The English physitian: or an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation. Being a compleat method of physick ... / By Nich. Culpeper.

  • Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.
Date:
1652
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    My Anfwcr to the Letter, was to this cfFeft. Sir, I received yours, July 2,5. wherein I find yourcRclofcd Schcam, and (I fiippcfe) the nature of the Difeafe,and have fent you fuch an Anfwer as I could, being far from my Study, which I entrcJtt you to take in good part,being Tcftinanticalmo Conferipa. As for the ig¬ norance of your Country Dodors, they wan¬ ting the true Judgment of Afirology, is to me no waies admirable j I perceive you to be a yeng man by the time of your Genefis, which you all'o fent me, beware whom you truft with that, he that knows your Nativity knows when ill Diredions operate, and if he be an Enemy, knows when to do you a mifehief j If Odi had not had his Nativity, he had never gotten his Head off^ but to inftrud you being a yong Student, I fliall give you my Judgment Methodically. Dtacritica. You fay you can find no Arguments of Witclacratt, but only one Sign poflefifing the Culps of both Twelth and Afcendent, but if you had regarded the Propinquity of Venus to Saturn you would have made another of that, yet do not 1 think ftie is bewitched, becaiife of other more prevalent teftimonies 5 the Moon pafling from the beams of Mars to the beams ofrewwmayfcemtogive fome fufpition of Honefty, and the Difeafc to come that way, which is cncreafed by M/tfs his being in the Afcendent in Scorpit), and the Dragons Tail upon the Cufp, yet I can hardly beleeve this, for CoMda in a humane Sign ufually gives Slanders and not Tales of Truth, ’tis a hun¬ dred to one if fhe fufier not in point of good name by the vulgar [this was too true] Be- fides, the neernefs of Venus to Saturn may well fliew trouble of mind, and it being in the ninth Houfe, pray enquire whether fhe have not been troubled about fome tenents in Reli¬ gion [the trouble,of mind was true, but it was about a ftranger, which the ninth Houfe alfo Cgnifics.] T)iagngjheAf Venus, Lady of the Twelfth, and Afccn- dent, and Eigth, {hews her alwaies to be her own foe in reijpeft of Health J and truly I be- leevc the original of the Difeafc was aSurfet either by eating moitt Fruits, or clfe by cat¬ ching wet in travelling ; Venus with Saturn who is in fquave to the Afcendent troubles her Breaft with tough Flegm and Mclancholly: Befides, there being a molt forcible reception between the Moon and Venus from fruitful Signs, 1 queftion whether fhc be not with Child or not, the Moon being in the fifth 1 Houfe, Mars is lord of the Difeafe, really in the Scorpion, and accidentally in the Afcen¬ dent, together with Aries on the fixt, llievr the Difeafc keeps his Court in the Womb, and accidentally afflias the Head from thence, fo that heat of the Womb muft needs be caufe cf the prefent diftemper, and Mars in a moift Sign in the firft ncer the fecond may well de¬ note heat, and breaking out about her Face and Throat. Prognoftica. Whether Ihe be curable or not, or how or when the Difeafe will end is our next Point 5 T ruly I can fee no danger of death the Moon being llrong in her hain, and applying by Trine with a Rrong reception to the Lady of the Afcendent 5 yet this is certain, <S^tars ftrong in a fixed Sign will maintain the Dif¬ eafe ftoutly, her hopes will be but final when comes to the Body of Jii- gufi 2. for Ihe will be overprelTed with Me- lancholly, the time I fuppofe of her Cure mav be (if good coinfcs be taken) when Mars leaves the Sign he is in ,and comes to the place where the Body cf Jupiter is, o-r at Icall: then it may turn to another Difeafc more propiti¬ ous j the Sun ftrong in the Tenth foews file may be cured by Medicine, and he being ex¬ alted in the feventh, and caput there, I do not know but you arc as likely a man to do it as any. Jndkationcs Curatlzix. It is confelfed here that the Sim bcin<» ex¬ ceeding ftrong in the tenth Houfe, fiioutd na¬ turally fignifie the curative Medicine, and as true that the evils of Mars, heat in the Womb, and a fait humor in the blood ought to be removed before you meddle with the tough Flegm in the Breaft, but yet feeing the Difeafe feems rather to participate of offen¬ ding heat than any other Simple quality, you muft have a care of hot Medicines left you go about iiryiem oleo e^xtmgiicrc, the Medicines muft I. oe cool, 2. ftrengthning the Womb, 3. rcprcfling the vapors, 4. of the nature of Sol and Venus. Thcrapeuticc. To this intent I firft commend unto you ftinking Arrach, a pattci n whereof I l«ivc fent you enclofed, you may find it upon Dunghils, efpecially fuch as arc made of Horfe-dung : It Is cold and moift, an Herb of Venus in the Scorpion j Alfo Ros Solis an Herb of the Sun and under the Coelcftial Crab, may do very well, and the better bccaufe Venus is in Can¬ cer: It grows upon Bogs in iimillcd places,- and is in flower -about this time, it grows very low, with roundifli green Leaves full of red hairs, and is ffulleft of dew when the Sun is hotteft, whence it took its name; tothefeyou mayadTanfic, which I ,takc to be an Herb of Venus iaLihra,nnd Lct- ticc if you pleafe which is an Hcib of thie Moon, Mars having his fail in Cancer they a-ic all harmlefs, you may ufc them according to your own defcrction; alfo Orpine, another Herb of the Moon is very good jft this cafe. Sir^