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Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or, the London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg [sic] ... In which is printed, I. The vertues, qualities, and properties of every simple ... VI. The Latin names of every one of the compounds / ... By Nich. Culpeper ... In this impression, 1661. There is added, to the compounds, many vertues and uses. By divers learned W.R.A.C.J.W., doctors of physick ... And, by Abdiah Cole.

Nicholas Culpeper

Date:: 1661

Credit: Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or, the London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg [sic] ... In which is printed, I. The vertues, qualities, and properties of every simple ... VI. The Latin names of every one of the compounds / ... By Nich. Culpeper ... In this impression, 1661. There is added, to the compounds, many vertues and uses. By divers learned W.R.A.C.J.W., doctors of physick ... And, by Abdiah Cole. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$ii Hemlock^: Cold in the fourth de- greejpoyfonous ; outwardly applied, it helps Priapifmus, or continual (landing of the Yard, the Shingles, St. ytnthonisfire, or any eating Ul¬ cers. Hemlock boyled, and the Yard bathed with the Decodlion of it, helps the priapifmtis, or continual (landing of the Yard. perwinkle. Hot in the fecond de¬ gree, fomthing dry and binding ; ftopj Lasks, fpitting of blood, and the Terms in Women. Comfry. I do not conceive the leaves to be fo vertuoUs as the Roots Golden Red: Hot and dry in the fecond degree, cleanfeth the Reins, provokes Urin,brings away the Gra¬ vel : an admirable Herb for woun¬ ded people to take inwardly, flops blood, &c. Larks heels : refill poyfon, help the bitings of venemous beafts. Saracens Confound. Helps inward wounds, fore Mouths, fore Throats* wafting of the Lungues, and Li¬ ver. Buchorn Plantaine, or Sea-plantane: Cold and dry, helpeth the bitings of venemous beafts, either taken in¬ wardly, or applied to the wound j helps the colick, breaks the Stone. JSLgineta. Ctronaria. Hath got many Englilh Names. Gotten-weed, Cud-weed, Chaff-weed, and Petty Gotten. Of a drying and binding nature ; boyled inLy, :t keeps theHead from Nits and Lice ; being laid among clothes, it keeps them life from Motfis, kills Worms, helps the bitings of vene¬ mous Beafts i taken in a Tobacco- Pipe, it helps Coughs of the Lunges, and vehement Head-aches. Cruciata. Crofs-wort: ( there is a kind of Gentian called alfo by this Name, whichlpafs by) is drying and binding, exceeding good for in¬ ward or outward wounds, either in¬ wardly taken, or outwardly applied: and an excellent remedy for luch as are burften. Orpine. Very cool : Outwardly ufed with Vinegar,it clears the skin; inwardly taken, it helps gnawings of the ftomach and bowels. Ulcers in the Lungs, bloody-fiux, and Quinfie in the Throat; for which laft clifeafe it is inferior to none : take not too much of it at a time, becaufe of its coolnefs. Sampler. Hot and dry, helps dif¬ ficulty of Urin, the yellow Jaundies, provokes the Terms,helps digeftion, opcneth ftoppings of the Liver and Spleen. Galen, Blew-bottle, great and fmal: A fine cooling Herb,helpsjbruifes,wounds, broken Veins ; the juyce dropped into the Eye, helps the inflamations thereof. » Hvunds-Tongne, Cold and dry: applied to the Fundament helps the Hemorroids, healeth wounds and Ulcers, and is a prefcnt remedy a- gainft the bitings of Dogs, burnings and fcaldings. Some fay, if you put the Herb under your Feet, within your flocking, no Dog will bark at you. Cyprefs-tm. The Leaves ate hot and binding, help Ruptures, and Polypus or Flefh growing on the Nofe. Lavender Cotton. Refills poyfon, kills Worms. DiSlamny, or Dittany of Crm, hot and dry,brings away dead Children, haftens Womens travail, brings away the after-birth, the very fmel of it drives away venemous breafts, fo deadly an enemy it is to poyfon its an admirable remedy againft wounds and Gun-fhot, wounds made with poyfoned Weapons, it draws out Splinters, broken bones, &c. The d<?fe from half a dram to a dram. They fay, the Goats and