Pharmacopœia Londinensis, or, The London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg ... / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent.

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Pharmacopœia Londinensis, or, The London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg ... / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent.
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Royal College of Physicians of London.
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London :: Printed for Peter Cole ...,
1653.
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Pharmacopoeias -- England.
Dispensatories -- England.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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Herbs apropriated to certain parts of the bo∣dy of man, and so they,
Heat the Head; as,

Maudlin; Costmary; Bettony; Carduus. Benedict∣us; Sullendine; Scurvy grass; Eyebright; Goats 〈◊〉〈◊〉; Cowslips; Lavender; Laurel; Lovage; herb Mastich; Feather-few; Melilot; Sneezwort; Peny royal; Sen∣na; mother of Time; Lavender; Spike; Time; Ver∣vain, Rosemary.

Heat the Throat.

Archangel white and red; otherwise called dead Nettles; Devils-bit.

Heat the Breast.

Maidenhair; white, black, common and Golden; Distaffe thistle; Time; Betony; Calaminth; Cha∣momel; Fennel; Iudian leafe; Bay leaves; Hysop; Bawm; Horehound; Oak of Jerusalem; Germander; Melilot; Origanum; Rue; Scabious; Peruinkles; Nettles.

Heat the Heart.

Southernwood male and foemale; Angellica; Wood∣roofe, Bugloss; Carduus Benedictus; 〈◊〉〈◊〉; Goats Rue; Bay leaves; Bawm; Rue; Senna; Bazil; Rose∣mary; Alicampane.

Heat the Stomach.

Wormwood common and Roman, Smallage, A∣vens, Indian leafe, Broom, Schenanth, Bay leaves, Bawm, Mints, Parsly, Fennel, Time, mother of Time, Sage.

Heat the Liver.

Agrimony, Maudlin, Pimpernel male and foemale, Smallage, Costmary, or Alecost, our Ladies thistles, Centaury the less, Germander, Chamepiyts, Sullen∣dine, Sampier, Fox gloves, Ashtree leaves, Bay leaves, Toad-flax, Hops, Hore-hound, Water-cresses, Parsly, Poley mountaine, Sage, Scordium, Senna, mother of Time, Soldanella, Asarabacca, Fennel, Hysop, Spicknard.

Heat the Bowels.

Chamomel, Alehoofe, Alexanders.

Heat the spleen.

All the four sorts of Maiden-hair, Agrimony smal∣lage, Centaury the less, Cetrach, Germander, Cha∣mepitys, Sampier, Fox-gloves, Epithimum, Ashtree, Bay leaves, Toad flax, Hops, Hore-hound, Parsly, Poley mountain, sage, scordium, senna mother of Time, Tomaris, Wormwood, Water-cresles, Harts∣tongue.

Heat the Reins and Bladder.

Agrimony, Maudlin, Marshmallows, Pimpernel male and foemale, Brooklime, Costmary, Betony, Chervil, Germander, Chamomel, sampier, Broom, Rupture-wort; Clary, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Bay leaves, Toad∣flax, Hops, Melilot, Water-cresses, Origanum, Pe∣ny-royal; scordium, Vervain; mother of Time; Rocket, Spicknard, Saxifrage; Nettles.

Heat the Womb.

Maudlin Angellica; Mugwort, Costmary, Cala∣minth, Fleabanc, May 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or Marg-weed, Dittany of Creet, Schenanth; Archangel or dead Nettles, Melilot; Feather-few; Mints; Devils-bit, Origanum; Bazil; Peny-royal; Savin; Sage; Scordium; Tansy: Time: Vervain, Peruinkles: Nettles.

Heat the Joynts.

Cowslips: sciatica-cresses, hot Arsmart: Garden cresses: Costmary, Agrimony, Chamomel: Saiut Johns-wort, Melilot, Water-cresses, Rosemary, Rue, Sage, Stechas.

Herbs cooling the Head.

Wood sorrel, Teazles, Lettice, Plantane, Willow∣leaves, sengreen, or Housleek, strawberry leaves, Vi∣olet leaves, Fumitory, Water-Lillies.

Cool the Throat.

Orpine, strawberry leaves, Privet, Bramble leaves.

Breast.

Mulberry leaves Bramble leaves, Violet leaves, strawberry leaves, sorrel, Wood-sorrel, Poppies, Orpine, Money-wort, Plantane, Colts-foot.

Heart

Sorrel, Wood sorrel, Vipers, Bugloss, Lettice, Burnet, Violet leaves, strawberry leaves- Water∣Lilles.

Stamach

Sorrel, Wood-sorrel, succory, Orpine, Dandelion, Endive, strawberry leaves Violet leaves, Hawkweed, Lettice, Purslain, sow thistles, Violet leaves.

Liver

Sorrel, Wood-sorrel, Dandelion, Endive, succory, strawberry leaves, Fumitory, Liver-wort, Lettice, Purslain, Nightshade, Water-Lillies.

Bowels

Fumitoty, Mallows, Buckhorn-Plantane, Orpine Plantane, Burnet.

Spleen

Fumitory, Endive, succory, Lettice.

Reins and Bladder

Knot-grass, Mallows, Yarrow, Money-wort; Plan∣tane, Endive, succory; Lettice, Purslain, Water-lillies, Housleek, or sengreen.

The Womb

Wild Tansy, Arach, Burdocks, Willow herb, Mirtle Leaves, Money-wort, Purslain, sow thistles, Endive, succory, Lettice, Water-Lillies, sen∣green.

The Joynts

Willow leaves, Vine leaves, Lettice, Henbane Nightshade, sengreen; or Housleek.

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