m  CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
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aS WTO cannrors. 
GARDEN carrots are fo well known that they need no defcription; but becaufe 
they are of lefa*phyfical ufe than the wild kind, (as indeed almoft in all herbs, the a 
wild are moft effectual in phyfic, as being more powerful in their operations than the 
garden kinds) I fhall therefore briefly defcribe the wild carrot. 
‘ * Descrip- 
diately after he feeleth himfelf infected, expelleth the venom of the peftilent infection from the 
heart, fo that if a man fweat afterwards, he may be preferved: the fame effect hath the herb boiled 
in wine, or in the urine of a healthy man-child, drank ; I mean the deco¢tion or liquor from the 
which the herb is ftrained, after that it hath been boiled therein. The leaves, powder, juice, or 
water of the herb being drank, and the patient well covered with clothes, fweating three hours, 
expelleth all poifons that have been taken in at the mouth, and other corruption or infeétion that 
may hurt and annoy the heart. It heipeth the liver, lungs, and other parts of the body; th 
herb boiled in wine, and drank hot about a quarter of an hour before the fit, and the patient after- 
wards well covered in bed, driveth away the ague. The powder and water of this herb drank 
with wine, hath the fame effe&. The juice drank with wine, is good againft fhortnefs of breath, 
sy and the difeafes of the lungs ; it ftrengtheneth the members, and is good againft the achs of the 
body. This herb boiled in the urine of a healthy man-child, and drank, doth help the droply, 
breaketh all apofthumes, and maftercth the falling ficknefs : the powder eaten or drank, helpeth 
- againft the ftitches in the fide 3 itis alfo good for thofe that begin to have the confump- 
tion, called the phthyfic: the herb eaten, doth ftrengthen trembling and palfy members: the 
powder miniftered in a clyfter, helpeth the cholic, and other difeafes of the guts, and the water 
_ drank, hath the fame effet. The juice drank with wine, or the herb boiled in wine and drank 
hot, breaketh the ftone, and driveth out gravel ; being fodden in water, and the patient fitting — 
| Sisahag fo that the hot vapour may come unto the difeafed place, it helpeth againft the fame in- 
. ants after the fame manner being ufed, it is good againft the green ficknefs ; alfo it eafeth 
the griping pains of the belly, it openeth the ftoppings of the members, and pierceth and caufeth 
= The leaves boiled in wine, and drank as aforefaid, provoke fweats, confume the evil blood, 
Sood , aio the wine or water, in which this herb has boiled, being drank, con- 
humours, and preferveth the good. Itis excellent for one that is bruifed with 
he leaves, juice, broth, powder, and water of the herb, is very good to 
on Totten, feftered fores : the leaves bruifed or pounded, and laid to, are 
hot {wellings, carbuncles, and fores that are hard to be cured, efpecially 
+ they are likewife good to heal the bitings of venomous worms and 
hase ne down coming off the flowers thereof, when the feed is 
a Sathered out of the Herpats of divers learned men, which, 
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