Nicolas Culpeper Herbal Online, Illustated with Updates

Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654)	About the man Nicholas Culpeper was a sharp critic of doctors and the medical establishment before trashing them was "cool". He undermined their "authority" at every turn by showing ordinary people how to treat themselves with plant-based remedies they could harvest in field and forest and prepare as medicines at home. He saw England's College of Physicians as a gang of greedy, self-serving hypocrites who were endangering the lives of their patients with dangerous drugs. Ahead of his time? Absolutely.	Modern uses of 17th century herbs Want to know how herbs Culpeper recommended in 1750 are used today? E-mail Culpeper is BACK and our experts will clue you in. 'What's THAT mean?' GLOSSARY™ Culpeper's colorful and dated terminology can sometimes throw modern readers for a loop. Stumped by something you've read? Click GLOSSARY and get the skinny.	Culpeper saieth and we say Culpeper's The English Physitian herbal was written in the conversational style of 17th century England. We updated spellings - "juyce" is now juice and "vertue" is virtue - but the original sentence structure is preserved to show this legendary herbalist's quick wit and smart style.

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READER ADVISORY: Please be aware that the text from Culpeper's books presented on this web site was written over 200 years ago, in the mid-17th century. Nicholas Culpeper was not all-knowing and our understanding of herbs and how they work has in some cases changed drastically. The additional information is presented here because the uses of the herbs listed have changed over time. If you are seriously ill, or think you might be, please don't be foolish: consult a healthcare professional you know and trust before attempting to diagnose or treat yourself in any way.

Publisher/Editorial Director, Derek Clontz. Writers, Nick Mann, Ragan Dunn, Constance Flynn. Editorial Consultants, Susan Ambrosino, Dr. Donna Schwontkowski, D.C. Ret., Master Herbalist, M.A, Nutrition, Dulce Maria Corrales, Acupuncture Physician
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A-C
Adder's Tongue	Agrimony	Alehoof	Alexander	Alkanet	All-heal	Altering Syrups	Amara Dulcis	Amaranthus	Anemone
Angelica	Archangel	Arrach	Arssmart	Artichokes	Asarabacca	Ash-tree	Asparagus	Avens	Balm
Barberry	Barks	Barley	Bay-tree	Beans	Beech-tree	Beets	Belonging to the Sea	Bifoil	Bilberries
Birch-tree	Bird's Foot	Bishop's-weed	Bistort	Black Alder-tree	Black Cresses	Black Hellebore	Black Thorn	Blites	Blue-bottle
Borage	Bramble	Brank Ursine	Briony	Brook Lime	Broom	Buck's-horn	Buck's-horn Plantain	Bugle	Burdock
Burnet Saxifrage	Burnet	Butcher's Broom	Butter-bur	Cabbages	Calamint	Camomile	Carduus Benedictus	Carraway	Carrots
Celandine	Cerecloaths	Cherry-tree	Chervil	Chestnut-tree	Chick-pease	Chickweed	Cinquefoil	Cives	Clary
Cleavers	Clove Gilliflowers	Clown's Woods	Cock's Head	Coltsfoot	Columbines	Comfrey	Common Alder-tree	Common White Saxifrage	Compound Oils by Infusion and Decoction
Compound Spirit and Compound Distilled Waters	Conserves and Sugars	Coralwort	Costmary	Cow Parsnips	Cowslips	Crab's Claws	Crosswort	Crowfoot	Cuckow-point
Cucumbers	Cudweed

D-F
Culpeper's Dedication	Daisies	Dandelion	Darnel	Decoctions	Devil's-bit	Dill	Dock	Dodder of Thyme	Dog Mercury
Dog's-grass	Dove's-foot	Down	Dragons	Duck's Meat	Dwarf-elder	Earth Chestnuts	Editor's Note	Elder-tree	Elecampane
Electuaries	Elm-tree	Endive	English Physitian	English Tobacco	Eringo	Eyebright	Fennel	Fern	Feverfew
Fig-tree	Fig-wort	Filipendula	Final Note	Flax-weed	Flea-wort	Flower Simples	Flower-de-luce	Flowers	Fluellin
Flux-weed	Fox-glove	French and Dog Mercury	French Beans	Fruit Simples	Fruits List	Fuller's Thistle	Fumitory	Furze Bush

