Culpeper's English physician ; and complete herbal. Vol. I. / [Nicholas Culpeper].

  • Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654
Date:
1817
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    Government AND Virtues. It is an herb of Venus, and therefore cures the difeafes Ihe caufes by fympalhy, and thofe of iMars by antipathy. You may ufually find it all the year long, except the weather be extreme frofty. It is quick, fliarp, and bitter, in tafte, and is thereby found to be hot and dry; a fingular herb for all in- ward wounds, ulcerated lungs or other parts, either by itfelf, or boiled with other the like herbs ; and, being drunk, it in a fiiort time eafeth all griping pains, windy and choleric humours in the ftomach, fpleen, or belly; helps the yellow jaundice by opening the ftoppings of the gall and liver, and melancholy by opening the ftop- pings of the fpleen, expelleth venom or poifon, and alfo the plague ; it provoketh urine and women's courles. The decodtion of it in wine, drunk for fome time toge- ther, procureth eal'e unto them that are troubled with the fciatica, or hip-gout, as alfo the gout in the hands, knees, or feet; and, if you put to thedecoClion fome ho- ney, and a little burnt alum, it is excellent good to gargle any fore mouth or throat, and to walli the fores and ulcers in the privy parts of man or woman; it fpeedily helpeth green wounds, being bruifed and bound tliereto. The juice of it, boiled ■%vith a little honey and verdigreafe, doth wonderfully clcanfe fiftulas, ulcers, and ftayeth the f[)reading or eating of cancers and ulcers; it helpeth the itch, fcabs, wheals, and other breakings-out, in any part of the body. The juice of celandine, Pield-daifies, and ground-ivy, clarified, and a little fine fugar dilfolvcd therein, and dropped into the eyes, is a fovereign remedy for all the pains, rednefs, and watering, of them; as alfo for the pin and web, Ikins and films growing over the fight. It helpeth beafts as well as men. The juice dropped into the ears doth wonderfully help the noife and fmging of them, and helpeth the hearing which is decayed. It ■is good to tun up with new drink, for it will fo clarify it in a night, that it will be fit to be drunk the next morning; or, if any drink be thick with removing, or any other accident, it will do the like in a few hours. ALEXANDER. Smyhnium. IT is alfo called alifander, horfe-parfley, and wild parfley, and the black pot- herb ; the feed of it is that which is ufually fold in the apothecaries’ fhops for IMa- cedonian parfley-feed. Description, ft is ufually fown in all the gardens in Europe; and fo well known, that it needs no further defeription. Time. They flower in June or July, and the feed is ripe in Auguft. Government and Virtues. It is an herb of Jupiter, and therefore friendly to nature, for it warmeth a cold ftomach, and openeth ftoppings of the liver, and wonderfully