Agues — Hot

CND-0006Fevers and infections

Open in the Concordance

Printed in the 1850 edition’s “A List of the Principal Diseases” as “—— Hot” under “Agues” (the dash stands for the heading above it, or its first word); shown here as “Agues — Hot”.

Modern reading: malaria and intermittent fever. Searched in PubMed as each plant’s Latin name with malaria OR antimalarial OR antiplasmodial OR "intermittent fever" OR antipyretic. The counts and papers are on the Concordance page.

Old claims, quoted verbatim: not medical advice. A warning sits above the claims and never hides them; no warning does not mean safe, only that no source here has flagged the plant.

11 claims: 11 with a sentence, 0 from the index alone

  1. Barberry Berberis vulgarisCLM-000060
    It is excellent for hot agues, burnings, scaldings, heat of the blood, heat of the liver, bloody-flux;
    QUO-000010Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. Bilberries, Called By Some Whorts And Whortle-Berries Vaccinium myrtillusCLM-000061
    The black Bilberries are good in hot agues and to cool the heat of the liver and stomach;
    QUO-000013Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. Coltsfoot Tussilago farfaraCLM-000062
    The distilled water hereof simply, or with Elder flowers and Nightshade, is a singularly good remedy against all hot agues, to drink two ounces at a time, and apply cloths wet therein to the head and stomach, which also does much good, being applied to any hot swellings and inflammations:
    QUO-000018Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  4. Flea-Wort Plantago afraCLM-000063
    The mucilage of the seed made with Rose-water, and a little sugar-candy put thereto, is very good in all hot agues and burning fevers, and other inflammations, to cool the thirst, and lenify the dryness and roughness of the tongue and throat.
    QUO-000024Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  5. Hops Humulus lupulusCLM-000064
    A syrup made of the juice and sugar, cures the yellow jaundice, eases the head-ache that comes of heat, and tempers the heat of the liver and stomach, and is profitably given in long and hot agues that rise in choler and blood.
    QUO-000031Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  6. Houseleek Or Sengreen Sempervivum tectorumCLM-000065
    a posset made with the juice of Houseleek, is singularly good in all hot agues, for it cools and tempers the blood and spirits, and quenches the thirst;
    QUO-000032Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  7. Mallows And Marshmallows Malva sylvestrisCLM-0000661850 index
    The leaves of either of the sorts, both specified, and the roots also boiled in wine or water, or in broth with Parsley or Fennel roots, do help to open the body, and are very convenient in hot agues, or other distempers of the body, to apply the leaves so boiled warm to the belly.
    QUO-000036Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  8. Poppy PapaverCLM-000067
    It is also more cooling than any of the other Poppies, and therefore cannot but be as effectual in hot agues, frenzies, and other inflammations either inward or outward.
    QUO-000059Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  9. Purslain Portulaca oleraceaCLM-000068
    It is good to cool any heat in the liver, blood, reins, and stomach, and in hot agues nothing better:
    QUO-000042Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  10. Violets Viola odorataCLM-000069
    It is good also for the liver and the jaundice, and all hot agues, to cool the heat, and quench the thirst;
    QUO-000056Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  11. Wild Tansy, Or Silver Weed Argentina anserinaCLM-0022651850 index, p. 179
    Being bruised and applied to the soles of the feet and hand wrists, it wonderfully cools the hot fits of agues, be they never so violent.
    QUO-000053Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance

Source

Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete Herbal, a new edition (London: Thomas Kelly, 1850). Project Gutenberg eBook #49513. SRC-CUL-1850