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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Description.
THis groweth up most usually but with one
round and somwhat crested stalk, about
a foot high, or better, branching forth at the
top into many sprigs, and some also from the
Joynts of the Stalks below; The Flowers
that stand at the tops as it were in an umbel or
tuft, are of a pale red, tending to a Carnation
colour, consisting of five, somtimes six small
Leavs, very like those of St. Johns Wort, o∣pening
themselvs in the day time, and closing
at night; after which come Seed in little short
Husks in form like unto Wheat Corns: The
Leavs are smal and somwhat round. The
Root smal and hard, perishing every year:
The whol Plant is of an exceeding bitter
tast.
There is another sort in al things like the
former, save only it beareth white Flowers.
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