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The Complete Herbal

by Nicholas Culpeper

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  1. 1The Complete Herbal
  2. 2Culpeper’s Original Epistle to the Reader
  3. 3Instructions for the Right Use of the Book
  4. 4To His Dearest Consort — Mrs. Alice Culpeper
  5. 5The English Physician Enlarged
  6. 6All-Heal
  7. 7Alkanet
  8. 8Adder’s Tongue or Serpent’s Tongue
  9. 9Agrimony
  10. 10Water Agrimony
  11. 11Alehoof, or Ground-Ivy
  12. 12Alexander
  13. 13The Black Alder-Tree
  14. 14The Common Alder-Tree
  15. 15Angelica
  16. 16Amaranthus
  17. 17Anemone
  18. 18Garden Arrach
  19. 19Arrach, Wild and Stinking
  20. 20Archangel
  21. 21Arssmart
  22. 22Asarabacca
  23. 23Asparagus, Sparagus, or Sperage
  24. 24Prickly Asparagus, or Sperage
  25. 25Ash Tree
  26. 26Avens, Called Also Colewort, and Herb Bonet
  27. 27Balm
  28. 28Barberry
  29. 29Barley
  30. 30Garden Bazil, or Sweet Bazil
  31. 31The Bay Tree
  32. 32Beans
  33. 33French Beans
  34. 34Ladies Bed-Straw
  35. 35Beets
  36. 36Water Betony
  37. 37Wood Betony
  38. 38The Beech Tree
  39. 39Bilberries, Called by Some Whorts, and Whortle-Berries
  40. 40Bifoil or Twablade
  41. 41The Birch Tree
  42. 42Bird’s Foot
  43. 43Bishop’s-Weed
  44. 44Bistort, or Snakeweed
  45. 45One-Blade
  46. 46The Bramble, or Black-Berry Bush
  47. 47Blites
  48. 48Borage and Bugloss
  49. 49Blue-Bottle
  50. 50Brank Ursine
  51. 51Briony, or Wild Vine
  52. 52Brook Lime, or Water-Pimpernel
  53. 53Butcher’s Broom
  54. 54Broom, and Broom-Rape
  55. 55Buck’s-Horn Plantain
  56. 56Buck’s Horn
  57. 57Bugle
  58. 58Burnet
  59. 59The Butter-Bur, or Petasitis
  60. 60The Burdock
  61. 61Cabbages and Coleworts
  62. 62The Sea Coleworts
  63. 63Calamint, or Mountain-Mint
  64. 64Camomile
  65. 65Water-Caltrops
  66. 66Campion, Wild
  67. 67Carduus Benedictus
  68. 68Carrots
  69. 69Carraway
  70. 70Celandine
  71. 71The Ordinary Small Centaury
  72. 72The Cherry-Tree
  73. 73Winter-Cherries
  74. 74Chervil
  75. 75Sweet Chervil, or Sweet Cicely
  76. 76Chesnut Tree
  77. 77Earth Chesnuts
  78. 78Chickweed
  79. 79Chick-Pease, or Cicers
  80. 80Cives
  81. 81Clary, or More Properly Clear-Eye
  82. 82Wild Clary
  83. 83Cleavers
  84. 84Clown’s Woods
  85. 85Cock’s Head, Red Fitching, or Medick Fetch
  86. 86Columbines
  87. 87Coltsfoot
  88. 88Comfrey
  89. 89Coralwort
  90. 90Costmary, or Alcost, or Balsam Herb
  91. 91Cudweed, or Cottonweed
  92. 92Cowslips, or Peagles
  93. 93Crab’s Claws
  94. 94Black Cresses
  95. 95Sciatica Cresses
  96. 96Water Cresses
  97. 97Crosswort
  98. 98Crowfoot
  99. 99Cuckow-Point
  100. 100Cucumbers
  101. 101Daisies
  102. 102Dandelion, Vulgarly Called Piss-a-Beds
  103. 103Darnel
  104. 104Dill
  105. 105Devil’s-Bit
  106. 106Dock
  107. 107Dodder of Thyme, Epithymum, and Other Dodders
  108. 108Dog’s-Grass, or Cough Grass
  109. 109Dove’s-Foot, or Crane’s-Bill
