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 June 8, 2024.
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Vertues and use.
These Saxifrages are as hot as Pepper, and
Tragus saith by his experience they are more
wholsom: They have the same properties
that the Parsleys have, but in provoking U∣rine,* 1.1
and easing the pains thereof, or of the
Wind and Chollick, are much more effectual;
The Roots or Seed being used either in Pou∣der,
or in Decoction, or any other way; and
likewise helpeth the Windy pains of the Mo∣ther,
and to procure their Courses, to break
and avoid the Stone in the Kidneys, to digest
cold, viscuous, and tough Flegm in the Sto∣mach,
and is a most especial Remedy against
all kind of Venom. Caftoreum being boy∣led
in the distilled water hereof, is singular
good to be given to those that are troubled
with Cramps and Convulsions:* 1.2 some do use
to make the Seed into Comfits (as they do
Caraway Seed) which is effectual to all the
purposes aforesaid. The Juyce of the Herb
dropped into the most grievous Wounds of
the Head, drieth up their moisture and hea∣leth
them quickly. Some Women use the di∣stilled
Water, to take away Freckles or Spots
in the Skin or Face: and to drink the same
sweetned with Sugar for all the purposes afore∣said.