The English physitian, or An astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself being sick for three pence charge, with such things only as grow in England ... / by Nich. Culpeper.
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- The English physitian, or An astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself being sick for three pence charge, with such things only as grow in England ... / by Nich. Culpeper.
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- Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.
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- London :: Printed by Peter Cole,
- 1652.
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- Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
- Materia medica.
- Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800.
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Contents
- frontispiece
- title page
- TO THE READDR.
- Authors made use of in this TREATISE.
- A Catalogue of the Herbs and Plants &c. in this Treatise, apropriated to their several PLANETS.
- The Names of several Books printed by Peter Cole, at the sign of the Prin∣ting Press in Cornhill, by the Exchange, London.
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THE
English Physitian.
- Adders Tongue. ☽
- Agrimony. ♃
- Alehoof, or Ground-Ivy.
- Alexander. ♃
- The Black Alder-Tree.
- ♀ The Common Alder-Tree.
- ☉ ♌ Angelica.
- ♀ Apples.
- Arrach wild & stinking.
- ♀ Archangel.
- ♂ Arsmart.
- ♂ Asarabacca.
- ♃ Asparagus, Sparagus, or Sperage.
- & Jupit; Prickly Asparagus, Spara∣gus, or Sperage.
- ☉ Ash-Tree.
- ♃ Avens.
- ♃ ♋ Balm.
- ♂ Barberry.
- ♄ Barly.
- Garden Bazil, OR ♀ Sweet Bazil.
- ♃ The Bay-Tree.
- ♀ Beans.
- ♃ French-Beans.
- ♀ Ladies-Bedstraw.
- Beets.
- Water-Betony.
- ♃ ♈ Wood-Betony.
- ♄ The Beech-Tree.
- ♄ BILBERRIES: called also (by som) Whorts, and Whortleberries.
- Bifoyl, or Twayblade.
- The Birch-Tree.
- ♄ Birds-Foot.
- ♀ Bishops-weed.
- Bistort, or Snakeweed.
- ☉ One-Blade.
- ♀ ♈ The Bramble; OR Black-Berry-Bush.
- ♀ Blites.
- ♃ ♌ Borrage & Bugloss.
- ♄ Bluebottles.
- Briony, or VVild Vine.
- ♂ Brooklime.
- ♂ Butchers-Broom.
- Broom, & Broomrape. ♂
- Bucks-horn Plantane.
- ♀ ♎
- ☉ Burnet.
- ☉ The Butter-Bur.
- ♀ The Bur-Dock.
- Cabbages and Coleworts. ☽
- The Sea Colewort. ☽
- Calamint, or Mountain ☿ ☽ Mint.
- ☉ Chamomel.
- ♄ Campions wild.
- ☿ Carrots.
- ☿ Caraway.
- ☉ Celandine.
- The Iesser Celondine, usually known by the Name of ♄ Pilewort.
- The Ordinary small ☉ Centaury.
- ♀ The Cherry-Tree.
- ♀ Winter Cherries.
- ♃ Chervil.
- Sweet Chervil; OR ♃ Sweet Cicely.
- ♀ Chickweed.
- Cich-Peas, or Cicers.
- Cinkfoyl, or Five Leaved ♃. Grass; Called in some Countries, Five finger'd Grass.
- ♀ Clary.
- Cleavers, or Goosgrass.
- Clowns Woundwort.
- Cocks-Head. ♀
- ☽ Columbines.
- Coltsfoot, or Foalsfoot.
- ♄ Comfry.
- ♃ Costmary, or Alecost.
- Cudweed, or Cottonweed.
- ♀ ♈. Cowslips.
- ♄ Sciatica-Cresses.
- ☽ ♎ Water-Cresses.
- ♄ Crosswort.
- ♂ Crowfoot.
- Cuckowpint, or VVake∣Robin. ♂
- ♀ ♋ Daisies.
- DANDELYON, ♂ Vulgarly called, Piss-a-beds.
- ♄ Darnel.
- ☿ Dill.
- ♀ Devils-bit.
- ♃ Dock.
- Dodder of Time, or Epi∣thimum, and other Dodders. ♄
- ♃ Dogs-Grass; OR Quich-Grass.
- Dovesfoot, or Cranes∣bill. ♂
- ☽ Ducksmeat.
- Down, or Cotton∣Thistle. ♂
- ♀ The Elder-Tree.
- ♀ The Dwarf Elder.
- ♄ The Elm-Tree.
- ♃ Endive.
- ☿ Elecampane.
- Eringo, or Sea-Holly. ♀ ♎
- ☉ ♌ Eyebright.
- ☿ Fern.
- Osmond Royal, or Wa∣ter Fern. ♄
- ♀ Featherfew.
- ☿ Fennel.
- Sow-Fennel, or Hogs∣Fennel. ☿
- Figwort, or Throat∣wort. ♀
- Filipendula, or Drop∣wort. ♀
- The Yellow VVater-Flag, OR, Flower-de-luce.
- Flaxweed, or Toadflax.
- Fleawort.
- Flixweed.
- Flower-de-luce.
- Fluellin.
- Foxglove.
- Fumitory.
- The Furs-Bush.
- Garlick.
- Germander.
- Stinking Gladwin.
- Golden Rod.
- Goutwort, or Herb∣Gerrard.
- Gromel.
- Winter Green.
- Groundsel.
- Harts-Tongue.
- The Hazel Nut.
- Hawkweed
- The Hawthorn.
