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 16, 2024.
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Vertues and use.
As this is not without some Vices, so hath
it also many Vertues. The Meal of Darnel
is very good to stay Gangreans,* 1.1 and other such
like fretting and eating Cankers, and putrid
Sores: It also clenseth the Skin of al Lepries,
Morphews, Ringworms, and the like, if it be
used with Salt and Rhadish Roots. And being
used with quick Brimstone and Vinegar, it
dissolveth Knots and Kernels, and breaketh
those that are hard to be dissolved, being boy∣led
in Wine with Pidgeons Dung and Lin∣seed:
A Decoction therof made with Water
and Honey, and the place bathed therwith, is
profitable for the Sciatica.* 1.2Darnel Meal ap∣plied
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in a Pultis, draweth forth Splinters and
broken Bones in the Flesh: The red Darnel
boyled in red Wine and taken, stayeth the ••ask
and all other Fluxes, and Womens bloody Is∣sues;
and restraineth Urin that passeth away
too snddenly.