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Recipe · Culpeper, The English Physitian (1652)

Water-Betony in honey

Original passage

It is of a clensing quality; the Leavs bruised and applied are effectual for all old and filthy Ulcers; and especially if with a little Honey, and : as also for Bruises or Hurts whether inward or outward. The distilled water of the Leaves is used for the same purposes; as also to bath the Face or Hands spotted or blemished, or discolored by Sunburning.

Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian, or An Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation (1652 edition) · Entry “Water-Betony.” · vertues and use · lines 3016–3025 · passage culpeper-1652:herbal:water-betony:008

Extracted field (numbered)Illegible in source

What the pipeline extracted

  1. 1Use (as written)all old and filthy Ulcers“all old and filthy Ulcers”
  2. 2Partjuice“the Juyce of the Leavs”
  3. 3Heatboiled“be boyled”
  4. 4Solvent / vehicleHoney“boyled with a little Honey”
  5. 5Processother“boyled with a little Honey”
  6. 6Formother“tents dipped therin, and the Sores dressed therwith”
  7. 7PlantWater-Betony“Water-Betony” (from the entry heading)
  8. Fresh or driedNot stated in source
  9. DurationNot stated in source
  10. FiltrationNot stated in source