CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
AND COMPLETE 
Heiter. Boe 
Of the natural AppropriaTion of HERBS, in the Cure of all 
DIStaAatsns 
Hi E temperature, virtues, and ufe of Plants, as ferving to heal, or fuf- 
tain the body in health; as alfo their dangerous qualities, and the remedies 
againft them, are well worthy our enquiry. This fpeculation is divided 
into two parts, 1. Theraputick or curatory. 2. Threptick or alimentary. In both 
which, vegetables may be confidered according to their fubftance and confiftence, 
or elfe according to their accidents, sg) 9 ott 
I, According to their fubftance or confiftence, they are, 1. Thin or grofs. 2. Lax 
or conitriét. 3, Clammy or brittle. 4. Heavy or light. Tenuity of parts is in 
thofe things which are zerious in effence and fabftance 3 which being fubtile, do eafily 
communicate their virtue unto any liquor, and are of eafy diftribution in the body,’ 
eafily a€tuated, and not long abiding ; and is in matter not much compact, but 
eafily divided by natural heat, having little of earth, and that mixed with much hu- 
midity, or elaborated by fiery heat, as in things very acid, fharp, and friable for the 
moft part. Craffitude of parts is in thofe things which are terrene; which being more © 
Brols, do not quickly communicate their virtues unto liquids, and therefore the vir-_ 
tues thereof are exerted in the ftomach, and feldom or ever pafs unto the liver; ind 
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