Eyes

CND-0042Head, mind and nerves

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Historical label: “Eyes” in the 1850 edition’s “A List of the Principal Diseases”.

Modern literature has not yet been searched for this heading’s claims: it comes only from the 1850 index and has no search words yet.

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.

5 claims: 5 with a sentence, 0 from the index alone

  1. Beets Beta vulgarisCLM-0023001850 index, p. 20
    and applied to the temples, stays inflammations of the eyes;
    QUO-000683Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. Eyebright Euphrasia officinalisCLM-0022961850 index, pp. 71, 396
    The juice or distilled water of Eyebright, taken inwardly in white wine or broth, or dropped into the eyes for divers days together, helps all infirmities of the eyes that cause dimness of sight.
    QUO-000524Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. Hawk-Weed HieraciumCLM-0022971850 index, p. 89
    Outwardly applied, it is singularly good for all the defects and diseases of the eyes, used with some women’s milk;
    QUO-001417Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  4. Rattle Grass Rhinanthus minorCLM-0022991850 index, p. 150
    The yellow Rattle, or Cock’s Comb, is held to be good for those that are troubled with a cough, or dimness of sight, if the herb, being boiled with beans, and some honey put thereto, be drank or dropped into the eyes.
    QUO-000497Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  5. Wild Clary Salvia verbenacaCLM-0022981850 index, p. 51 Not in 1652
    The distilled water hereof cleanses the eyes of redness, waterishness and heat:
    QUO-001418Papers 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