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  • Serenoa repens (Saw palmetto). Low plant with narrow lanceolate palm leaves. A plant genus in the family arecaceae, order Arecales, subclass Arecidae. The fruit or the extract (Permixon) is used for prostatic hyperplasia.
  • Dyeing: dyers' and fullers' mills for extracting plant dyes. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Aspirin crystals. Aspirin was originally extracted from willow bark but is actually produced in all plants as a defence mechanism in response to damage or attack. Much higher levels are therefore found in less than perfect fruit and vegetables. Aspirin is used to treat pain, reduce fever and to prevent heart disease and cancer. Some people think it should be reclassified as a vitamin.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • [Green Farm Summer catalogue of "special herb combinations ... dynamic aids to nutrition and healing."].
  • [Leaflet advertising Ricqles peppermint products (sweets, spray, alcohol, chewing gum etc.)].