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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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$is a French Lavender. Cafiidony ! Aeltori* and Bladder, brings Itrnrp'Hu,no,s,provokes Urin, TKere is another SmcIw. mentioned here by the name ofe“ either in drinks or Clyfters ; out wardlv they take away informations Pliny faith the leaves ftand upright before a ftormjWhich I have obferye to be true oftner then once or twice, and that in a cleet day, fourteen hours before the ftorm came. hereby the name ot I cold and dry Bngliih, GoldehBower, ndSfort ci-fixations centle : . the Flowers oh*^, . limira tnviiiaa, ~— cwhich expel | ana cneicruie good for inflamations gentle: the Flowers ofrwhich admirabfe good for coughs, worm : being boy led, the wat * ^ confumptl0nfof the lungs, fhort- Hot and dry in the nefs of breath, &c. It is often ufed fecond degree : inwardly taken, k eafeth the fits of the Mother, anc breaks wind, takes away fw ell mgs in the mouth, and flimy flegm that ftick to the jaws, neither is there a more prefen; remedy in the world for thofe cold fwcllmgs in the Neck which the vulgar call of the Ears, then this Heibbiuiiecl and coniumptionsoi me c , nefs of breath, &c. It is; often ufed and with good fuccefstakenmato- baccopipe,being cut and mixed wi a little oy 1 of Annis feeds. See the fi- rup of C olts-foot. . Mullin, or Higtaper. It is fome- thingdry, and of a digeftmg, c - fing quality, ftops fluxes and the he¬ morrhoids, it cures hoarfnefs, th cough, and fuch as are broken wind¬ ed; the leaves worn m the fooes pro FLOWERS. bJp in the darkefi^night: they are fomething hot, not very hot} the iuyee ftops bleeding} they provoke luft exceedmgl y>' help difficulty of breathing, pleurifies, inflamations of I.thartroublcfoin cough that women call Chincoug , y exceedingly break the ftone,provoke mine, and help fuch as cannot hold their necks upright. Boyl them in \ white wine. tire caq, ed; the leaves worn m ~ 5- u and applied to them. vokcs the terms ( efpeciaUy in fuch J3& Srral I Virgins us never hud them } buerhey in women , fo it doth betng brutfed and applied to their Navils, pro . LV - _ rains n flowers. BOrr«r, and Flowers ftrengthen the brain,and are pro- fitable in Feavers. yokes Urine, and eafeth pAms m making Water ; and is a fpecial help ag.rinft the Gout. _ , Dandelion, or to write better French, Dent-de-lyon, for in plain Enghlh, it is called Lyons-Tooth } it is a kind of Succory, and thither x iefei ^ It hath a dry denfing quality, and hath a notable venue Igainft the Rickets, and lnfinniucs red when the Sun is in fftrgo, and the Moon in ytries, in their mutual An- Moon in yinet, c v tifcions,help fuch of the Falling, nefs as do but carry it about them: worn under the feet it tdpa fuch as SI dSeW are profitable S'w><»> opens ftoppings in the Bowels, and ftrengthens the wholl worn under the tect 7. , 1 jv are troubled with the fits o t ie mo ; §aa'ron powerfully conco&s, and ther. fends out what ever Humor offends yervain■ hot and dry, agi ','thebodv, drives back inflamations ; pener, clenfer, healers ; being applied outwardly, cncreafeth yellow jaundies, defefts in the reins , _ovokes udme.' and bladder, pains in the ea , clove-Gilliflowers, refill the pcfti- be but bruifed and hung^bout^t^ j ^ ftrengtken the heart, liver,and Stomach, and provoke Lult. Schananth (which I think I touch¬ ed flightly antongft the Herbs ) pro¬ vokes urine potently, provokes the terms,breaks wind,helps fuch as fpit or vomit Blood, eafeth pains of the Stomach, Reins, and Speen, helps Dropfies, Convulfions, and inflama¬ tions ofWomb. f Lavender-flowers, refill al cold af- fliaions ofthe Brain, Convulfions, FaUing-ficknefs,they llrengthen cold ftomachs, and opens obltruaions of the Liver, they provoke urin and the terms,bring forth the birth and after- hn flops, open {loppings of the bo- _ , c- Li.-. Rwr ic better again# the Rickets, fd Neck, all Difcafes in the feeret parts ofthe Spleen, provokes the Ternis. N women ; made into an Calau Diafcondes. . , . , „vntment it is a foveraign Remedy Tjmt. Hot and dry in the thud ^““Head-aches, tilled by the degree ; helps Coughs -no (hoitne s alfo FtenuSs, after-birth / purgeth flegm cknlerh . > co o are cool, eafe the bread and Lungs, Rems and Ma- | . luv yGCeeding of heat trix f helps the Sciatica, pains in the ; inwa Jy taken bread, expels wmd m any part of the ; md Fienzi s, heat ofthe fto. Body, refideth fearfukiefs and ^ ^ack or inflamution of the Lungs; lancholy, continual pains m yinifera. The manured Vme Head, and is profitable for fuch as ^ e t eavcs r yinesef different cli- have the Fallmg-ficknefs to line ^ oferations}i write '°s„. Hot and dry in the fourth ./ degree : a dogged purge, better let cool withal , the d QT]d alone than taken inwardly; hair anointed with the juyee of it will tal off: it kils filh, being mixed with anv thing that they will eat: out d . ^ < S' 1 TTl_-_ Xe.Ii-AO eill'O < any thing that they will eat: out- burnings ChiId. warfflyitcknfehUkerVakes™^ °n#he?0L of aburnt Vme.in po waraiynuautLu vrw.., , Freckles, Sunburmng and Morphew f rom the Face. Panflcs, or Hearts-cafe: They ate cold and moid, both Herbs and Flo¬ wers, excellent againft Inflamations ofthe Bread or Lungs, Convulfions, or Fallihg-ficknefs>' alfo they are held to be good for the Fiench Pox. m Rofemary flowers, llrengthen the brain exceedingly and refill ma - nefs; cleer the fight. _ Winttr-GiUiflowm,ot Wal-flow s (aTfome call them) help inflamati¬ ons ofthe womb, provoke the terms, and help Ulcers In the Mouth. Hony fnckjes, provoke urme, eafe the pains ofthe fpleen, and fuch a can hardly fetch their breat Mallows, Help Coughs. Fed Kpfes, cool, bind, ftrengthen 1 .,:hn animal vertu«i reftot« The coles of a burnt Vine,in pou- der mixed with hony, doth make the teeth ns white as Ivory, which are rubbed with it. . . , Swallow-won. A pultis made with the leaves help fore breafts, and alio forenefs of the Matrix. jV^,ui/-wort:cold,dry and binding, therefore helps all inflamations } it tuereiuic ncxp^> *****- . '. t , - . r •. 1 j.nr»p ic verv pood for kib d heels, being Trefoil : dry in the tunc * > , ^ ,'jtk and a leaflaid over the and cold ; The ordinary Medow tie- batnea witn 11 au foil, (for their word comprehends all fo1^ Herb fo well known, forts) clcnleth the guts of fhiny Hn- M , » «, ^ by (1k fel.$

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