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Herbal and magical medicine : traditional healing today / edited by James Kirkland [and others].
Date: 1992- Books
Herbal / Joseph Wood Krutch ; designed by Marshall Lee.
Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970.Date: 1976- Books
Herbarium : cinquanta piante medicinali rivisitate dalla tradizione / Raffaele Curti ; fotografie di Laura Simoni.
Curti, Raffaele, 1960-Date: [1994], ©1994- Books
Herbals : their origin and evolution a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670 / Agnes Arber.
Arber, Agnes, 1879-1960.Date: 1986, ©1938- Books
Herbarium Instituti botanicae et pharmacologiae / Joannis Annibalis Domínguez.
Dominguez, Juan A.Date: [1932]- Books
Herb contraindications & drug interactions : with extensive appendices addressing specific conditions, herb effects, critical medications, and nutritional supplements / Francis Brinker.
Brinker, Francis J.Date: [2001], ©2001- Archives and manuscripts
Herbals, 18th cent.
Date: mid-18th centuryReference: MS.2828
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Paris quadrifolia L. Trilliaceae Herb Paris Distribution: Europe and temperate Asia. This dramatic plant was known as Herb Paris or one-berry. Because of the shape of the four leaves, resembling a Burgundian cross or a true love-knot, it was also known as Herb True Love. Prosaically, the name ‘Paris’ stems from the Latin ‘pars’ meaning ‘parts’ referring to the four equal leaves, and not to the French capital or the lover of Helen of Troy. Sixteenth century herbalists such as Fuchs, who calls it Aconitum pardalianches which means leopard’s bane, and Lobel who calls it Solanum tetraphyllum, attributed the poisonous properties of Aconitum to it. The latter, called monkshood and wolfsbane, are well known as poisonous garden plants. Gerard (1633), however, reports that Lobel fed it to animals and it did them no harm, and caused the recovery of a dog poisoned deliberately with arsenic and mercury, while another dog, which did not receive Herb Paris, died. It was recommended thereafter as an antidote to poisons. Coles (1657) wrote 'Herb Paris is exceedingly cold, wherupon it is proved to represse the rage and force of any Poyson, Humour , or Inflammation.' Because of its 'cold' property it was good for swellings of 'the Privy parts' (where presumably hot passions were thought to lie), to heal ulcers, cure poisoning, plague, procure sleep (the berries) and cure colic. Through the concept of the Doctrine of Signatures, the black berry represented an eye, so oil distilled from it was known as Anima oculorum, the soul of the eye, and 'effectual for all the disease of the eye'. Linnaeus (1782) listed it as treating 'Convulsions, Mania, Bubones, Pleurisy, Opththalmia', but modern authors report the berry to be toxic. That one poison acted as an antidote to another was a common, if incorrect, belief in the days of herbal medicine. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley
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Herbals: 15th cent.
Date: Late 15th centuryReference: MS.336
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Herb-market and Holy Trinity Column, Vienna, Austria: panoramic view. Engraving by R. Parr after J.E.F. van Ert.
Ert, J. E. F. van.Reference: 23012i- Archives and manuscripts
Herbals: 17th cent.
Date: Middle 17th centuryReference: MS.344- Books
Herbarium Britannicum, exhibens plantas Britanniæ indigens secundum methodum floralem novam digestas, cum historia, descriptione, characteribus specificis, viribus et usis : tabulis æneis illustratum / auctore Johanne Hill.
Hill, John, 1714?-1775.Date: 1769-1770
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Herbal compendium, with miscellaneous medical and religious texts
Date: c.1490Reference: MS.335
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Herbals: 17th cent.
Date: Middle 17th centuryReference: MS.345- Archives and manuscripts
Herbals: 15th cent.
Date: c. 1475Reference: MS.334- Archives and manuscripts
Herbals, 18th cent.
Date: 1713-15Reference: MS.2827- Books
Herbal Medicine : herbal medicine harnesses the powerful healing properties of plants to restore health. It is the oldest and most widely used form of medicine in the world today / Boots.
Boots Company.Date: [1994?]
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[Herbari oder Kreüterbuoch].
Date: 1521]- Books
Herbal Medicine : herbal medicine harnesses the powerful healing properties of plants to restore health. It is the oldest and most widely used form of medicine in the world today / Boots.
Boots Company.Date: [1993]- Books
Herbal medicine : your guide to choosing herbal medicines / Boots.
Boots Company.Date: [1996?]
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Herbal simples : approved for modern uses of cure / by W.T. Fernie.
Fernie, William Thomas, 1830-Date: 1897- Books
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[Herbari oder Kreüterbuoch].
Anon.Date: 1521- Books
Herbal medicine : your guide to choosing herbal medicines / Boots.
Boots Company.Date: 1997- Books
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Herbario novo ... Con figure, che rappresentano le vive piante, che nascono in tutta Europa, & nell'Indie orientali, & occidentali. Con versi latini che comprendono le facoltà, de i semplici medicamenti da i quali si insegna il modo di cavar l'acque, et farne vini medicinali, et molti antidoti salutiferi. Con discorsi che dimostrano i nomi, le spetie, la forma, il loco, il tempo, le qualità, et le virtù mirabili dell'herbe, insieme col peso, et ordine da usarle, scoprendo rari secreti, et singolari rimedii da sanar le più difficili infirmità del corpo humano / [Castore Durante].
Anon.Date: 1602- Books
Herbario novo ... Con figure, che rappresentano le vive piante, che nascono in tutta Europa, & nell'Indie orientali, & occidentali. Con versi latini che comprendono le facoltà, de i semplici medicamenti da i quali si insegna il modo di cavar l'acque, et farne vini medicinali, et molti antidoti salutiferi. Con discorsi che dimostrano i nomi, le spetie, la forma, il loco, il tempo, le qualità, et le virtù mirabili dell'herbe, insieme col peso, et ordine da usarle, scoprendo rari secreti, et singolari rimedii da sanar le più difficili infirmità del corpo humano [Castore Durante].
Durante, Castore, 1529-1590Date: 1602