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 June 16, 2024.
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descriptionPage 84
Vertues and use.
Moneywort is singular good to stay all Flu∣xes
in Men or Woman, whether they be Lasks,
Bloody Fluxes,* 1.1 the Flowing of Womens
Courses, Bleedings inwardly or outwardly,
and the weakness of the Stomach that is given
to casting. It is very good also for all Ulcers,
or Excoriations of the Lungs or other in∣ward
parts. It is exceeding good for all
Wounds, either fresh or green to heal them
speedily; and for old Ulcers that are of a
spreading nature: For all which purposes,
The Juyce of the Herb, or the Pouder drunk
in Water, wherein hot Steel hath been often
quenched: Or the Decoction of the green
Herb in Wine or Water drunk; Or the Seed,
Juyce or Decoction used to the outward places
to wash or bath them, or to have Tents dipped
therein and put into them, are effectual.