Culpeper's Complete Herbal: Over 400 Herbs And Their Uses

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The Colledg] Take of ripe Wood-Strawberries, two pound ; put them in a Phial, and put [so] much small Spirit of Wine to them, that it may oretop them thie thickne[ss] of [y]our fingers ; [s]top the ve[ss]el clo[s]e, and set it in the Sun two daies, then [s]train it and pre[ss] it but gently […] repeat this [s]ix times, at la[s]t keep the cleer Liquor for your u[s]e. The date of her death is uncertain: some sources say 1659, but others that she was licensed as a midwife in 1665.

Keeping true to his family name (one meaning of 'Culpeper' is 'mischief maker') he was an audacious character who held a strong dislike for the establishment and authority. As a boy Culpeper became interested in astronomy, astrology, time, his grandfather's collection of clocks, and medical texts in Attersoll's library.the liver, Mars the Gall and diseases of choler, and Venus diseases in the instruments of Generation.

There he cooperated with the Republican astrologer William Lilly on A Prophesy of the White King, which predicted the King's death. Also, the text merely listed the ingredients and recipes, intentionally leaving out the actual use of any remedy.A gallant fine thing for Gentlemen that have nothing else to do with their money, and it will have a lovely look to plea[s]e their eyes. He was taken back to London after sustaining a serious chest injury from a bullet, from which he never fully recovered. Experience, and took a voyage to visit my mother Nature, by whose advice, together with the help of Dr. The Worst Medicine; book review of 'Heal Thyself: Nicholas Culpeper and the Seventeenth-Century Struggle to Bring Medicine to the People' ".