Head

CND-0057Head, mind and nerves

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Historical label: “Head” 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: 3 with a sentence, 2 from the index alone

  1. Cives Allium schoenoprasumCLM-0023221850 index, p. 50 Not in 1652

    Listed in the 1850 index; the herbal entry has no sentence naming this complaint. No quotation is recorded.

    Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. Feverfew Or Featherfew Tanacetum partheniumCLM-0023231850 index, p. 72
    It is very effectual for all pains in the head coming of a cold cause, the herb being bruised and applied to the crown of the head:
    QUO-001426Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. Pellitory Of Spain Anacyclus pyrethrumCLM-0023251850 index, p. 134 Not in 1652
    thereby not only easing pains in the head and teeth, but also hinders the distilling of the brain upon the lungs and eyes, thereby preventing coughs, phthisicks and consumption, the apoplexy and falling sickness.
    QUO-000102Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  4. Roses RosaCLM-0023261850 index, p. 153
    The decoction of red Roses made with wine and used, is very good for the head-ache, and pains in the eyes, ears, throat, and gums;
    QUO-001427Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  5. The Yellow Water-Flag, Or Flower-De-Luce Iris pseudacorusCLM-0023241850 index, p. 78

    Listed in the 1850 index; the herbal entry has no sentence naming this complaint. No quotation is recorded.

    Papers 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