The English physitian enlarged with three hundred, sixty, and nine medicines made of English herbs that were not in any impression until this: ... Being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation: containing 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, they being most fit for English bodies. Herein is also shewed these seven things, viz. 1 The way of making plaisters, oyntments, oyls, pultisses, syrups, decoctions, julips, or waters, of al sorts of physical herbs ... 7 The way of mixing medicines according to cause and mixture of the disease, and part of the body afflicted. By Nich. Culpeper, Gent. student in physick and astrologie: living in Spittle Fields.

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The English physitian enlarged with three hundred, sixty, and nine medicines made of English herbs that were not in any impression until this: ... Being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation: containing 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, they being most fit for English bodies. Herein is also shewed these seven things, viz. 1 The way of making plaisters, oyntments, oyls, pultisses, syrups, decoctions, julips, or waters, of al sorts of physical herbs ... 7 The way of mixing medicines according to cause and mixture of the disease, and part of the body afflicted. By Nich. Culpeper, Gent. student in physick and astrologie: living in Spittle Fields.

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Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.

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London :: Printed by Peter Cole in Leaden-Hall, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Printing-press in Cornhil, neer the Royal Exchange,

1653.

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Contents

• title page
• To the READER.
• AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF ALL THE HERBS AND PLANTS.
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• The CONTENTS of the DIRECTIONS for making Syrups, Conserves, Oyls, Oyntments, Plaisters, &c. of Herbs, Roots, Flowers, &c.
  • Sect. 1 The way of gathering, drying, and pre∣serving Simples and their Juyces.
  • Sect. 2 The way of making and keeping all necessary Compounds.
• Authors made use of in this Treatise.
• The Names of several Books Printed by Peter Cole in Leaden-Hal London, and are to be sold at his Shop at the sign of the Printing-press in Cornhil, neer the Exchange.
• half title
• THE English Physitian enlarged.
  • Amara-dulcis.
  • Alheale.
  • Alkanet.
  • Adders Tongue, Or, Serpents Tongue.
  • Agrimony.
  • Water-Agrimony.
  • Alehoof, Or Ground-Ivy.
  • Alexander.
  • The Black Alder-Tree.
  • The Common Alder-Tree.
  • Angelica.
  • Amaranthus.
  • Anemone.
  • Garden Arrach.
  • Arrach, wild and stinking.
  • Arch-angel.
  • Ars-smart.
  • Asarabacca.
  • Asparagus, Sparagus, or Sperage.
  • Prickly Asparagus, Sparagus, or Sperage.
  • Ash-tree.
  • Avens, called also Clovewort, and Herb Benet.
  • 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 some, 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, and Bugloss.
  • Blue-bottle.
  • Brank-Ursine.
  • Briony, or Wild Vine.
  • Brooklime, or Water-Pimpernel.
  • Butchers-Broom.
