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Recipe · Culpeper, The English Physitian (1652)

Liquoris · vehicle not stated

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: The fine Pouder of Liquoris blown through a Quil into the Eyes that have a Pin and Web (as they cal it) or Rhewmatick Distillations into them, doth clens and help them: 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 Gu-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

Extracted field (numbered)Illegible in source

What the pipeline extracted

  1. 1PlantLiquoris“Liquoris”
  2. 2Partjuice“The Juyce of Liquoris”
  3. 3Use (as written)al the Diseases of the Breast & Lungs, the Reins and Bladder“al the Diseases of the Breast & Lungs, the Reins and Bladder”
  4. Fresh or driedNot stated in source
  5. Solvent / vehicleNot stated in source
  6. HeatNot stated in source
  7. DurationNot stated in source
  8. FiltrationNot stated in source
  9. ProcessNot stated in source
  10. FormNot stated in source

Logged corrections

The fields above are as extracted. These corrections, each with its evidence, are applied in the audit and the ranking (config/m1_corrections.csv).

  • Part: juice → rootCulpeper's 'Juyce of Liquoris' is the Dispensatory's Succus Glycyrrhizæ: a boiled, concentrated root extractEvidence: Culpeper 1850 Dispensatory, Succus Glycyrrhizæ simplex (culpeper-1850:dispensatory:s040-rob-or-sapa-and-juices:027), as above.Logged 2026-11-06
  • solvent: unknown → watersameEvidence: as aboveLogged 2026-11-06
  • Heat: unknown → boiledsameEvidence: as aboveLogged 2026-11-06
  • Process: unknown → decoctionsameEvidence: as aboveLogged 2026-11-06
  • filtered: unknown → yessameEvidence: as aboveLogged 2026-11-06