Teeth (to fasten)

CND-0139Mouth and throat

Open in the Concordance

Printed in the 1850 edition’s “A List of the Principal Diseases” as “—— (to fasten)” under “Teeth, (to draw without pain)” (the dash stands for the heading above it, or its first word); shown here as “Teeth (to fasten)”.

Modern literature has not yet been searched for this heading’s claims: it comes only from the 1850 index and has no search words yet.

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: 2 with a sentence, 1 from the index alone

  1. Bistort, Or Snakeweed Bistorta officinalisCLM-0024371850 index, p. 219
    The root thereof, with pelitory of Spain and burnt alum, of each a little quantity, beaten small and into paste with some honey, and a little piece thereof put into a hollow tooth, or held between the teeth, if there be no hollowness in them, stays the defluction of rheum upon them which causes pains, and helps to cleanse the head, and void much offensive water.
    QUO-001452Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. MastichCLM-0024361850 index, p. 251

    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
  3. Wild Tansy, Or Silver Weed Argentina anserinaCLM-0024381850 index, p. 231
    The same boiled in vinegar, with honey and allum, and gargled in the mouth, eases the pains of the tooth-ache, fastens loose teeth, helps the gums that are sore, and settles the palate of the mouth in its place, when it is fallen down.
    QUO-001190Papers 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