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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Vertues and use.
It is sound by experience that the Decoction
of the Herb either the White or Red being
drunk, doth stay inward bleedings;* 1.1 and ap∣plied
outwardly it doth the like: And being
drunk helpeth to expel the Urin being stop'd,
and Gravel. or the Stone in the Reins or Kid∣nies.
Two drams of the Seed drunk in Wine,
purgeth the Body of Chollerick humors, and
helpeth those that are ftung by Scorpions, or
other venemous Beasts; and may be as effe∣ctual
for the Plague: It is of very good use in
old Sores, Ulcers Cankers, Fistulaes and the
like, to clens and heal them, by consuming the
moist humors falling into them, and correct∣ing
the putrifaction of Humors offending
them.