Liquoris in no vehicle
Toxicity is reported for this plant. Shown as a historical record for laboratory analysis only — not a preparation to make or take.
Original passage
boyled in fair Water with some Maidenhair and Figs, maketh a good Drink for those that have a dry Cough, or Hoarceness, Wheesing, shortness of breath; and for al the Griefs of the Breast and Lungs, Phtisick or Consumptions caused by the Distillation of Salt humors on them. It is also good in all pains of the Reins, the Strangury, and heat of Urine: that have a Pin and Web (as they cal it) or Rhewmatick Distillations into them, doth clens and help them: The Juyce of Liquoris is as effectual in al the Diseases of the Breast & Lungs, the Reins and Bladder, as the Decoction. The Juyce dissolved in Rose Water with some GuIllegible, length unknown. Marked as illegible in the transcription.-Tragacanth, is a fine licking Medicine for Hoarceness, Wheesings, &c.
Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian, or An Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation (1652 edition) · Entry “Liquoris.” · vertues and use · lines 11187–11207 · passage culpeper-1652:herbal:liquoris:006
What the pipeline extracted
- 1PlantProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.Liquoris“Liquoris”
- 2HeatProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.cold“The fine Pouder of Liquoris”
- 3ProcessProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.powder“The fine Pouder of Liquoris”
- 4Solvent / vehicleProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.No vehicle“blown through a Quil into the Eyes”
- 5FormProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.other“blown through a Quil into the Eyes”
- 6Use (as written)ProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.the Eyes that have a Pin and Web (as they cal it) or Rhewmatick Distillations into them, doth clens and help them“the Eyes that have a Pin and Web (as they cal it) or Rhewmatick Distillations into them, doth clens and help them”
- PartNot stated in source
- Fresh or driedNot stated in source
- DurationNot stated in source
- FiltrationNot stated in source