Tumours — (hard)

CND-0143Swelling, pain and the whole body

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Printed in the 1850 edition’s “A List of the Principal Diseases” as “—— (hard)” under “Tumours” (the dash stands for the heading above it, or its first word); shown here as “Tumours — (hard)”.

Modern reading: hard swellings. Searched in PubMed as each plant’s Latin name with swelling OR tumor OR edema OR "anti-inflammatory". 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.

7 claims: 7 with a sentence, 0 from the index alone

  1. Archangel LamiumCLM-001886
    the herb also bruised, and with some salt and vinegar and hog’s-grease, laid upon a hard tumour or swelling, or that vulgarly called the king’s evil, do help to dissolve or discuss them;
    QUO-000788Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. English Tobacco Nicotiana rusticaCLM-001890
    There is also made hereof a singularly good salve to help imposthumes, hard tumours, and other swellings by blows and falls.
    QUO-000230Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. Mallows And Marshmallows Malva sylvestrisCLM-0018881850 index
    A poultice made of the leaves boiled and bruised, with some bean or barley flower, and oil of Roses added, is an especial remedy against all hard tumours and inflammations, or imposthumes, or swellings of the privities, and other parts, and eases the pains of them;
    QUO-000666Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  4. Mellilot, Or King’s Claver Melilotus officinalisCLM-001889
    Melilot, boiled in wine, and applied, mollifies all hard tumours and inflammations that happen in the eyes, or other parts of the body, and sometimes the yolk of a roasted egg, or fine flour, or poppy seed, or endive, is added unto it.
    QUO-000709Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  5. Misselto Viscum albumCLM-0024431850 index, p. 118
    the birdlime doth molify hard knots, tumours, and imposthumes;
    QUO-000668Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  6. The Elm Tree UlmusCLM-001887
    The decoction of the bark of the root, fomented, mollifies hard tumours, and the shrinking of the sinews.
    QUO-001192Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  7. Wold, Weld, Or Dyer’s Weed Reseda luteolaCLM-001891
    Matthiolus saith, that the root hereof cures tough phlegm, digests raw phlegm, thins gross humours, dissolves hard tumours, and opens obstructions.
    QUO-001194Papers 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