  • Broom, and Broomrape.
  • Bucks-horn Plantane.
  • Bucks-horn.
  • Bugle.
  • Burnet.
  • The Butter-Bur, or Petasitis.
  • The Bur-Dock.
  • Cabbages, and Coleworts.
  • The Sea Colewort.
  • Calamint, Or Mountain Mint.
  • Chamomel.
  • Water-Caltrops.
  • Campions Wild.
  • Carduus Benedictus
  • Carrots.
  • Caraway.
  • Celondine.
  • The lesser Celondine, usually known by the name of Pilewort, and Figwort.
  • The Ordinary smal Centaury.
  • The Cherry-Tree.
  • Winter-Cherries.
  • Chervil.
  • Sweet Chervil, or, Sweet Cicely.
  • Chestnut Tree.
  • Earth-Chestnuts.
  • Chickweed.
  • Cich-Pease, or Cicers.
  • Cinkfoyl, or Five Leaved Grass; Called in some Countries, Five Finger'd Grass.
  • Cives.
  • Clary, Or more properly, Cleer-Eye.
  • Wild Clary.
  • Cleavers.
  • Clowns Woundwort.
  • Cocks-Head, Red Fitchling, or Medick Fetch.
  • Columbines.
  • Coltsfoot.
  • Comfry.
  • Corralwort.
  • Costmary, or Alecost, or Balsom Herb.
  • Cudweed, or Cottonweed.
  • Cowslips, or, Peagles.
  • Crabs-Claws.
  • Back-Cresses.
  • Sciatica-Cresses.
  • Water-Cresses.
  • Crosswort.
  • Crowfoot.
  • Cuckowpint.
  • Cucumers, Or, (according to the pronounciation of the vulgar) Cowcumbers.
  • Daisies.
  • Dandelyon, vulgarly called Piss-a-beds.
  • Darnel.
  • Dill.
  • Devils-bit.
  • Dock.
  • Dodder of Time, or Epithimum, and other Dodders.
  • Dogs-Grass, Quich-Grass, Or,Couch-Grass.
  • Dovesfoot, or Cranesbil.
  • Ducks-meat.
  • Down, or Cotton-Thistle.
  • Dragons.
  • The Elder-Tree.
  • The Dwarf Elder.
  • The Elm Tree.
  • Endive.
  • Elecampane.
  • Eringo, or, Sea-Holly.
  • Eyebright.
  • Fern.
  • Osmond Royal, or Water-Fern.
  • Featherfew.
  • Fennel.
  • Sow-Fennel, or Hogs-Fennel.
  • Fig-wort, or Throat-wort.
  • Filipendula, or Dropwort.
  • The Figtree.
  • The yellow Water-Flag, Or, Flowerdeluce.
  • Flaxweed, or Toadflax.
  • Fleawort.
  • Flixweed.
  • Flower-de-luce.
  • Fluellin, or Lluellin.
  • Foxglove.
  • Fumitory.
  • The Furs-Bush.
  • Garlick.
  • Gentian, Felwort, or Baldmony.
  • Clove-gilli-Flowers.
  • Germander.
  • Stinking Gladwin.
  • Golden Rod.
  • Goutwort, or Herb-Gerrard.
  • Gromel.
  • Goosberry Bush.
  • Winter Green.
  • Groundsel.
  • Harts-ease.
  • Hartichokes.
  • Harts-Tongue.
  • The Hazel Nut.
  • Hawkweed.
  • The Hawthorn.
  • Hemlock.
  • Hemp.
  • Henbane.
  • Hedg-Hysop.
  • Black Hellebore.
  • Herb Robert.
  • Herb Truelove, or Oneberry.
  • Hysop.
  • Hops.
  • Horehound.
  • Horse-Taile.
  • Housleeks, or Sengreen.
  • Hounds-Tongue.
  • Holly, Holm, or Hulver-bush.
  • St. Johns-wort.
  • Ivy.
  • Juniper-Bush.
  • Kidney-wort, or Wall-Penyroyal, Or Wall Peny-wort.
  • Knapweed.
  • Knot-grass.
  • Ladies-Mantle.
  • Lavender.
  • Lavender Cotton.
  • Ladies-Smocks, or Cuckoo-Flowers.
  • Lettice.
  • The Water-Lilly.
  • Lilly of the Valley.
  • White-Lillys.
  • Liquoris.
  • Liver-wort.
  • Loos-strife, or Willow-Herb.
  • Loos-strife, with Spiked Heads of Flowers.
  • Lovage.
  • Lungwort.
  • Madder.
  • Maiden-hair.
  • Wall-Rue, or ordinary White Maiden-hair.
  • Golden Maiden-hair.
  • Mallows, and Marsh-Mallows.
  • Maple-Tree.
  • Wild Marjoram.
  • Sweet Marjoram.
  • Marigolds.
  • Masterwort.
  • Sweet Maudlin.
