The British herbal and family physician. : To which is added, a dispensatory for the use of private families / by Nicholas Culpepper.
- Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. English physitian
- Date:
- 1834
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The British herbal and family physician. : To which is added, a dispensatory for the use of private families / by Nicholas Culpepper. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![The distilled water of the herb is good for all the said pur- poses, either inward or outward, but a great deal weaker. It is a most admirable remedy for such whose liver is annoy- ed either by heat or cold. The liver is the former of blood, and blood the nourisher of the body, and agrimony a strength- ener of the liver. I cannot stand to give you a reason in every herb why it cureth such diseases; but if you peruse my judgment in the herb wormwood, you shall find them there, and it will be well worth your while to consider it in every herb, you shall find them true throughout the book. WATER AGRIMONY. It is called in some countries, water hemp, bastard liernp, and bastard agrimony, eupatorium, and hepatorium, because it strengthens the liver. Descript.] The root continues a long time, having many long slender strings. The stalk grows up about two feet high, sometimes higher. They are of a dark purple colour. The branches are many, growing at distances the one from the other, the one from one side of the stalk, the other from the opposite point. The leaves are winged, and much indented at the edges. The flowers grow at the top of the branches, of a brown yellow colour, spotted with black spots, having a sub- stance within the midst of them, like that of a daisy: If you rub them between your fingers, they smell like rosin or cedar when it is. burnt. The seeds are long, and easily stick to any woollen thing they touch. Place.] They delight not in heat, and therefore they are not so frequently found in the southern parts of England as in the northern, where they grow frequently: You may look for them in cold grounds, by ponds and ditches’ sides, as also by running waters; sometimes you shall find them grow in the midst of waters. Time.] They all flower in July or August, and the seed is npe presently after.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24930775_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