Deers in Greet, being wounded with arrows, eat this Herb, which makes the ar¬ rows fal out of themfelves: And from thence came the tale in * Virgil [ * Virgil, J&niad. lib. iz. ] about Mneas. Teagles, Garden and Wild: The Leaves bruifed and applied to the temples, alay the heat in Feavers, qualifie the rage in frenzies s the Juyce dropped into the Ears, kill Worms in them, ( if there be any there to kil ) dropped into the Eyes, clears the fight, helps rednefs and pimples in the Face, being anointed with it. Galen. Dwarf-Elder, or Wall-wort. Hot and dry in the third degree j wafts hard fwellings,being applied in form of a pultis j the Hair of the Head be¬ ing anointed with the Juyce of it turns it black,* the leaves being ap¬ plied to the place, help inflamations. Burnings, Scaldings, the bitings of mad Dogs ; mingled with Bulls fuet is a preTent remedy for the Gout, inwardly taken j is a fingular purge for the Dropfie and Gout. Dr. But¬ ler. Echium. . Vipers-buglofs, Viptrs- Herb ; Snake-buglofs, iVaU-buglofs, Wild-bnglofs ; Several Countries give it thefe feveral Names : It is a lingu¬ lar remedy being eaten,for the biting of venemous beafts : Continual eat¬ ing of it makes the body invincible againft the poyfon of Serpents, Toads, Spiders, &c. however it be adminiflred ; It comforts the heart, expels fadnefs and Melancholy : It grows abundantly about the Caftle Walls, at Lewis in Suffix. The rich may make the flowers into a con- ferve, and the Herb into a Syrup : the poor may keep it dry j both may keep it as a Jewel. Rupture-wort, or Burft-wort: The Englifh Name tels you it is good againft ruptures, and fo fuch as are burften fhall find it, if they pleafe to make trial of it,either inwardly taken or outwardly applied to the place,or , both. Alf° the Latin Names hold it . forth to be good againft the Stone, which who ft, tries ftaii fad true. Elicampane. Provokes Urine : See the Root. Dodder of Time, to which add common Dodder which is ufually that which grows upon Flax : Indeed every Dodder retains a virtue of that Heib or Plant it grows upon, as Dodder that grows upon Broom, provokes Urin forcibly, andioofens the belly, and is inoifter than that which grows upon Flax, that which grows upon Time, is hotter and dry¬ er than that which grows upon Flax, even in the third degree, opens ob- j ftruftions, helps infirmities of the Spleen, pUrgeth Melancholiy, re¬ lieves drooping fpirits,helps the Ric¬ kets : That which grows on Flax, is excellent for/\gues in young Chil¬ dren, ftrengthens weak Stomachs, purgeth choler,provokes Urin,opens ftoppings in the Reins and Bladder : That which grows upon Nettles,pro- vokes Urin exceedingly. The way of ufing it is to boyl it in white Wine, or other convenient Deco&ion, and boyl it very little, remembring what was told you before in Cetrach. JEtius, Mefue, ^ffluariits, Serapio, Avicenna. Rocfets, Hot and dry in the third degree, being eaten alone, caufeth Head-achjby its heat procureteh lull. Galen. Eye-bright is fomthing hot and dry, the very fight of it refrefheth the Eyes i inwardly taken, it reftores th# fight, and makes old 'mens Eyes young, a dram of it taken in the morning is worth a pair of Spc&acles it comforts and ftrengtheneth the memory, outwardly applied to the place, it helps the Eyes. . Malabathmm. Indian-leaf, hoi and dry in the fecond degree, com¬ forts the Stomach exceedingly, helps digeftion,provokes Urin,helps Infla¬ mations of the Eyes, fecures Gloaths from Moths. Fennel, encreaftth Milk in Nurfes, provokes Urin, breaks the Stone, eafeth pains in the Reins, opens ftoppings, breaks wind, provokes the Terms , you may boyl it in white Wine. , ; ^ Straw-berry Leaves, are cold, dry, and binding, a fingular remedy far Inflamations andwonnds, hot Dif- eafes in the Throat, they flop Fluxes and the Terms, cool the heat of the Stomach, and the Inflamations of the Liver. The beft way is to boyl them in barley water. . yijh-trees: The Leaves are mo-.' derately hot and dry,cure the bitings of Adders, and Serpents, by acer-< taine Antipathy(as they fay) there is. betwesra$

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