Culpeper s Complete Herbal: Over 400 Herbs and Their Uses
Nicholas Culpeper

'I consulted with my two brothers, DR. REASON and DR. EXPERIENCE, and took a voyage to visit my mother NATURE, by whose advice, together with the help of DR. DILIGENCE, I at last obtained my desire; and, being warned by MR. HONESTY, a stranger in our days, to publish it to the world, I have done it.' Nicholas Culpeper First published over 350 years ago during the reign of Elizabeth I, the Complete Herbal by physician, herbalist and astrologer Nicholas Culpeper remains one of the most comprehensive listings of herbs and their uses in existence. In this illustrated edition, over 400 herbs are described in detail, along with their 'government and virtues', remedies and cautions. Although much of the medical advice must be taken with a pinch of salt, the engaging tone, enthusiasm and expertise of the author are irresistible and highly entertaining. Packed with entertaining prose and traditional remedies, Culpeper's Complete Herbal is a masterpiece of alternative medicine. With advice on treating ailments from headaches, coughs and swellings, to bad sight, kidney stones and gout, the author covers maladies great and small. Much of Culpeper's physic is based around the ancient theory of the four humours - black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood - a system long disproved but which holds at its heart the idea of balance, as important to our health today as it ever was.

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