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.
Pages
Vertues.
This whol Plant besides its pleasantness in
Sallets, hath also his Physical Vertues. The
Root boyled and eaten with Oyl and Vinegar,
(or without Oyl) doth much pleas and warm
an old and cold Stomach,* 1.1 oppressed with wind
or flegm, or those that have the Phtisick or
Consumption of the Lungs. The same drunk
with Wine, is a preservative from the Plague;
it provoketh Womens Courses, and expelleth
the After-birth, procureth and appetit to meat,
and expelleth Wind. The Juyce is good to
heal the Ulcers of the Head and Face. The
candied Roots hereof are held as effectual as
Angelica to preserv from Infection in the time
of a Plague, and to warm and comfort a cold
weak Stomach.