WHITES—LEUCORRHOEA—TO CURE—
Burdock . . . 163
Hyacinth, Wild (Blue Bell) . . . 57
Tomato . . . 571
CANCER OF WOMB—
Turpentine Chian . . . 579
TO PREVENT BARRENNESS—
Leeks . . . 220
Potato . . . 446
Speedwell . . . 528
Tansy (to prevent miscarriage) . . . 554
WORMS, to Expel.
Carrot, raw . . . 90
Cat Thyme (thread worms) . . . 565
Chamomile . . . 87
Christmas Rose (round worms) . . . 108
Coraline Sea Weed . . . 507
Fern, Male, oil and root (tape worm) . . . 183
Garlic, Clove . . . 216
Goosefoot (round worms) . . . 223
Groundsel (bot worms) . . . 244
Hedge Hyssop . . . 280
Lemon pips . . . 302
Lettuce, unwashed (to guard against eating) . . . 381
Mulberry root (tape worms) . . . 358
Nettle . . . 385
Peach leaves . . . 418
Rose, Dog, hips (round worms) . . . 464
Salt Worts . . . 506
Sedum . . . 277
Southernwood . . . 527
Stinking Hellebore . . . 109
Tansy seeds . . . 552
[651] Turpentine (round worms) . . . 579
Walnut, unripe fruit . . . 598
Wormwood . . . 612
WOUNDS, to Heal.
Adder's-tongue Fern . . . 188
Agrimony . . . 19
Anemone, Wood . . . 21
Balm . . . 40
Bugle . . . 510
Comfrey . . . 120
Cow-dung poultice . . . 126
Daisy . . . 145
Fern, Royal . . . 186
Figwort (gangrenous) . . . 51
Good King Henry . . . 228
Goosegrass . . . 238
Hemlock, Water . . . 252
House Leek . . . 275
Hyssop, green . . . 279
Marigold . . . 328
Marsh Mallow . . . 328
Pea . . . 416
Peppermint, apply . . . 342
Plantain, greater . . . 434
Potato flour . . . 445
Primrose salve . . . 418
Prunella, Selfheal . . . 510
Puff Ball powder (to stay bleeding) . . . 366
Resin (Honey) . . . 260
Rosemary, Wild . . . 474
Saint John's Wort oil (deep wounds) . . . 288
Sanicle . . . 509
Solomon's Seal . . . 525
Thymol . . . 564
Turnip poultice . . . 574
Tutsan . . . 290
Valerian . . . 584
Watercress poultice . . . 131
Woundwort, Hedge . . . 615
" Water . . . 616
Yarrow . . . 618
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"Farewell, sweet flowers!—whose time is fitly spent
For all delights of colour, and of scent:
And after death for cures!
May I my days with equal uses fill,
Living to work some benefits: and still
Having an end like yours!"
Robert Herrick, 1650