Maple Tree

Acer campestre

HRB-0185Entry “MAPLE TREE” 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: homocastasteroneEFSA’s list of substances, not a danger rating. Checked 26 October 2026.

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

Culpeper’s claims about it: 1, under 1 heading

  1. LiverCLM-0012031850 index
    The decoction either of the leaves or bark, must needs strengthen the liver much, and so you shall find it to do, if you use it.
    QUO-000850Papers 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.