| 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 |
| saxifraga |
n |
many varieties used |
Piminella saxifraga |
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saxifrage |
helps fever, cures stones in bladder |
n |
Green, Turner 1965 |
| scabies |
n |
scabiosa |
Scabiosa arvensis |
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field scabies |
hot & dry; good for old coughs, procures sweats |
n |
Gerard 725 |
| scamonii |
n |
diagridium |
Convolvulus scammonia |
IV 170 |
scammony |
gum resin from root: a drastic purgative according to Culpeper. |
y |
Gerard 868-9, Culpeper p45 |
| schoenanthe |
n |
squinanth. |
Cymbopogon schoenanthus |
I 17 |
camel's hay |
for dropsie, cramps: warms & softens |
n |
Gerard 43, Blagrave |
| sciatica |
n |
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hip gout |
grievous pain in joint of huckle bone |
n |
Barrough p207 |
| scillitico |
n |
of scilla |
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eg oxymel scillitico |
also used with vinegar: squill pill-Estes |
n |
Barrough p391, Pharmaco-Pinax p25 |
| scoliosis |
n |
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caused by blows etc: to treat, put herbs in warm bag, plaster. |
n |
Barrough described p212-3 |
| scorbute grass or scurvy grass |
n |
spoon-wort |
Cochlearia officinalis: |
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also sciatica grass |
for ulcers & stench of mouth: for those who eat salt meat |
n |
Gerard 402 |
| scordium (teucrium) |
n |
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Teucrium scordium |
III 97, 98 |
water germander |
leaves smell of garlic: D- astringent, diuretic when green, cough, gout, |
y |
Gerard 661 |
| scurvy / scorbut |
n |
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affects gums, joints |
caused by poor diet eg by those who travel by sea on long voyages |
n |
Epitome p119 |
| searce |
n |
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sift or sieve |
n |
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| seercloth / cerecloth |
n |
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materia medica applied to thin linen cloth |
n |
Culpeper p118 |
| seethe |
n |
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boil or stew |
n |
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| sem. apii |
n |
seminum apium |
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III 64 |
celery seed |
see apium |
n |
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| semina carthami |
n |
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Carthamus tinctorius |
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seeds of bastard saffron |
provokes stools, causes desire to vomit |
n |
Gerard 1170 |
| sem. hyoscam |
n |
henbane |
Hyoscamus niger |
IV 68 |
seed …. |
see hyoscamus |
n |
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| seminum papaverum |
n |
poppy |
Papaver somniferum |
IV 64 |
seed …. |
often used in comfits; causes sleep: pressed for oil |
y |
Gerard 370 |
| sempervivum |
n |
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Sempervivum tectorum |
IV 88 |
houseleek |
cooling, binding, good for gout |
n |
Wirsung, Gerard 511-2 |
| senecio |
n |
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Senecio vulgaris |
IV 96 |
groundsell |
leaves & flowers, cooling, apply leaves to wounds |
n |
Gerard 279 |
| sengrene |
n |
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Sempervivum tectorum |
IV 88 |
evergreen houseleek |
also solidago media: cooling, good for heart burn |
n |
Wirsung, Gerard 525 |
