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 8, 2024.
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The Vertues.
The Wild kind, breaketh Wind,* 1.1 and remo∣veth
Stitches in the Sides, provoketh Urin and
Womens Courses, and helpeth to break and
expel the Stone: The Seed also of the same
worketh the like effect, and is good for the
Dropsie,* 1.2 and those whose Bellies are swollen
with Wind; helpeth the Chollick, the Stone
in the Kidnies, and the rising of the Mother,
being taken in Wine, or boyled in Wine and
taken; and helpeth Conception. The Leavs
being applied with Honey to running Sores or
Ulcers, doth clense them.
I suppose the Seeds of them perform this
better than the Roots; And though Galen
commend Garden Carrots highly, to break
Wind; yet experience teacheth, that they breed
it first; and we may thank Nature for expel∣ling
it, not they: The Seeds of them expel
Wind indeed, and so mend what the Root
marreth.
Notes
* 1.1
Wind, Stitches, provokes Urin and the Terms, Stone,