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.

Vertues and use.

The Roots hereof are by long experience found to be very available against the Plague* 1.1 and Pestilential Feavers, by provoking Sweat, if the Pouder therof be taken in Wine, it also resisteth the force of any other Poyson. The Root hereof taken with Zedoàry and Ange∣lica, or without them, helps the rising of the Mother: The Decoction of the Root in Wine is singular good for those that wheeze much, or are short-winded. It provoketh Urin also and Womens courses, and killeth the flat and broad Worms in the Belly. The Pouder of the Root doth wonderfully help to dry up the moisture of sores that are hard to be cured, and taketh away all spots and blemishes of the skin.

It were wel if Gentlewomen would keep this Root preserved, to help their poor Neighbors: It is fit the Rich should help the Poor, for the Poor cannot help themselvs.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Plague, epidemical Diseases. Poyson, Mother, ••••••: wheezing, Difficulty of brea∣thing, Disury, Terms provokes, Flat and broad worms, Bl••mishes of the skin