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  • Cornelii Gemmæ lovaniensis medicinæ professoris, De arte cyclognomica, tomi III. Doctrinam ordinvm vniversam, vnaqve philosophiam Hippocratis, Platonis, Galeni, et Aristotelis in vnius communissimæ, ac circularis methodi speciem referentes, quae per animorum triplices orbes ac sphaerae caelestis similitudinem fabricatos, non medicinae tantum arcana pandit mysteria, sed et inveniendis, constituendisque artibus, ac scientiis caeteris viam compendiariam patefecit / [Cornelius Gemma].
  • Hieronymi Cardani ... In Cl. Ptolemaei Pelvsiensis IIII de astrorum iudicijs, aut, ut uulgò uocant, Quadripartitae constructionis libros commentaria, quae non solum astronomis & astrologis, sed etiam omnibus philosophiae studiosis plurimum adiumenti adferre poterunt. Nunc primùm in lucem aedita. Praeterea eiusdem Hier. Cardani geniturarum XII et avditv mirabilia et notatu digna, & ad hanc scientiam recte exercendam obseruatu utilia, exempla. Atque alia multa quae interrogationibus et electionibus praeclarè seruiunt uanáque à ueris rectè secernunt. Ac denique eclipseos, quam grauissima pestis subsecuta est, exemplum / [Ptolemy].
  • De historia piscium libri quatuor, jussu & sumptibus Societatis regiae londinensis editi. In quibus non tantum de piscibus in genere agitur, sed & species omnes, tum ab aliis traditae, tum novae & nondum editae bene multae, naturea ductum servante methodo dispositae, accurate describuntur. Earumque effigies, quotquot haberi potuere, vel ad vivum delineatae, vel ad optima exemplaria impressa; artifici manu elegantissime in aes incisae, ad descriptiones illustrandas exhibentur. Cum Appendice historias & observationes in supplementum operis collatas complectente. Totum opus recognovit, coaptavit, supplevit, librum etiam primum et secundum intergros adjecit Johannes Raius. E Societate regia / [Francis Willughby].
  • Valeriana officinalis L. Valerianaceae Valerianus, Phu, Nardus sylvestris, Setwal. Distribution: Europe. Popular herbalism attributes sedation to Valerian, but this is not mentioned by Coles (1657) or Gerard (1633) or Lobel (1576) or Lyte (1578) or Dioscorides (ex Gunther, 1959) or Fuchs (1553), where he quotes Pliny, Dioscorides and Galen, or Parkinson (1640), or Pomet (1712). The English translation of Tournefort (1719-1730) covers a whole page of the uses of all the different valerians, but never mentions sedation or treating anxiety. Quincy (1718) does not mention it. Because it was used in epilepsy, for which Woodville (1792) says it was useless, Haller, in his Historia stirpium indegenarum Helvetae inchoatae (1768) advocates it for those with irritability of the nervous system, as does Thomson's London Dispensatory (1811) although he lists it as an 'antispasmodic and stimulant' and for inducing menstruation. Lindley (1838) notes (as many did) that the roots smell terrible and that this makes cats excited, and in man, in large doses, induce 'scintillations, agitation and even convulsions' so used in asthenic fever, epilepsy, chorea, hysteria and as an antihelminthic.' Fluckiger & Hanbury (1879) give a wonderful account of the history of its names, but give its use as 'stimulant and antispasmodic' as do Barton & Castle (1877). but by 1936 (Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia) its only use was 'Given in hysterical and neurotic conditions as a sedative. Its action has been attributed to its unpleasant smell'. The European Medicines Agency (2006) approves its use as a traditional herbal medicine for mild anxiety and sleeplessness for up to 4 weeks. Despite what is written continuously about its use in ancient Greece and Rome, the only reason for its use has been because it was thought, for a brief while, to be good for epilepsy and therefore might deal with persons of a nervous disposition because of its foul smell. It has been suggested that even its Greek name, 'Phu' came from the expression of disgust which is made when one sniffs an unpleasant odour. For 1,800 years, before the last century, no-one had thought it sedative. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • An Australian made ethical by Charles McDonald : Hypothal.
  • En las distonias neuro-vegetativas Neuro-Trasentina ... : En las infecciones y parasitosis intestinales Entero-Vioformo / CIBA.
  • Neuro-Trasentina espasmosedativo ... : Entero-Vioformo ... / CIBA.
  • En las distonias neuro-vegetativas Neuro-Trasentina ... : En las infecciones y parasitosis intestinales Entero-Vioformo / CIBA.
  • Neuro-Trasentina espasmosedativo ... : Entero-Vioformo ... / CIBA.
  • Nepeta cataria (Catnip)
  • Cibalgina analgésico, sedante, antipirético ... : Piribenzamina ... / CIBA.
  • Cibalgina analgésico, sedante, antipirético ... : Piribenzamina ... / CIBA.
  • Bellis perennis (Common daisy)
  • Hipnotil / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Hipnotil / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Hipnotil / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Hipnotil / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Sediletten, das neuartige Sedativum und Nervinum mit Chiningehalt, wirkt in dreifacher Angriffsrichtung.
  • Sediletten, das neuartige Sedativum und Nervinum mit Chiningehalt, wirkt in dreifacher Angriffsrichtung.
  • Upper respiratory infections : improved results with Privine hydrochloride.
  • Good nights bright awakenings calm days with Tricloryl tablets and syrup : new non-barbiturate hypnotic/sedative with wide margin of safety.
  • Upper respiratory infections : improved results with Privine hydrochloride.
  • Upper respiratory infections : improved results with Privine hydrochloride.
  • Good nights bright awakenings calm days with Tricloryl tablets and syrup : new non-barbiturate hypnotic/sedative with wide margin of safety.
  • Upper respiratory infections : improved results with Privine hydrochloride.
  • Alchemilla vulgaris (Lady's mantle)
  • Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
  • Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
  • Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
  • Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)