Agrimony in wine
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It is of a clensing and cutting faculty without any manifest heat, moderately drying and binding; It openeth and clenseth the Liver, helpeth the Jaundice, and is very beneficial to the Bowels, healing all inward Wounds, Bruises, Hurts, and other distempers. is good against the stinging and biting of Serpents, and helps them that have foul, troubled, or bloody waters, and makes them piss cleer spedily; It also helpeth the Chollick, clenseth the Breast, and rids away the Cough. A draught of the Decoction taken warm before the Fit, first removes, and in time rids away the Tertian or Quartan Agues: The Leaves and Seed taken in Wine, Stayeth the Bloody FluIllegible, length unknown. Marked as illegible in the transcription.. Illegible, length unknown. Marked as illegible in the transcription. appIllegible, length unknown. Marked as illegible in the transcription., being stamped with old Swines grease, it helpeth old sores, Cancers, and inveterate Ulcers; and draweth forth Thorns, Splinters of Wood, Nails, or any other such thing gotten into the Flesh; it helpeth to strengthen the Members that be out of joynt; and being bruised and applied, or the Juyce dropped in, it helpeth foul and imposthuIllegible, length unknown. Marked as illegible in the transcription.ned Ears.
Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian, or An Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation (1652 edition) · Entry “Agrimony. ♃” · vertues and use · lines 1285–1317 · passage culpeper-1652:herbal:agrimony:008
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- 1HeatProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.boiled“The Decoction of the Herb”
- 2ProcessProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.decoction“The Decoction of the Herb”
- 3Solvent / vehicleProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.Wine“made with Wine”
- 4FormProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.drink“made with Wine and drunk”
- 5Use (as written)ProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.the stinging and biting of Serpents, and helps them that have foul, troubled, or bloody waters, and makes them piss cleer spedily; It also helpeth the Chollick, clenseth the Breast, and rids away the Cough“the stinging and biting of Serpents, and helps them that have foul, troubled, or bloody waters, and makes them piss cleer spedily; It also helpeth the Chollick, clenseth the Breast, and rids away the Cough”
- 6PlantProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.Agrimony“Agrimony” (from the entry heading)
- PartNot stated in source
- Fresh or driedNot stated in source
- DurationNot stated in source
- FiltrationNot stated in source