| 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 |
| palsey |
n |
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half the body or 1 member loses both sense & moving |
n |
Barrough 33-4 |
| panado |
n |
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bread bolied in water to consistency of pulp, then sweetened or flavoured |
n |
Wirsung, Estes |
| parietur |
n |
elixine |
Parietaria officinalis |
IV 85 |
wall pellitory |
diuretic, smeared on with with lead for shingles; for an old cough |
n |
Gerard 331 |
| parsely |
n |
percelie |
Petroselinum crispum |
III 66 |
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seed & root used, diuretic, dissolves stones |
n |
Gerard 1014 |
| passulis chorinth |
n |
currants |
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raisins from Corinth |
used in tinctures, to treat stomach, food for sick, restorative |
n |
Wirsung |
| pastinacae |
n |
parsnip |
Pastinaca sativa var. Hortensis |
III 69 |
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seed given for reptile bites, used as vegetable. |
n |
Wirsung |
| pastus-us |
n |
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food |
n |
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| peach |
n |
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Prunus persica |
I 115 |
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leaves, kernel, flowers, gentle purge, gum |
n |
Gerard 1447-8 |
| pearl |
y |
margarite |
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(pulverised) |
strengthen heart, increase milk in nursing women |
y |
Culpeper p52 |
| pectoral |
n |
pectus, oris |
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chest |
n |
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| pellitory see parietur |
n |
see above |
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wall pellitory |
used to dissolve stones, cold & moist, astringent |
y |
Wirsung |
| penyriall / pennyroyal |
n |
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Mentha pulegium |
III 31 |
pennyroyal |
aperient; helps spasms, for sciatica |
n |
Wirsung, Gerard 672 |
| peony seeds |
n |
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Paeonia officinalis |
III 140 |
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stay fluxes, good for stone |
y |
Gerard 984, Culpeper p41 |
| pentaphilia |
n |
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Potentilla reptans |
IV 42 |
common cinquefoil |
roots & leaves, dries: decoction stops toothaches, also for agues |
y |
Gerard 991-2 |
| pepones |
n |
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Cucurbita pepo |
y |
pompion, pumpkin |
eaten or applied: flesh or seeds or roots; for psoriasis, eyes |
n |
Wirsung |
| pernae |
n |
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n |
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| pernio |
n |
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chilblain |
n |
Lex. Med. |
| persica |
n |
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Prunus persica |
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peach |
use fruit, leaves & flowers: leaves for worms in children; flowers purge |
n |
Wirsung, Gerard p1447 |
| petroselin[um] |
n |
see parsley |
Petroselinum crispum |
III 65, 66 |
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roots & leaves: good for stomach, kidneys and bladder |
n |
Turner 1965, Culpeper p16 |
| pice |
n |
from pix, picis |
Pinus sylvestris |
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pitch |
residue from distillation for Stockholm tar: sometimes used as powder |
y |
Wirsung, Banister 108, Jo Castle |
