be kept in every good bodies house.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Breast, Stitches, Wind, Bel∣ly, Stomach Inward Wounds, Heart, cold Brain, Ob∣structions, Chollick, Fluxes, Ruptures, Spots and Marks in the Face, Plague, Poyson, Indigesti∣on.