Culpeper's Complete Herbal and English Physician

Agrimony to yarrow: Nicholas Culpeper's outlaw herbal gave every English family the apothecary's secrets — each plant with its government, its virtues, and the diseases it was trusted to cure.

Sect. II

8 pages in this part of Culpeper's Complete Herbal.

Sect. II

Of making and keeping Compounds.

Sect. II: Chap

CHAP. III. Of Seeds. 1. The seed is that part of the plant which is endowed with a vital faculty to bring forth its like, and it contains…

Sect. II: Waters

The way of making and keeping all necessary compounds. CHAP. I. Of Distilled Waters.

Sect. II: Syrups

CHAP. II. Of Syrups. 1. A Syrup is a medicine of a liquid form, composed of infusion, decoction, and juice. And 1. For the more grateful…

Sect. II: Juleps

CHAP. III. Of Juleps.

Sect. II: Decoctions

CHAP. IV. Of Decoctions. 1. All the difference between decoctions, and syrups made by decoction, is this: Syrups are made to keep…

Sect. II: Conserves

The way of making conserves is twofold, one of herbs and flowers, and the other of fruits. 2. Conserves of herbs and flowers are thus made…

Sect. II: Preserves

CHAP. VIII. Of Preserves.

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