The ‘Cecil’ Glossary of Materia Medica and Medical Terminology
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Chemical or Mineral? |
Other Contemporary Name or Alternative Spelling |
Modern Botanical: Stace/Grin |
Dioscorides ref |
Alternative Names |
explanation: D = Dioscorides |
Imported |
Source of Info |
| ictero |
n |
icteritia |
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jaundice |
shedding of yellow choler or melancholy all over the body |
n |
Barrough p151, Epitome pt 2 p77 |
| impostume |
n |
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abscess eg in ears |
n |
Barrough p65 |
| infundo |
n |
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infuse |
n |
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| infusion |
n |
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pour distilled water on to plant matter: leave 12-24 hrs; strain |
n |
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| inspissated |
n |
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juice concentrated by evaporation over heat |
n |
Estes |
| intemperies |
n |
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imbalance |
n |
Mayerne |
| iris, iridis (flag) |
n |
fleur de luce |
Iris pseudacorus |
I 2 |
yellow flag |
roots, hot & dry; good for obstructions of liver & spleen |
n |
Wirsung, Gerard 51 |
| iris iridis |
n |
ireos |
Iris florentina |
I 1 |
orris root |
D- purges choleric humours, good for spleen etc |
y |
Wirsung, Gerard 55 |
| iris |
n |
see gladden |
Iris foetidissima |
IV 22 |
stinking gladdon |
root for wounds in head, for convulsions, stays flux |
n |
Gerard 60 |
| ischias |
n |
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sciatica |
n |
Wirsung |
| isop |
n |
see hyssop |
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| ivorie (powder of) |
y |
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IV 75 |
burn it, then powder |
used against poisons |
n |
Wirsung p11, Culpeper p50 |
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