- Hemlock
- Hemp.
- Henbane.
- Herb Robert.
- Herb True-love, OR One-berry.
- Hysop.
- Hops.
- Horehound
- Horstail.
- Houfleeks, or Sen∣green. ♃
- ☿ Houndstongue.
- St. Johns-wort
- Ivy.
- Kidneywort, or Wall∣Penyroyal.
- ♄ Knapweed.
- ♄ Knot-grass.
- ♀ Ladies-Mantle.
- ☿ Lavender.
- ☽ ♋ Lettice.
- The VVater-Lilly.
- Liquoris.
- ♃ ♋ Liverwort.
- Loos-strife or Willow∣Hearb.
- Loos-Strife, with Spiked Heads of Flowers.
- ☉ ☿ Lovage.
- Lungwort.
- Madder.
- Maidenhair.
- Wall-Rue; Or ordinary White Maidenhair.
- Golden Maidenhair
- Mallows, and Marsh∣Mallows.
- ☿ ♈ Sweet Marjerom.
- ☉ ♌ Marigolds.
- ♂ Masterwort.
- Sweet Maudlin.
- The Medlar.
- Melilot, or Kings Claver.
- French, and Dogs Mercury.
- Dogs Mercury.
- Mint.
- Misselto.
- Money-wort, or Herb Two-pence.
- Moonwort.
- Mosses.
- Motherwort.
- Mousear.
- Mugwort
- The Mulberry-Tree.
- Mullein.
- Mustard.
- Hedg-Mustard.
- Nep, or Catmint.
- Nettles.
- Nightshade.
- The Oak.
- Oats.
- One-blade.
- Onions.
- Orpine.
- Parsley.
- Parsnip.
- Cow-Parsnep.
- The Peach-tree.
- The Pear-tree.
- Pellitory of the Wall.
- Peny-royal.
- Peony, Mas. & Femina.
- Pepperwort, or Dit∣tander.
- Perwinkle.
- St. Peters-wort.
- Pimpernel.
- Ground Pine, or Cha∣mepitys.
- Plantane.
- Plums.
- Pollipody of the Oak.
- The Poplar-Tree.
- Poppy.
- Purslane.
- Primroses.
- Privet.
- Queen of the Meadows, Meadow-sweet, or Mead-sweet.
- The Quince-Tree.
- Radish and Horse∣Radish.
- Ragwort.
- Rattle-grass.
- Rest-Harrow, or Cam∣moak.
- Rocket.
- Winter Rocket, or Cresses.
- Roses.
- RosaSolis, or Sun-dew.
- Rosemary.
- Rubarb, or Rhapon∣tick.
- Garden Patience, or Monks Rubard.
- Great round leav'd Dock, OR, Bastard Rubarb.
- Meadow Rue.
- Garden Rue.
- Rupture wort.
- Rushes.
- Rye.
- Saffron.
- Sage.
- VVood-Sage.
- Solomons Seal.
- Sampire.
- Sanicle.
- Sarasens Consound.
- Sawce alone, or Jack by the Hedg.
- VVinter and Summer Savory.
- The common white Saxifrage.
- Burnet Saxifrage.
- Scabious, three sorts.
- Scurvy-grass.
- Self-heal.
- The Service-tree.
- Smallage.
- Sopewort, or Bruise∣wort.
- Sorrel.
- Wood Sorrel.
- Sow-Thistles.
- Southernwood.
- Spignel.
- Spleenwort, or Cete∣rach.
- Star-thistle.
- Strawberries.
- Succory.
- English Tobacco.
- The Tamarisk-Tree.
- Garden Tansie.
- VVild Tansie, or Silver∣weed.
- Thistles.
- The Melancholly Thistle.
- Our Ladies Thistle.
- The Woolley, or Cotton Thistle.
- The Fullers Thistle, or Teasel.
- Treacle Mustard.
- Methridate Mustard.
- The Black-Thorne, or, Sloe-Bush.
- Thoroughwax.
- Tormentil.
- Turnsole, or Heliotro∣pium.
- Meadow Trefoyl, or Ho∣neysuckles.
- Tutsan, or Park Leaves.
- Garden Valerian.
- Vervain.
- The Vine.
- Violets.
- Vipers Buglofs.
- VVall-Flowers, or Winter Gilly-flowers.
- The VValnut-Tree.
- VVold, VVeld, or Dyers VVeed.
- Wheat.
- The VVillow-tree.
- Woad.
- Woodbind, or Honey∣suckles.
- Wormwood.
- Yarrow.
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DIRECTIONS.
- table of contents
- SECT. 1. The way of gathering, drying, and preserving Simples and their Juyces.
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SECT. 2.
The way of making and keeping all Ne∣cessary
Compounds.
- Chap. 1. Of Distilled Waters.
- Chap. 2. Of Syrups.
- Chap. 3. Of Juleps.
- Chap. 4. Of Decoctions.
- Chap. 5. Of Oyles.
- Chap. 6. Of Electuaries.
- Chap. 7. Of Conserves.
- Chap. 8. Of Preserves.
- Chap. 9. Of Lohochs.
- Chap. 10. Of Oyntments.
- Chap. 11. Of Plaisters.
- Chap. 12. Of Pultisses.
- Chap. 13. Of Troches.
- Chap. 14. Of Pills.
- Chap. ult.
- AN ALPHABETICAL CATALOGUE OF THE DISEASES SPECIFIED IN THIS TREATISE: Together with the Page where to find the Cure.