The English physitian: or an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation. Being a compleat method of physick ... / By Nich. Culpeper.

  • Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.
Date:
1652
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Credit: The English physitian: or an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation. Being a compleat method of physick ... / By Nich. Culpeper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    coftion. The Root in the Spring time ftee- pedinWine doth give it a delicat favor and taft 3 and being ditmk falling every morning comforteth the Heart, and is a good Preferva- tive againil the Plague,~or any other Poyfon > it helpeth Digeftion, and warmeth a cold^o- roach, an4 openeth the Obftrudions or the Liver and;,Spleen. * Jt IS. very fafe, you need have no Dole pre- fefibed j and is very fit to be kept in every good bodies houfe. * • Balm. 1 HJs Herb is fo wel known to be an Inha- jL b)tant almoft in every Garden^that I flial nJneed to write any Defeription thereof, al¬ though the Vertues thereof which are many may not be omitted. Vertues andufe- •The Arabian Phyfitians have extolled the Vertues hereof to the Skyes > although the j thought it-not worth mentioning. Se- , It caufeth the Mind and Hear. ,0 , Worn merry, and reviveth the Heart fainting- SS- in their fleep, and driveth away al trou- Ln ol Melancholy, or black Choller ,- tukotL vvhich Avicen alfo confirmeth. It is v^y good ^J the to help bigeftion, and open Obfirudions of the Brain's and hath fo much S^ahty HS^»'- init(faith^t.irmj as to. expel thofe Melan- mi Ve- cholly vapors from the Spirits & Blood which Tmois- are in the Hcart and Arteries,although it can- Beafis not doOo in other parts of the Body. _ SDo^'nic/faith, That the Leaves fteeped in Winp reZs and the Wine drunk, and the Leays externally mZkes appH«d is ad-emedy againft the ftmgof Seqr- ^'oothach pions, and the bitings of ipad Dogs, and com- BtoX ’ mend’eththcDecoaiontheroffotWomento ■ Flux^ - hath or fit in to procure their Courfes s n is Mulhroms good to wafh aching Teeth therwith,md pro- hiaWe for thofe that have, the bloudy-Plux. . b-Lthmg, The Leaves alfo with a little Gouty Drink, are good againft a Surfw oi MJ Livery * romesy helps the griping pains of the Belly,and Spleen,. being made into anEleduary is good ^or them women in that cannot fetch then- breath: ^ Child bedy it takes away Wens,Kernels,or hard Swellings Faming in the Plefh or Throat) n clenfeth foul Sores, in travely and eafeth pains of the Gout: It is good fo Lis the Liver and Spleen. A Tanfie or Cawdle made with ^gs and the juyee therof while It IS yong, putting to itfome Sugar andRofewatei is ciood for Women in Childbed when the Af- tec°birth is not throughly avoided, and for their faimings upon, or after their fore trave • The Herb bruifed and boyled in aiittle Wme andOyl and laid warm on a Boil, will ripen and break it. It is an Herb of jupiterr and under Cancer, and ftrengthens Nature much in al its aiftionsj let a Syrup made with the juyee of it and Su¬ gar, (as you fliail be taught at the latter end of the Book) be kept in every Gentlewomans houfe, to rcleevc the weak ftorpachs and fick Bodiesof theiypoor lickly Neighbors > as.alfo the Herb kept dry in the Houfthat fo with 6- ther convenient Simples you may make it into an Ekiluary with Hony according as theDif- caf is, and as you lhall be taught at the latter end of the Book. Barberry. THe Shrub is fo wel known to every Boy and Girl that hath but attained to the age of feven years, that it needs no Defeription. Vertues and ufe^ 3Iars owns the Shrub, and prefents it to the life of my Country-men to purge their Bodies of Chollcr. The inner Rind of the Barberry Tree boyled imWhitc-Wine and a quarter of a pint drank each morning,is an excellent reme¬ dy to denfe the Body of Chollerick Humors, and’free it from foch Difeafes as Choller cau- feth,'fuch be Scabs, Itch,TettersjRingworms, yellow*Jaundice, Boils, See. It is.exculent.for hot Agues,Burnings,Scaldings,hcat of Bloud, heat of the LiverjBloudy-flux, for the Berries are as good as the Bark, • and more pleafing i they get a man a good ftomach to his vidf uals, by ftrengthning the attradive faculty, which is under Mars, as you fee more at large in the latter end of my E phemeris for the year 1651. The Hair waflied with the Ly made of the A- flies of the Trce and Water, ’twil make it turn ye]!Loss,vi\-oiMars his own colour.The Fruit and Rind of the Shrub, the Flowers of Broom and of Heath,or FurZjclenf the Body of Chol¬ ler by as the Flowers, Leaves and * Bark of the Feach-Tree do hy Antipathy be- caufe thefe are under that under Ve¬ nus. Cholkr, Scabsyltcb Tetters, ting'aaai'» TeUow- Jcumdkt, Beyls, \Agaes, BKmng, ScalAwgSy Apetit Hdi\ Barly. r ♦■T^He continual lifefulnefs hereof hath made 1 1. al in general fo aquainted herewith, that I it is altogether needlels to deferibe its feverai kinds hereof plentifully growing, being year¬ ly fown in this Land. The Vertues whereof take as followeth. j Vertues and uj}. \ Barly in al the parts and compofitlons ther- 1 of (except ikffl/t) is more cooling than I and a little clenfing: and al the Preparations therof.