  • The Medlar.
  • Melilot, or Kings-Claver.
  • French, and Dogs Mercury.
  • Dogs Mercury.
  • Mint.
  • Misselto.
  • Money-wort, or Herb-Twopence.
  • Moon-wort.
  • Mosses.
  • Mother-wort.
  • Mouse-Ear.
  • Mugwort.
  • The Mulberry-Tree.
  • Mullein.
  • Mustard.
  • Hedg-Mustard.
  • Nail-wort, or Whitlow-grass.
  • Nep, or Catmint.
  • Nettles.
  • Nightshade.
  • The Oak.
  • Oats.
  • One-Blade.
  • Orchis.
  • Onions.
  • Orpine.
  • Parsley.
  • Parsley-Piert, or Parsley Break-Stone.
  • Parsnip.
  • Cow-Parsnep.
  • The Peach-tree.
  • The Pear-tree.
  • Pellitory of Spain.
  • Pellitory of the Wall.
  • Peny-royal.
  • Peony, Masc. & Foemina.
  • Pepper-wort, or Dittander.
  • Perwinkle.
  • St. Peters-wort.
  • Pimpernel.
  • Ground Pine, or Chamepitys.
  • 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.
  • Rhadish and Hors-Rhadish.
  • Ragwort.
  • Rattle-grass.
  • Rest-Harrow, or Cammoak.
  • Rocket.
  • Winter Rocket, or Cresses.
  • Roses.
  • Rosa Solis, or Sun-dew.
  • Rosemary.
  • Rubarb, or Rhapontick.
  • Garden Patience, or Monks Rubarb.
  • Great round leav'd Dock, or, Bastard Rubarb.
  • Meadow Rue.
  • Garden Rue.
  • Rupture wort.
  • Rushes.
  • Rye.
  • Saffron.
  • Sage.
  • Wood-Sage.
  • Solomons Seal.
  • Sampire.
  • Sanicle.
  • Sarasens Consound, or Sarasens Wound-wort.
  • Sawce alone, or Jack by the Hedge.
  • Winter, and Summer Savory.
  • Savin.
  • The common white Saxifrage.
  • Burnet Saxifrage.
  • Scabious, three sorts.
  • Scurvy-grass.
  • Self-heal.
  • The Service-tree.
  • Shepheards-Purse.
  • Smallage.
  • Sope-wort, or Bruise-wort.
  • Sorrel.
  • Wood Sorrel.
  • Sow-Thistles.
  • Southernwood.
  • Spignel.
  • Spleenwort, or Ceterach.
  • Star thistle.
  • Strawberries.
  • Succory.
  • Stone-Crop, Prick-Madam, or Smal House-Leek.
  • English Tobacco.
  • The Tamarisk-Tree.
  • Garden Tansie.
  • Wild 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-Thorn, or Sloe-Bush.
  • Thorough-wax, or Thorough-leaf.
  • Time.
  • Wild Time, or Mother of Time.
  • Tormentil, or Setfoyl.
  • Turnsole, or Heliotropium
  • Meadow Trefoyl, or Honeysuckles.
  • Heart-trefoyl.
  • Pearl-trefoyle.
  • Tutsan, or Park Leaves.
  • Garden Valerian.
  • Vervain.
  • The Vine.
  • Violets.
  • Vipers Bugloss.
  • Wall-Flowers, or Winter Gilly Flowers.
  • The Walnut Tree.
  • Wold, Weld, or Dyers Weed.
  • Wheat.
  • The Willow Tree.
  • Woad.
  • Woodbind, or Honeysuckles.
  • Wormwood.
  • Yarrow, called also Nosebleed, Milfoile, and Thousand Leaf.
• DIRECTIONS.
  • SECT. I. The way of gathering, drying, and preserving Simples and their Juyces.
    • Chap. 1. Of Leaves of Herbs, or Trees.
    • Chap. 2. Of Flowers.
    • Chap. 3. Of Seeds.
    • Chap. 4. Of Roots.
    • Chap. 5. Of Barks.
    • Chap. 6. Of Juyces.
  • SECT. II. The way of making and keeping all necessary Compounds.
    • Chap. 1. Of Distilled waters.
    • Chap. 2. Of Syrups.
    • Chap. 3. Of Juleps.
    • Chap 4. Of Decoctions.
    • Chap. 5. Of Oyls.
    • 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. The way of mixing Medicines according to the Cause of the Disease and part of the Body afflicted.
• The TABLE of DISEASES.
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