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  • Dianthus caryophyllus L. Caryophyllaceae Carnation, clove-gilliflowers - Mediterranean Culpeper (1650) writes that ‘Clove-gilliflowers, resist the pestilence, strengthen the heart, liver and stomach, and provokes lust.’ They smell strongly of cloves, and an oil made from the petals is used in perfumery, soaps etc. The petals are sometimes used as a garnish for salads. In herbal medicine they are used to make a tonic. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Dr. Hand's remedies for children : pleasant physic, colic cure, teething lotion, worm elixir, diarrhoea mixture, general tonic, cough and croup medicine, chafing powder.
  • Dr. Hand's remedies for children : pleasant physic, colic cure, teething lotion, worm elixir, diarrhoea mixture, general tonic, cough and croup medicine, chafing powder.
  • Hepatica nobilis Mill. Ranunculaceae. Liverwort - not to be confused with the lichen of the same name. Distribution: North America. Liverwort (‘liver plant’): discontinued herbal medicine for disorders of the liver. The name and the use to which the Liverworts have been put medicinally is suggested, according to the doctrine of signatures, by the shape of the leaves which are three-lobed, like the liver. It is little used in modern herbalism but was employed in treating disorders of the liver and gall bladder, indigestion etc. It is highly toxic. Hepatica acutiloba was widely used for liver disorders in the 1880s, with up to 200,000 kilos of leaves being harvested per annum to make liver tonics - which eventually caused jaundice. Gerard (1633) calls it Hepaticum trifolium, Noble Liverwort, Golden Trefoile and herbe Trinity and writes: 'It is reported to be good against weakness of the liver which proceedeth from a hot cause, for it cooleth and strengtheneth it not a little. ' He adds ' Baptista Sardus[a Piedmontese physician fl. 1500] commendeth it and writeth that the chiefe vertue is in the root
  • Hepatica nobilis Mill. Ranunculaceae. Liverwort - not to be confused with the lichen of the same name. Distribution: North America. Liverwort (‘liver plant’): discontinued herbal medicine for disorders of the liver. The name and the use to which the Liverworts have been put medicinally is suggested, according to the doctrine of signatures, by the shape of the leaves which are three-lobed, like the liver. It is little used in modern herbalism but was employed in treating disorders of the liver and gall bladder, indigestion etc. It is highly toxic. Hepatica acutiloba was widely used for liver disorders in the 1880s, with up to 200,000 kilos of leaves being harvested per annum to make liver tonics - which eventually caused jaundice. Gerard (1633) calls it Hepaticum trifolium, Noble Liverwort, Golden Trefoile and herbe Trinity and writes: 'It is reported to be good against weakness of the liver which proceedeth from a hot cause, for it cooleth and strengtheneth it not a little. ' He adds ' Baptista Sardus [a Piedmontese physician fl. 1500] commendeth it and writeth that the chiefe vertue is in the root
  • Ayer's Sarsaparilla : purifies the blood, improves the complexion, makes the weak strong : "How fair she grows from day to day" : she uses Ayer's Sarsaparilla / [Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.].
  • A priest pouring Elisir del Prete into a cup; advertising the tonic Elisir del Prete. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.
  • A priest pouring Elisir del Prete into a cup; advertising the tonic Elisir del Prete. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.
  • Ayer's Sarsaparilla : The deacon: "Land sake Liza, the very sight of that bottle makes me feel like another man" : Ayers Sarsaparilla is a compound concentrated extract- the strongest, best, cheapest blood medicine / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
  • Ayer's Sarsaparilla : The deacon: "Land sake Liza, the very sight of that bottle makes me feel like another man" : Ayers Sarsaparilla is a compound concentrated extract- the strongest, best, cheapest blood medicine / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
  • A burning torch representing Hale's life tonic. Process print.
  • A man in pyjamas restored to health holding a bottle of the medicine Plasma Phosphatado. Colour lithograph, 1917.
  • A woman riding a horse uses a bottle of China-Rossi tonic as a whip. Colour lithograph by RB (?), 19--.
  • A standing man talks to an ill lady seated in an armchair by a fireplace, recommending her to drink the tonic wine Quina Laroche to restore her health; advertising Quina Laroche. Wood engraving by Minne, ca. 1880.
  • A strongman prepares to drink a glass of the tonic Byrrh before performing his act. Colour process print, 19--.
  • An Inca man requests a goddess of the Incas to hand over coca, but she refuses, holding a bottle of coca wine for herself. Colour lithograph by A. Mucha, 189-.
  • A strongman prepares to drink a glass of the tonic Byrrh before performing his act. Colour process print, 19--.
  • Tonic powders for horses and cattle ... : especially valuable where the appetite is deficent or in cases of weakness caused by exposure, over exertion. etc.
  • Order this large Guinness for the home : the large economical family size : Guinness is good for you / Redgate Ltd.
  • Liebig's beef wine : life giving, sustaining, comforting : contains extract of meat, extract of malt and old port wine : a small wine-glassful to be taken twice or three times a day / prepared by S. Stephens.
  • Baldwin's Herbal Tonic Mixture : Nature's general restorer of the system and purifier of the blood.
  • Baldwin's Herbal Tonic Mixture : Nature's general restorer of the system and purifier of the blood.
  • Tonic wines ephemera. Box 1.
  • Tonic wines ephemera. Box 1.
  • Liebig's beef wine : life giving, sustaining, comforting : contains extract of meat, extract of malt and old port wine : a small wine-glassful to be taken twice or three times a day / prepared by S. Stephens.
  • Tonic wines ephemera. Box 1.
  • The modern tonic in traditional form : patients on Villescon Liquid eat better, breathe better, feel better.
  • Health for grown persons.
  • The modern tonic in traditional form : patients on Villescon Liquid eat better, breathe better, feel better.
  • The modern tonic in traditional form : patients on Villescon Liquid eat better, breathe better, feel better.