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Recipe · Culpeper, The English Physitian (1652)

Leeks · vehicle not stated

Original passage

are as like them in quality as a Pomewater is like an Apple: They are a Remedy against a Surfeit of Mushroms, being baked under the Embers and taken; and and helpeth the Piles; In other things they have the same property as the Onions, although not so effectual.

Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian, or An Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation (1652 edition) · Entry “Onions.” · vertues and use · lines 13688–13698 · passage culpeper-1652:herbal:onions:004

Extracted field (numbered)Illegible in source

What the pipeline extracted

  1. 1PlantLeeks“Leeks”
  2. 2Heatboiled“being boyled”
  3. 3Filtrationnot applicable“applied warm”
  4. 4Formpoultice“applied warm”
  5. 5Use (as written)the Piles“the Piles”
  6. PartNot stated in source
  7. Fresh or driedNot stated in source
  8. Solvent / vehicleNot stated in source
  9. DurationNot stated in source
  10. ProcessNot stated in source