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The Complete Herbal

Name: The Complete Herbal
Author: Nicholas Culpeper

by Nicholas Culpeper

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The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic.

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) In loving memory of Poppy Curnow, who loved her herb garden.

Release date

2015-07-24

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Botany, Medical Materia medica, Vegetable Medicinal plants -- England Botany, Medical -- England Herbs -- Therapeutic use Medicinal plants

About the author

Nicholas Culpeper

1616–1654

Best known for making herbal medicine and medical advice available in plain English, this 17th-century physician and astrologer wrote books that stayed popular for generations. His mix of practical healing, astrology, and fierce criticism of elite medicine made him one of the most widely read medical writers of his time.

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