Measles

CND-0089Fevers and infections

Open in the Concordance

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

Modern reading: measles. Searched in PubMed as each plant’s Latin name with measles OR "measles virus" OR antiviral OR exanthem. 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.

4 claims: 4 with a sentence, 0 from the index alone

  1. Alkanet Alkanna tinctoriaCLM-001298 Not in 1652
    It helps bruises and falls, and is as gallant a remedy to drive out the small pox and measles as any is;
    QUO-000304Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. Marigolds Calendula officinalisCLM-001299
    They strengthen the heart exceedingly, and are very expulsive, and a little less effectual in the small-pox and measles than saffron.
    QUO-000887Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. Saffron Crocus sativusCLM-0013001850 index
    It is excellent in epidemical diseases, as pestilence, small-pox, and measles.
    QUO-000888Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  4. Tormentil, Or Septfoil Potentilla erectaCLM-0013011850 index
    The juice of the herb and root, or the decoction thereof, taken with some Venice treacle, and the person laid to sweat, expels any venom or poison, or the plague, fever, or other contagious diseases, as pox, measles, &c.
    QUO-000606Papers 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