| Description Of Item | List of ingredients with reference to the page number where they are mentioned in the book, sometimes mentioning what the ingredient is good for.
List includes: ‘galingall p9’ [galangal], liquorice and ‘squitch grass’ page 9, leeks page 12, marjoram page 19, ‘apium or smallage’ [wild or leaf celery] p19, cleavers [pages 19-20], bugle or middle comfrey page 22, horsetail page 23 for nosebleeds, tree ivy and ground-ivy page 28, lettuce for heartburns page 29, basil page 33, ‘savory’ [satureja] page 35, ‘for mind’ senna page 36, nutmeg page 41, mustard page 44, mastic ‘strengthens the gums & fastens the teeth’ page 45, vinegar of squill page 70, syrup of vinegar page 74, ointment of tobacco page 190, syrup of wormwood page 82, wormwood water page 58 ‘good for weak digestion’, camel’s hay page 36 ‘good against windy disorder’.
In between lines ‘for stuffing of the stomach’, unclear but might relates to syrup of vinegar.
List is marginalia in library copy of Nicholas Culpeper, A Physical Directory (1650) – library reference S10.22.
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