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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

Here's another Secrot for my Country Men and Women, a couple of them together, being made into an Oyl , readily cures both the Piles or Hemorrhoids, and the Kings Evil, If I may Lawfully cal it the Kings Evil now there is no King, the very Herb born about ones Body ne the Skin, helps in such Diseases, though it never touch the place grieved, let good people make much of it for these uses, with this I cured my own Daughter of the Kings Evil, broke the Sore, drew out a quarter of a pint of Corruption, and cured it without any Scar at all, and in one Weeks time.

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 5205–5221 · passage culpeper-1652:herbal:the-iesser-celondine-usually-known-by-the-name-of-pilewort:010

Extracted field (numbered)Illegible in source

What the pipeline extracted

  1. 1PlantPilewort“Pilewort”
  2. 2Filtrationnot applicable“Oyntment or Plaister”
  3. 3Formplaster“Oyntment or Plaister”
  4. 4Use (as written)the Piles or Hemorrhoids, and the Kings Evil“the Piles or Hemorrhoids, and the Kings Evil”
  5. PartNot stated in source
  6. Fresh or driedNot stated in source
  7. Solvent / vehicleNot stated in source
  8. HeatNot stated in source
  9. DurationNot stated in source
  10. ProcessNot stated in source