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The Complete Herbal / To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. — Nicholas Culpeper

The Complete Herbal / To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic.

Nicholas Culpeper

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  • Book language: English
  • 783 pages

The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper is a 17th-century English herbal and medical guide. It presents herbs, their medicinal and astrological qualities, and traditional remedies for human ailments. It offers a vivid view of early modern plant medicine and domestic healing.

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NICHOLAS CULPEPER, M.D. Author of the Family Herbal and RED LION

SPITALFIELDS IN WHICH CULPEPER LIVED, STUDIED AND DIE

title page
THE
COMPLETE HERBAL;
TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED, UPWARDS OF
ONE HUNDRED ADDITIONAL HERBS,
WITH A DISPLAY OF THEIR
Medicinal and Occult Qualities
PHYSICALLY APPLIED TO
THE CURE OF ALL DISORDERS INCIDENT TO
MANKIND:
TO WHICH ARE NOW FIRST ANNEXED, THE

ENGLISH PHYSICIAN
ENLARGED,
AND
KEY TO PHYSIC.
WITH
RULES FOR COMPOUNDING MEDICINE
ACCORDING TO THE TRUE SYSTEM OF
NATURE.
FORMING A COMPLETE
FAMILY DISPENSATORY AND
NATURAL SYSTEM OF PHYSIC.
————————————
BY NICHOLAS CULPEPER, M.D.
————————————
TO WHICH IS ALSO ADDED,
UPWARDS OF FIFTY CHOICE RECEIPTS,

SELECTED FROM THE AUTHOR’S LAST LEGACY TO HIS WIFE.

A NEW EDITION,

WITH A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES TO WHICH THE HUMAN BODY IS

LIABLE,

AND A GENERAL INDEX.

Illustrated by Engravings of numerous British Herbs and Plants, correctly coloured from nature.

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“The Lord hath created Medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.”—Ecc. xxxviii. 4.

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LONDON:

THOMAS KELLY, 17, PATERNOSTER ROW.

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MDCCCL.

LONDON;
A. CROSS, PRINTER, 89, PAUL STREET,
FINSBURY.

Plate 1
PLATE 1.
Alexander
Agrimony
Alkanet
Allheal
Amara Dulcis or Bitter Sweet
Amaranthus
Adders Tongue
Angelica
Alehoof or Ground Ivy
plate two
PLATE 2.
Garden Arrach
Avens
Ars smart
Basil
Archangel
Beets
Yellow Bedstraw White Bedstraw Water Betony
THOMAS KELLY, LONDON
Plate three
PLATE 3.
Bird’s Foot
Bishop’s Weed Bistort or Snakeweed
White Briony
Borage
Brooklime
Bucks-horn Plantain Brank Ursine
Blue Bottle
THOMAS KELLY, LONDON.
plate four
PLATE 4.
Burdock
Butter-bur Wall Bugloss
Bugle
Camomile
Carraway
Centaury Wild Carrot
Celandine
THOMAS KELLY, LONDON.
Plate five
PLATE 5.
Chervill
Comfry
Cleavers
Coltsfoot
Crabs Claws
or Fresh water Soldier
Cowslip
Columbine
Shrub Cinquefoil
Costmary

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Contents

  1. The Complete Herbal
  2. CULPEPER’S ORIGINAL EPISTLE TO THE READER.
  3. TO HIS DEAREST CONSORT MRS. ALICE CULPEPER.
  4. THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED.
  5. DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SYRUPS, CONSERVES, &c. &c.
  6. SECTION II. The way of making and keeping all necessary Compounds.
  7. CHAPTER II. Of Syrups.
  8. THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND FAMILY DISPENSATORY.
  9. ROOTS.
  10. BARKS.
  11. WOODS AND THEIR CHIPS, OR RASPINGS.
  12. HERBS AND THEIR LEAVES.
  13. FLOWERS.
  14. FRUITS AND THEIR BUDS.
  15. SEEDS OR GRAINS.
  16. TEARS, LIQUORS, AND ROZINS.
  17. JUICES.
  18. THINGS BRED FROM PLANTS.
  19. LIVING CREATURES.
  20. PARTS OF LIVING CREATURES, AND EXCREMENTS.
  21. BELONGING TO THE SEA.
  22. METALS, MINERALS, AND STONES.
  23. A CATALOGUE OF SIMPLES IN THE NEW DISPENSATORY.
  24. A KEY TO GALEN’S METHOD OF PHYSIC.
  25. SECTION I.
  26. SECTION II. Of the appropriation of Medicines to the several parts of the body.
  27. SECTION III. Of the propriety or operation of Medicines.
  28. CULPEPER’S LAST LEGACIES.
  29. GENERAL INDEX TO THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED, AND GALEN’S KEY TO PHYSIC.
  30. A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES.

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