Botanologia. The Brittish physician, or, The nature and vertues of English plants. Exactly describing such plants as grow naturally in our land, with their ... applications and vertues, physical and astrological uses, treated of, each plant appropriated to the several diseases they cure ... / [Robert Turner].

Robert Turner

Date:: 1664

Credit: Botanologia. The Brittish physician, or, The nature and vertues of English plants. Exactly describing such plants as grow naturally in our land, with their ... applications and vertues, physical and astrological uses, treated of, each plant appropriated to the several diseases they cure ... / [Robert Turner]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$ener, | re a Eupatorium and Expatorta, in Italiat-and Spanifh Agrime- nia. “he Germans call it: Odermeng Bruckwurtz. The Dow:Dutch; French, and Englith call it Asrimony, and Eorimony. “eines. ye sisihe nhac Nature aad Verties.] Agrimony 1s an Herb-of Jupiter, andis of cemperature moderately hot aud dry 5 having 4 fine binding, quality ; it removes, obfiruttions of the Liver and vengthens the fame, and. therefore ts profitable in dyet drinks for, naughty Livers and Confamptions : the decoction thereof ss ood for imfirmities of the Kidneys and for {uch as pifs blood by any inward brute 5-45 experience hath taurht. me. The leaves, made inte an unguent with Hogs Lard 5 beal- éth andtlofeth up Uleers. : andthe hérb.or_fe helps Fluxes which proceed from weaknels of the Liver; efpé> cially ify hoil.a little Scabious with it. . Water. Agrimony. Eupatorium Defari-Pt bath ftalks of a dark purple colour, 4 foot prion ®. and a halt high, fometimes higher , the leaves jagsed like the other ; 1¢hath many branches upon a {talk; the flowers grow at the top of a dark yellow colour. - Place and Time.| At grows gimolt in every Ditch, it flowers about the middle of Summer; the leaveSand ffalks wither in Winter. The .Latines call it, Eapatorivm Can- it’s good for the Liver ¢ Ir’s called in Engtifh W ater-hemp, Baftard and Water Agri MODY... oe Ropes PS Nature and Vertues. | This Pla fecond degree, and of a bucter tafte ,- tt hath a {courting spen- ing quality, it cleanfes the blood; atts purging them by Trine. Ae Ls. Ag Aatick, Vide Larch trée. _ Ague-tree. Vide $ affaly as. ma. B fs) \ ty |$

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