  110. 110Duck’s Meat
  111. 111Down, or Cotton-Thistle
  112. 112Dragons
  113. 113The Elder Tree
  114. 114The Dwarf-Elder
  115. 115The Elm Tree
  116. 116Endive
  117. 117Elecampane
  118. 118Eringo, or Sea-Holly
  119. 119Eyebright
  120. 120Fern
  121. 121Osmond Royal, or Water Fern
  122. 122Feverfew or Featherfew
  123. 123Fennel
  124. 124Sow-Fennel, or Hog’s-Fennel
  125. 125Fig-Wort, or Throat-Wort
  126. 126Filipendula, or Drop-Wort
  127. 127The Fig-Tree
  128. 128The Yellow Water-Flag, or Flower-de-Luce
  129. 129Flax-Weed, or Toad-Flax
  130. 130Flea-Wort
  131. 131Flux-Weed
  132. 132Flower-de-Luce
  133. 133Fluellin, or Lluellin
  134. 134Fox-Glove
  135. 135Fumitory
  136. 136The Furze Bush
  137. 137Garlick
  138. 138Gentian, Felwort, or Baldmony
  139. 139Clove Gilliflowers
  140. 140Germander
  141. 141Stinking Gladwin
  142. 142Golden Rod
  143. 143Gout-Wort, or Herb Gerrard
  144. 144Gromel
  145. 145Gooseberry Bush
  146. 146Winter-Green
  147. 147Groundsel
  148. 148Heart’s-Ease
  149. 149Artichokes
  150. 150Hart’s-Tongue
  151. 151Hazel-Nut
  152. 152Hawk-Weed
  153. 153Hawthorn
  154. 154Hemlock
  155. 155Hemp
  156. 156Henbane
  157. 157Hedge Hyssop
  158. 158Black Hellebore
  159. 159Herb Robert
  160. 160Herb True-Love, or One-Berry
  161. 161Hyssop
  162. 162Hops
  163. 163Horehound
  164. 164Horsetail
  165. 165Houseleek or Sengreen
  166. 166Hound’s Tongue
  167. 167Holly, Holm, or Hulver Bush
  168. 168St. John’s Wort
  169. 169Ivy
  170. 170Juniper Bush
  171. 171Kidneywort, or Wall Pennyroyal, or Wall Pennywort
  172. 172Knapweed
  173. 173Knotgrass
  174. 174Ladies’ Mantle
  175. 175Lavender
  176. 176Lavender-Cotton
  177. 177Ladies-Smock, or Cuckow-Flower
  178. 178Lettuce
  179. 179Water Lily
  180. 180Lily of the Valley
  181. 181White Lilies
  182. 182Liquorice
  183. 183Liverwort
  184. 184Loosestrife or Willow-Herb
  185. 185Loosestrife, With Spiked Heads of Flowers
  186. 186Lovage
  187. 187Lungwort
  188. 188Madder
  189. 189Maiden Hair
  190. 190Wall Rue, or, White Maiden-Hair
  191. 191Golden Maiden Hair
  192. 192Mallows and Marshmallows
  193. 193Maple Tree
  194. 194Wind Marjoram
  195. 195Sweet Marjoram
  196. 196Marigolds
  197. 197Masterwort
  198. 198Sweet Maudlin
  199. 199The Medlar
  200. 200Mellilot, or King’s Claver
  201. 201French and Dog Mercury
  202. 202Dog Mercury
  203. 203Mint
  204. 204Misselto
  205. 205Moneywort, or Herb Twopence
  206. 206Moonwort
  207. 207Mosses
  208. 208Motherwort
  209. 209Mouse-Ear
  210. 210Mugwort
  211. 211The Mulberry-Tree
  212. 212Mullein
  213. 213Mustard
  214. 214The Hedge-Mustard
  215. 215Nailwort, or Whitlow-Grass
  216. 216Nep, or Catmint
  217. 217Nettles
  218. 218Nightshade
  219. 219The Oak
  220. 220Oats
  221. 221One Blade
  222. 222Orchis
  223. 223Onions
  224. 224Orpine
  225. 225Parsley
  226. 226Parsley Piert, or Parsley Break Stone
  227. 227Parsnips
  228. 228Cow Parsnips
