Sore Breasts

CND-0123Women and childbirth

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

Modern reading: sore breasts. Searched in PubMed as each plant’s Latin name with mastitis OR "breast pain" OR mastalgia OR lactation. 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.

3 claims: 3 with a sentence, 0 from the index alone

  1. Flea-Wort Plantago afraCLM-001563
    It is also good to heal the nipples and sore breasts of women, being often applied thereunto.
    QUO-001038Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. Purslain Portulaca oleraceaCLM-0015641850 index
    The juice is used with oil of roses for the same causes, or for blasting by lightning, and burnings by gunpowder, or for women’s sore breasts, and to allay the heat in all other sores or hurts;
    QUO-001039Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. The Quince Tree Cydonia oblongaCLM-0015651850 index
    The muscilage taken from the seeds of Quinces, and boiled in a little water, is very good to cool the heat and heal the sore breasts of women.
    QUO-001040Papers 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