Cucumbers

Cucumis sativus

HRB-0095Entry “CUCUMBERS” in the 1850 textNot in the 1652 first edition: added by Culpeper in 1653 or by a later editor up to 1850

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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.

Substance of concernEFSA: cucurbitacine B, cucurbitacine CEFSA’s list of substances, not a danger rating. Checked 26 October 2026.

Historical correspondence. Ruled by Moon, by Culpeper. A traditional astrological assignment, kept apart from the modern evidence; it is not a finding.

Culpeper’s claims about it: 3, under 3 headings

  1. LiverCLM-001177
    They are excellently good for a hot stomach, and hot liver;
    QUO-000839Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. StomachCLM-001588
    They are excellently good for a hot stomach, and hot liver;
    QUO-000839Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. UlcersCLM-001932
    there is not a better remedy for ulcers in the bladder growing, than Cucumbers are;
    QUO-001218Papers 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

Quotations are verbatim from the 1850 text, line breaks joined. Modern research and the European regulator’s verdict on each claim are on the Concordance page, kept apart from this historical record.