Hedg-Mustard in honey
Original passage
It is singular good in all the Diseases of the Chest and Lungs, hoarceness ef voice, and by the use of the Decoction therof for a little space, those have been recovered who had utterly lost their voice, and almost their Spirits also. , or is no less effectual for the same purpose, and for all other Coughs, Weesings, and shortness of Breath. The same is also profitable for those that have the Jaundice, the Pluresie, pains in the Back and Loyns, and for torments in the Belly or the Chollick, being also used in Clysters. The Seed is held to be a special Remedy against Poyson and Venom: It is singular good for the Sciatica, the Gout, and all Joyntaches, Sores and Cankers in the Mouth, Throat, or behind the Ears; and no less for the hardness and Swelling of the Testicles, or of Womens Breasts.
Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian, or An Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation (1652 edition) · Entry “Hedg-Mustard.” · vertues and use · lines 13261–13281 · passage culpeper-1652:herbal:hedg-mustard:008
What the pipeline extracted
- 1PartProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.juice“The Juyce threof”
- 2ProcessProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.other“made into a Syrup”
- 3FormProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.other“licking Medicine”
- 4Solvent / vehicleProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.Honey“with Honey or Sugar”
- 5Use (as written)ProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.all other Coughs, Weesings, and shortness of Breath“all other Coughs, Weesings, and shortness of Breath”
- 6PlantProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.Hedg-Mustard“Hedg-Mustard” (from the entry heading)
- Fresh or driedNot stated in source
- HeatNot stated in source
- DurationNot stated in source
- FiltrationNot stated in source