  229. 229The Peach Tree
  230. 230The Pear Tree
  231. 231Pellitory of Spain
  232. 232Pellitory of the Wall
  233. 233Pennyroyal
  234. 234Male and Female Peony
  235. 235Pepperwort, or Dittander
  236. 236Periwinkle
  237. 237St. Peter’s Wort
  238. 238Pimpernel
  239. 239Ground Pine, or Chamepitys
  240. 240Plantain
  241. 241Plums
  242. 242Polypody of the Oak
  243. 243The Poplar Tree
  244. 244Poppy
  245. 245Purslain
  246. 246Primroses
  247. 247Privet
  248. 248Queen of the Meadows, Meadow Sweet, or Mead Sweet
  249. 249The Quince Tree
  250. 250Raddish, or Horse-Raddish
  251. 251Ragwort
  252. 252Rattle Grass
  253. 253Rest Harrow, or Cammock
  254. 254Rocket
  255. 255Winter-Rocket, or Cresses
  256. 256Roses
  257. 257Rosa Solis, or Sun Dew
  258. 258Rosemary
  259. 259Rhubarb, or Rephontic
  260. 260Garden-Patience, or Monk’s Rhubarb
  261. 261Great Round-Leaved Dock, or Bastard Rhubarb
  262. 262Meadow-Rue
  263. 263Garden-Rue
  264. 264Rupture-Wort
  265. 265Rushes
  266. 266Rye
  267. 267Saffron
  268. 268Sage
  269. 269Wood-Sage
  270. 270Solomon’s Seal
  271. 271Samphire
  272. 272Sanicle
  273. 273Saracen’s Confound, or Saracen’s Woundwort
  274. 274Sauce-Alone, or Jack-by-the-Hedge-Side
  275. 275Winter and Summer Savoury
  276. 276Savine
  277. 277The Common White Saxifrage
  278. 278Burnet Saxifrage
  279. 279Scabious, Three Sorts
  280. 280Scurvygrass
  281. 281Self-Heal
  282. 282The Service-Tree
  283. 283Shepherd’s Purse
  284. 284Smallage
  285. 285Sopewort, or Bruisewort
  286. 286Sorrel
  287. 287Wood Sorrel
  288. 288Sow Thistle
  289. 289Southern Wood
  290. 290Spignel, or Spikenard
  291. 291Spleenwort, Ceterach, or Heart’s Tongue
  292. 292Star Thistle
  293. 293Strawberries
  294. 294Succory, or Chicory
  295. 295Stone-Crop, Prick-Madam, or Small-Houseleek
  296. 296English Tobacco
  297. 297The Tamarisk Tree
  298. 298Garden Tansy
  299. 299Wild Tansy, or Silver Weed
  300. 300Thistles
  301. 301The Melancholy Thistle
  302. 302Our Lady’s Thistle
  303. 303The Woollen, or, Cotton Thistle
  304. 304The Fuller’s Thistle, or Teasle
  305. 305Treacle Mustard
  306. 306Mithridate Mustard
  307. 307The Black Thorn, or Sloe-Bush
  308. 308Thorough Wax, or Thorough Leaf
  309. 309Thyme
  310. 310Wild Thyme, or Mother of Thyme
  311. 311Tormentil, or Septfoil
  312. 312Turnsole, or Heliotropium
  313. 313Meadow Trefoil, or Honeysuckles
  314. 314Heart Trefoil
  315. 315Pearl Trefoil
  316. 316Tustan, or Park Leaves
  317. 317Garden Valerian
  318. 318Vervain
  319. 319The Vine
  320. 320Violets
  321. 321Viper’s Bugloss
  322. 322Wall Flowers, or Winter Gilli-Flowers
  323. 323The Wallnut Tree
  324. 324Wold, Weld, or Dyer’s Weed
  325. 325Wheat
  326. 326The Willow Tree
  327. 327Woad
  328. 328Woodbine, or Honey-Suckles
  329. 329Wormwood
  330. 330Yarrow, Called Nose-Bleed, Milfoil and Thousand-Leal
  331. 331Directions for Making Syrups, Conserves, &c. &c.
