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 9, 2024.
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Alexander. ♃
Description.
IT is usually sown in all the Gardens in Eu∣rope,
and so well known, that it needs no
further Description.
Time.
They Flower in June and July, and the
Seed is ripe in August.
Vertues and use.
It warmeth•• a cold Stomach, and openeth
stoppings of the Liver and Spleen, it is good
to move Womens Courses, to expel the Af∣ter-birth,
to break Wind, to provoke Urine,
and help the Strangury; and these things the
Seeds wil do likewise, if either of them be
boyled in Wine, or being bruised and taken in
Wine, it is also effectual against the biting of
Serpents.* 1.1 And now you know what Alexan∣der
Porredg which is so familiar in this City
is good for, that you may no longer cat it out
of ignorance but out of knowledg.
Notes
* 1.1
Obstructi∣ons of the Liver and Spleen, provokes the Terms Afterbirth Wind, pro∣vokes u∣rin, biting of Ser∣pents.