Nicholas Culpeper Quotes

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• The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the sight of the eyes.
• The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also.
• The barks of trees are best gathered in the spring, if it be of great trees, as oaks or the like, because they come easiest…
• In all Diseases, strengthen the part of the Body afflicted.
• Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a…
• Let your Medicine be somthing of the Nature of the Sign ascending.
• If you dry the chestnut, both the barks being taken away, beat them into powder and make the powder up into an electuary with honey,…
• Gather all Leaves in the hour of that Planet that governs them.
• For God's sake build not your faith upon Tradition, 'tis as rotten as a rotten Post.
• All Juleps are made for present use, and therefore it is in vain to speak of their duration.
• Thus have you the way of making Conserves, the way of keeping of them is in Earthen pots.
• Waters are distilled out of Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, and Roots.
• The Barks of Trees are best gathered in the Spring, if it be of great Trees, as Oaks or the like, because then they come…

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