  332. 332Section II — Of Making and Keeping Compounds
  333. 333Chapter I — Of Leaves of Herbs, or Trees
  334. 334Chapter II — Of Flowers
  335. 335Chapter III — Of Seeds
  336. 336Chapter IV — Of Roots
  337. 337Chapter V — Of Barks
  338. 338Chapter VI — Of Juices
  339. 339Section II — The Way of Making and Keeping All Necessary Compounds
  340. 340Chapter II — Of Syrups
  341. 341Chapter III — Of Juleps
  342. 342Chapter IV — Of Decoctions
  343. 343Chapter V — Of Oils
  344. 344Chapter VI — Of Electuaries
  345. 345Chapter VII — Of Conserves
  346. 346Chapter VIII — Of Preserves
  347. 347Chapter IX — Of Lohocks
  348. 348Chapter X — Of Ointments
  349. 349Chapter XI — Of Plaisters
  350. 350Chapter XII — Of Poultices
  351. 351Chapter XIII — Of Troches
  352. 352Chapter XIV — Of Pills
  353. 353Chapter XV
  354. 354The English Physician and Family Dispensatory
  355. 355Roots
  356. 356Barks
  357. 357Woods and Their Chips, or Raspings
  358. 358Herbs and Their Leaves
  359. 359Flowers
  360. 360Fruits and Their Buds
  361. 361Seeds or Grains
  362. 362Tears, Liquors, and Rozins
  363. 363Juices
  364. 364Things Bred From Plants
  365. 365Living Creatures
  366. 366Parts of Living Creatures, and Excrements
  367. 367Belonging to the Sea
  368. 368Metals, Minerals, and Stones
  369. 369A Catalogue of Simples in the New Dispensatory
  370. 370Woods
  371. 371Herbs
  372. 372Flowers
  373. 373Fruits
  374. 374Seeds
  375. 375Metals, Stones, Salts, and Other Minerals
  376. 376Simple Distilled Waters
  377. 377Simple Waters Distilled, Being Digested Before-Hand
  378. 378Compounds. Spirit and Compound Distilled Waters
  379. 379Tinctures
  380. 380Physical Wines
  381. 381Physical Vinegars
  382. 382Decoctions
  383. 383Syrups
  384. 384Purging Syrups
  385. 385Syrups Made With Vinegar and Honey
  386. 386Rob, or Sapa: And Juices
  387. 387Lohoch, or Eclegmata
  388. 388Preserved Roots, Stalks, Barks, Flowers, Fruits
  389. 389Conserves and Sugars
  390. 390Sugars
  391. 391Species, or Powders
  392. 392Electuaries
  393. 393Purging Electuaries
  394. 394Pills
  395. 395Troches
  396. 396Oils
  397. 397Simple Oils by Infusion and Decoction
  398. 398Compound Oils by Infusion and Decoction
  399. 399Ointments More Simple
  400. 400Ointments More Compound
  401. 401Cerecloaths
  402. 402Plaisters
  403. 403A Key to Galen’s Method of Physic
  404. 404Section I — Of the Temperature of Medicines
  405. 405Section II — Of the Appropriation of Medicines to the Several Parts…
  406. 406Chapter I — Of Medicines Appropriated to the Head
  407. 407Chapter II — Of Medicines Appropriated to the Breast and Lungs
  408. 408Chapter III — Of Medicines Appropriated to the Heart
  409. 409Chapter IV — Of Medicines Appropriated to the Stomach
  410. 410Chapter V — Of Medicines Appropriated to the Liver
  411. 411Chapter VI — Of Medicines Appropriated to the Spleen
  412. 412Chapter VII — Of Medicines Appropriated to the Reins and Bladder
  413. 413Chapter VIII — Of Medicines Appropriated to the Womb
  414. 414Chapter IX — Of Medicines Appropriated to the Joints
  415. 415Section III — Of the Propriety or Operation of Medicines
  416. 416Chapter II — Of Hardening Medicines
  417. 417Chapter III — Of Loosening Medicines
  418. 418Chapter IV — Of Drawing Medicines
  419. 419Chapter V — Of Discussive Medicines
  420. 420Chapter VI — Of Repelling Medicines
  421. 421Chapter VII — Of Cleansing Medicines
  422. 422Chapter VIII — Of Emplasters
  423. 423Chapter IX — Of Suppuring Medicines
  424. 424Chapter X — Of Medicines Provoking Urine
  425. 425Chapter XI — Of Medicines Breeding Flesh
  426. 426Chapter XII — Of Glutinative Medicines
  427. 427Chapter XIII — Of Medicines Resisting Poison
  428. 428Chapter XIV — Of Purging Medicines
  429. 429Culpeper’s Last Legacies
  430. 430For the Eyes, and Their Impediments
  431. 431For the Ears, and Their Impediments
  432. 432For the Nose, and Its Infirmities
  433. 433Of the Mouth, and Its Diseases
  434. 434Of the Teeth, and Their Medicines
  435. 435Of the Gums, and Their Infirmities
  436. 436Of the Face, and Its Infirmities
  437. 437Of the Throat, and Its Infirmities
  438. 438Of Women’s Breasts, Their Infirmities and Cures
  439. 439Of the Stomach, and Its Infirmities
  440. 440Of the Liver, and Its Infirmities
  441. 441A List of the Principal Diseases

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