G-I
Introduction to Galen	Galen Section I	Galen Section II	Galen Section III	Garden -arrach	Garden -bazil	Garden -patience	Garden-rue	Garden-tansy	Garden -valerian
Garlick	Gentian	Germander	Golden Maiden Hair	Golden Rod	Gooseberry Bush	Gout-wort	Great Round-leaved Dock	Gromel	Ground Pine
Groundsel	Hart's-tongue	Hawk-weed	Hawthorn	Hazel Nut	Heart Trefoil	Heart's-ease	Hedge Hyssop	Hedge-mustard	Hemlock
Hemp	Henbane	Herb Robert	Herb Simples	Herb True-love	Herbs and Their Leaves	Holly	Hops	Horehound	Horsetail
Hound's-tongue	Houseleek	Hyssop	Introduction	Ivy

J-L
Juices	Juniper Bush	Kidneywort	Knapweed	Knotgrass	Ladies Bed-straw	Ladies-mantle	Ladies-smock	Lavender	Lavender-cotton
Lesser Celandine	Lettuce	Lily of the Valley	Liquorice	Liverwort	Living Creatures	Lohoch or Eclegmata	Loosestrife	Loosestrife with Spiked Heads of Flowers	Lovage
Lungwort

M-O
Madder	Maiden Hair	Male and Female Peony	Mallows	Maple-tree	Marigolds	Masterwort	Meadow Trefoil	Meadow-rue	Medlar
Melancholy Thistle	Mellilot	Metals, Minerals, and Stones	Metals, Stones, Salts, and Other Minerals	Mint	Misselto	Mithridate Mustard	Moneywort	Moonwort	Mosses
Motherwort	Mouse-ear	Mugwort	Mulberry-tree	Mullein	Mustard	Nailwort	Nep	Nettles	Nightshade
Oak	Oats	Ointments More Compound	Ointments More Simple	One Blade	Onions	Orchis	Ordinary Small Centaury	Orpine	Osmond Fern
Our Lady's Thistle

P-R
Parsley Piert	Parsley	Parsnips	Parts of Living Creatures	Peach-tree	Pearl Trefoil	Pear-tree	Pellitory of Spain	Pellitory of the Wall	Pennyroyal
Pepperwort	Periwinkle	Physical Vinegars	Physical Wines	Pills	Pimpernel	Plaisters	Plantain	Plums	Polypody of the Oak
Poplar-tree	Poppy	Preserved Roots	Prickly Asparagus	Primroses	Privet	Purging Electuaries	Purging Syrups	Purslain	Queen of the Meadows
Quince-tree	Raddish	Ragwort	Rattle-grass	Rest Harrow	Rhubarb	Rob	Rocket	Root Simples	Rosa Solis
Rosemary	Roses	Rupture-wort	Rushes	Rye

S-U
Saffron	Sage	Samphire	Sanicle	Saracen's Confound	Sauce-alone	Savine	Scabious	Sciatica Cresses	Scurvygrass
Sea Coleworts	Section I	Section II	Section III	Seed Simples	Seeds or Grains	Self-heal	Service-tree	Shepard's Purse	Simple Distilled Waters
Simple Oils by Infusion and Decoction	Simple Oils by Expression	Smallage	Solomon's Seal	Sopewort	Sorrel	Southern Wood	Sow Thistle	Sow-fennel	Species or Powders
Spignel	Spleenwort	St. John's Wort	St. Peter's Wort	Star Thistle	Stinking Gladwin	Stone-crop	Strawberries	Succory	Sugars
Sweet Chervil	Sweet Marjoram	Sweet Maudlin	Syrups Made with Vinegar and Honey	Tears, Liquors, and Rozins	Things Bred from Plants	Thistles	Thorough-wax	Thyme	Tinctures
Tormentil	Treacle Mustard	Troches	Turnsole	Tustan

V-Z
Vervain	Vine	Violets	Viper's Bugloss	Wall Rue	Wall-flowers	Wallnut-tree	Water Agrimony	Water Betony	Water Cresses
Water Lily	Water-caltrops	Wheat	White Lilies	Wild Campion	Wild Clary	Wild Tansy	Wild Thyme	Willow-tree	Wind Marjoram
Winter and Summer Savoury	Winter-cherries	Winter-green	Winter-rocket	Woad	Wold	Wood Betony	Wood Simples	Wood Sorrel	Woodbine
Woods	Wood-sage	Woollen or Cotton Thistle	Wormwood	Yarrow	Yellow Water-flag