Culpeper's complete herbal ... To which are ... annexed his English physician enlarged, and Key to [Galen's Method of] physic ... to which is also added ... receipts selected from the author's Last legacy / Nicholas Culpeper.

Nicholas Culpeper

Date:: 1814

Credit: Culpeper's complete herbal ... To which are ... annexed his English physician enlarged, and Key to [Galen's Method of] physic ... to which is also added ... receipts selected from the author's Last legacy / Nicholas Culpeper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$fourounces. Southernwood, Betonj,Chame-1 pitjs, Lavender, of each six ounces, Rose-| inary one pound, the dowers of Chamomel, \ Broom, white Lilies, Elders, the seeds ofj Cummin, and Fenugreek, the roots of Helle- j bore black and white, the bark of Ash and \ Lemons, of each four ounces, Euphorbium,! Mustard, Castoreum, Pellitory of Spain, ofj each an ounce. Oil sixteen pounds, Winej three pounds, the herbs, dowers, seeds, and \ Euphorbium being bruised, the roots, barks, 5 and Castoreum cut, all of them infused \ twelve hours in the Wine and Oil, in a warm \ bath, then boiled with a gentle fire, to the! consumption of the Wine and moisture, 1 strain the Oil and keep it. ? Ciilpef)er.'\ Many people by catching! bruises when they are young, come to feel | it when they are old : others by catching ^ cold, catch a lameness in their limbs, toi both ‘which I commend this sovereign oil to i bathe their grieved members with. | Oleum Hirunclmum, \ Or, Oil of Swallows. j College.^ Take of whole Swallows six-1 teen, Chamomel, Rue, Plantain the greater | and lesser. Bay leaves. Pennyroyal, Dill, 1 Hyssop, Rosemary, Sage, Saint Johns’s Wort, \ Costmary, of each one handful, common i Oil four pounds, Spanish Wine one pound, i make it up according to art. ; Culpepei-.^ Both this and the former are | appropriated to old bruises and pains thereof; coming, as also to sprains. | Oleum Hiiperici compositum. • Or, Oil of St. John ' Wort compound. ; College.'] Take oi he tops of St. John's ; Wort four ounces, sieep them three whole | days in a pound of old Sallad Oil, in the heat I either of a bath, ov of the sun, then press; them out, repeat the infusion the second orj third time, then boil them till the wine be! almost consumed, press them out, and by! adding three om ccs of Turpendne, and one! scuiple of Saffron, boil it a little and keep 5 it. ; Culpeper.] See the simple oil of St. John’s Wort, than which this is stronger. Oleum Hifperici magis compositum. Or, Oil of St. John’s Wort more compound. College.] Take of white Wine three pounds, tops of St. John’s Wort ripe and gently bruised, four handfuls, steep them two days in a glass, close stopped, boil them in a bath, and strain them strongly, repeat the infusion three times, having strained it the third time, add to every pound of de- coction, old Oil four pounds. Turpentine six ounces, oil of Wormwood three ounces, Dittany, Gentian, Carduus, Tormentil, Car- line, or Cordus Maria, Calamus Aromaticus, all of them bruised, of each two drams, Earth-worms often washed in white Wine two ounces, set it in the sun five or six weeks, then keep it close stopped. Culpeper.] Besides the virtue of the sim- ple oil of St. John’s Wort, which this per- forms more effectually, it is an excellent remedy for old bruises, aches, and sprains. Oleum Iriimm^ Or, Oil of Orris. College.] Take of the roots of Orris Florentine, three pounds four ounces, the flowers of purple Orris fifteen ounces. Cypress roots six ounces, of Elecampane three ounces, of Alkanel two ounces. Cin- namon, Spikenard, Benjamin, of each one ounce: let all of them, being bruised as they ought to be, be steeped in the sun, or other hot place, in fifteen pounds of old oil, and four pounds and an half of clear water, after the fourth day, boil them in Balneo Mariae, the water being consumed, when it is cold, strain it and keep it. Culpeper^ The effects are the same with the simple, only ’tis stronger. Oleum Marjoi'ance. Or, Oil of Marjoram. College.] Take of Marjoram four hand- fuls, Mother of Thyme two handfuls, the leaves and berries of Myrtles one handful, Southernwood, Water Mints, of each half$