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Recipe · Culpeper, The English Physitian (1652)

Pilewort · 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

It is certain by good experience that , doth wonderfully help the Piles and Hemorrhoids, as also Kernels by the Ears and Throat called the Kings evil; or any other hard Wens or Tumors.

Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian, or An Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation (1652 edition) · Entry “The Iesser Celondine, usually known by the Name of ♄ Pilewort.” · vertues and use · lines 5199–5204 · passage culpeper-1652:herbal:the-iesser-celondine-usually-known-by-the-name-of-pilewort:009

Extracted field (numbered)Illegible in source

What the pipeline extracted

  1. 1Heatboiled“the Decoction of the Leavs and Roots”
  2. 2Processdecoction“the Decoction of the Leavs and Roots”
  3. 3Partother“the Leavs and Roots”
  4. 4Use (as written)the Piles and Hemorrhoids, as also Kernels by the Ears and Throat called the Kings evil; or any other hard Wens or Tumors“the Piles and Hemorrhoids, as also Kernels by the Ears and Throat called the Kings evil; or any other hard Wens or Tumors”
  5. 5PlantPilewort“Pilewort” (from the entry heading)
  6. Fresh or driedNot stated in source
  7. Solvent / vehicleNot stated in source
  8. DurationNot stated in source
  9. FiltrationNot stated in source
  10. FormNot stated in source