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.
Pages
Vertues.
It digesteth Humors, provoketh Urin and
Womens Courses, dissolveth Wind; and be∣ing
taken in Wine, easeth pains and griping
in the Bowels, and is good against the biting
of Serpents: It is used to good effect in those
Medicins which are given to hinder the poy∣sonful
operation of Cantharides upon the pas∣sages
of the Urin: Being mixed with Honey,
and applied to black and blue marks, coming of
blows or bruises, it takes them away: and be∣ing
drunk or outwardly applied, it abateth an
high colour, and makes it pale; and the Fumes
therof taken with Rozin, or Raisons, clenseth
the Mother.* 1.1
It is hot and dry in the third degree, of a
bitter tast and somthing sharp withal; it pro∣vokes
Lust to purpose; I suppose Venus owns
it.
Notes
* 1.1
Disury, Terms pro∣vokes, Wind, Chollick, Venemous Beasts, Canthari∣rides, black and blew spots, High co∣lour; Mo∣ther.