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 17, 2024.
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Vertue and use.
The Black Bilberries are good in hot Agues* 1.1
and to cool the heat of the Liver and stomach;
they do somwhat bind the Belly, and stay Vo∣mitings
and Loathings: The Juyce of the
Berries made into a Syrup, or the Pulp made
into a Conserve with Sugar, is good for the
purposes aforesaid, as also for an old Cough or
an Ulcer in the Lungs, or other diseases there∣in.
The Red Whorts are more binding, and
stop Womens Courses, spitting of Blood, or
any other Flux of Blood or Humors, being
used aswel outwardly as inwardly.