Memory (to strengthen)

CND-0093Head, mind and nerves

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Historical label: “Memory, (to strengthen)” in the 1850 edition’s “A List of the Principal Diseases”. Shown as “Memory (to strengthen)”.

Modern reading: memory. Searched in PubMed as each plant’s Latin name with memory OR cognition OR nootropic OR Alzheimer. 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.

10 claims: 9 with a sentence, 1 from the index alone

  1. Asarabacca Asarum europaeumCLM-001330
    The leaves and roots being boiled in lye, and the head often washed therewith while it is warm, comforts the head and brain that is ill affected by taking cold, and helps the memory.
    QUO-000271Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. Carduus Benedictus Centaurea benedictaCLM-001331
    By antipathy to Venus, who governs it, it strengthens the memory, and cures deafness by antipathy to Saturn, who has his fall in Aries, which rules the head.
    QUO-000906Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. Eyebright Euphrasia officinalisCLM-001332
    Being used any of the ways, it also helps a weak brain, or memory.
    QUO-000285Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  4. Juniper Bush Juniperus communisCLM-001333 Not in 1652
    They give safe and speedy delivery to women with child, they strengthen the brain exceedingly, help the memory, and fortify the sight by strengthening the optic nerves;
    QUO-000291Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  5. Lily Of The Valley Convallaria majalisCLM-001334 Not in 1652
    GOVERNMENT AND VIRTUES.] It is under the dominion of Mercury, and therefore it strengthens the brain, recruits a weak memory, and makes it strong again:
    QUO-000293Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  6. Mellilot, Or King’s Claver Melilotus officinalisCLM-001335
    as also to strengthen the memory, to comfort the head and brain, and to preserve them from pain, and the apoplexy.
    QUO-000100Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  7. Mint MenthaCLM-001336
    Being smelled unto, it is comfortable for the head and memory.
    QUO-000907Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  8. OlibanumCLM-0023691850 index, pp. 273, 281

    Listed in the 1850 index under a name the book has no herbal entry for. No quotation is recorded.

    Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  9. Rosemary Salvia rosmarinusCLM-001337
    It helps a weak memory, and quickens the senses.
    QUO-000908Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  10. Sage Salvia officinalisCLM-0013381850 index
    Sage is of excellent use to help the memory, warming and quickening the senses;
    QUO-000909Papers 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