Savine

Juniperus sabina

HRB-0266Entry “SAVINE” 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.

⚠ Poisonous · Tops, oilA strong irritant oil (sabinyl acetate) that harms pregnancy in animal studies; EFSA records it as abortifacient. Human reports are few and old.EFSA: sabinene, sabinyl acetate

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

Culpeper’s claims about it: 6, under 6 headings

  1. CankersCLM-000417
    Being spread over a piece of leather, and applied to the navel, kills the worms in the belly, helps scabs and itch, running sores, cankers, tetters, and ringworms;
    QUO-000351Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  2. FistulasCLM-000793
    If you dry the herb into powder, and mix it with honey, it is an excellent remedy to cleanse old filthy ulcers and fistulas;
    QUO-000612Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  3. King’s-evilCLM-001121
    also helps the king’s evil, being applied to the place.
    QUO-000804Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  4. Ring-wormCLM-0023981850 index, p. 166
    Being spread over a piece of leather, and applied to the navel, kills the worms in the belly, helps scabs and itch, running sores, cankers, tetters, and ringworms;
    QUO-000351Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  5. UlcersCLM-002002
    If you dry the herb into powder, and mix it with honey, it is an excellent remedy to cleanse old filthy ulcers and fistulas;
    QUO-000612Papers and the EMA’s verdict, in the Concordance
  6. WormsCLM-002133
    Being spread over a piece of leather, and applied to the navel, kills the worms in the belly, helps scabs and itch, running sores, cankers, tetters, and ringworms;
    QUO-000351Papers 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.