Small Pox

CND-0122Fevers and infections

Open in the Concordance

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

Modern reading: smallpox. Searched in PubMed as each plant’s Latin name with smallpox OR variola OR poxvirus OR antiviral. 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.

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

  1. Alkanet Alkanna tinctoriaCLM-001558 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. Bistort, Or Snakeweed Bistorta officinalisCLM-001559
    The root, in powder, taken in drink expels the venom of the plague, the small-pox, measels, purples, or any other infectious disease, driving it out by sweating.
    QUO-001036Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. Marigolds Calendula officinalisCLM-0015601850 index
    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
  4. Rocket Eruca vesicariaCLM-001561
    and with the gall of an ox, it mends foul scars, black and blue spots, and the marks of the small-pox.
    QUO-001037Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  5. Saffron Crocus sativusCLM-0015621850 index
    It is excellent in epidemical diseases, as pestilence, small-pox, and measles.
    QUO-000888Papers 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