The ‘Cecil’ Glossary of Materia Medica and Medical Terminology
| Word From Document |
Chemical or Mineral? |
Other Contemporary Name or Alternative Spelling |
Modern Botanical: Stace/Grin |
Dioscorides ref |
Alternative Names |
explanation: D = Dioscorides |
Imported |
Source of Info |
| jejunus |
n |
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fasting, hungry |
n |
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| jua / iva artetica |
n |
see cipress roots |
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ground pine |
cleanses entrails, helps liver & kidneys, cures ulcers |
n |
Gerard 527; Pharmaco-Pinax p17 |
| jujubes |
n |
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Ziziphus v. or jujuba |
I 121 |
for stings |
partly dried fruit cf plums: also tree with plums; a purge |
y |
Gerard 1492 |
| julep |
n |
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less boiled than syrup |
sweet drink, used a vehicle for medicine, comforting |
n |
Barrough p394 |
| juniper |
n |
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Juniperus communis [others] |
I 103 |
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use berry; good against spasm, coughs, snake bites: D- diuretical |
n |
Wirsung |
| jusculus |
n |
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broth or pottage |
n |
Lex. Med. |
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