Quinsey

CND-0110Mouth and throat

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

Modern reading: quinsy. Searched in PubMed as each plant’s Latin name with tonsillitis OR "peritonsillar abscess" OR pharyngitis OR "sore throat". 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.

6 claims: 3 with a sentence, 3 from the index alone

1. Cinquefoil, Or Five-Leaved Grass; Called In Some Counties Five-Fingered Grass Potentilla reptansCLM-001446

   The juice hereof drank, about four ounces at a time, for certain days together, cures the quinsey and yellow jaundice;

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2. Cudweed, Or Cottonweed Filago germanicaCLM-0014471850 index

   The juice of the herb taken in wine and milk, is, as Pliny saith, a sovereign remedy against the mumps and quinsey;

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3. Hyssop Hyssopus officinalisCLM-0023931850 index, p. 95

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

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4. Orpine Hylotelephium telephiumCLM-0023941850 index, p. 130

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

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5. Ragwort Jacobaea vulgarisCLM-0023951850 index, p. 149

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

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6. The Bramble, Or Black-Berry Bush Rubus fruticosusCLM-0014451850 index

   The buds, leaves, and branches, while they are green, are of a good use in the ulcers and putrid sores of the mouth and throat, and of the quinsey, and likewise to heal other fresh wounds and sores;

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Source

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