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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VVood-Sage riseth up with square
hoary Stalks two foot high at the
least, with two Leavs set at every Joynt, som∣what
like other Sage Leavs, but smaller, sof∣ter,
whiter, and rounder, and a little dented a∣bout
the edges and smelling somwhat strongly:
At the tops of the Stalks and Branches stand
the Flowers on a slender long Spike turning
themselves all one way when they blow, and
are of a pale and whitish colour, smaller than
Sage, but hooded and gaping like unto them:
The Seed is blackish and round, four usually
set in a husk together: The Root is long and
stringy, with diverse Fibres thereat, and abi∣deth
many yeers.
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