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
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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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    it, not they; the seeds of them expel A\dnd \ people exceedingly, and they need not ta indeed, and so mend what the root mareth. j make a whole meal of them neither, and are \ fit to be planted in every garden. CARRA^VAY. t Carraway confects, once only dipped in . It is on account of the seeds principally ! sugar, and half a spoonful of them eaten in that the Carraway is chiefly cultivated. \ the morning fasting, and as many after each Descript.~\ It bears divers stalks of fine \ meal, is a most admirable remedy, for those« cut leaves, lying upon the ground, some- I that are troubled with wind, what like to the leaves of carrots, but not bushing so thick, of a little quick taste in them, from among which rises up a square stalk, not so high as the carrot, at whose joints are set the like leaves, but smaller and fitter, and at the top small open tufts, or umbels of white flowers, which turn into small blackish seed, smaller than the Anniseed, and of a quicker and better \ parts, each taste. The root is whitish, small and long, \ set at the CELANDINE. I Descript.'] Tins hath divers tender, 5 round, whitish green stalks, with greater I joints than ordinary in other herbs as it j Avere knees, very brittle and easy to break, \ from whence grow branches Avith large \ tender broad leaves, divided into many of them cut in on the edges, joint on both sides of the someAvhat like unto a parsnip, but Avith 5 branches, ol‘ a dark blueish green colour, more wrinkled bark, and much less, of a j on the upper side like columbines, and of little hot and quick taste, and stronger \ a more pale blueish green underneath, full parsnip, and abides after seed- \ of yelloAV sap, Avhen any is broken, of a \ bitter taste, and strong scent. At the It is usually sown AA’ith us in ^ floAvers of four leaves a-piece, after which ^ come small long pods, Avith blackish seed than the time. Place.] gardens. Time.] They floAA'er in June and July, and seed quickly after. Government and virtues^ This is also a Mercurial plant. CarraAvay seed has a \ moderate sharp quality, A\bereby it breaks \ wind, and provokes urine, Avhich also the \ herb doth. The root is better food than ! ? therein. The root is someAvhat great at the I head, shooting forth divers long roots and I small strings, reddish on the out-side, and \ yelloAv AAUthin, full of yelloAV sap therein. Place.] Tliey groAV' in many places by old Avails, hedges and Avay-sides in untilled places; and being once planted in a garden. the parsnips; it is pleasant and comfortable \ especially some shady places, it Av ill remain to the stomach, and helps digestion. The | there. seed is conducing to all cold griefs of the \ Time.] They floAver all the Summer head and stomach, boAvels, or mother, as j long, and the seed ripens in the mean time, also the Avind in them, and helps to sharpen Government and virtues.] This is an herb the eye-sight. The poAvder of the seed put \ of the Sun, and under the celestial Lion, the best into a poultice, takes aAvay black and blue spots of blows and bruises. The herb it- self, or Avith some of the seed bruised and fried, laid hot in a bag or double cloth, to the lower parts of the belly, eases the pains of the Avind cholic. and is one of the best cures for the eyes; for, all that knoAV any thing in astrology, knoAv that the eyes are subject to the, luminaries : let itthen be gathered Avhen the Sun is in Leo, and the Moon in Aries, applying to this time; let Leo arise, then The roots of CarraAvays eaten as men eat \ may you make it into an oil or ointment, parsnips, strengthen the stomachs of ancient \ Avhich you please, to anoint your sore eyes