Cydonia oblonga
HRB-0239Entry “THE QUINCE TREE” in the 1850 textIn Culpeper’s 1652 first edition
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.
Historical correspondence. Ruled by Saturn, by Culpeper. A traditional astrological assignment, kept apart from the modern evidence; it is not a finding.
What it does, in Culpeper: PurgeCounter-poison
if a little vinegar be added, it stirs up the languishing appetite, and the stomach given to casting;
some spices being added, comforts and strengthens the decaying and fainting spirits, and helps the liver oppressed, that it cannot perfect the digestion, or corrects choler and phlegm.
The same, with a little sugar, is good to lenify the harshness and hoarseness of the throat, and roughness of the tongue.
some spices being added, comforts and strengthens the decaying and fainting spirits, and helps the liver oppressed, that it cannot perfect the digestion, or corrects choler and phlegm.
To take the crude juice of Quinces, is held a preservative against the force of deadly poison;
If you would have them purging, put honey to them instead of sugar;
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.
if a little vinegar be added, it stirs up the languishing appetite, and the stomach given to casting;
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.