Breverton’s Complete Herbal: A Book of Remarkable Plants and Their Uses

690 Pages·2016·9.24 MB·English

by  Terry Breverton

BREVERTON’S COMPLETE HERBAL
BREVERTON’S COMPLETE HERBAL
A Book of Remarkable Plants and Their Uses
Based on Culpeper’s The English Physitian of 1652 and Compleat
Herball of 1653
Terry Breverton
New York • London
© 2011 by Terry Breverton
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
A
ADDER’S TONGUE
AGRIMONY
ALDER
ALDER BUCKTHORN
ALECOST
ALE-HOOF
ALEXANDERS
ALKANET
ALL-HEAL
ALLSPICE
ALMOND TREE
THE APOTHECARIES’ GARDEN
ALOE VERA
AMARANTHUS
(WOOD) ANEMONE
ANGELICA
ANISE
APPLE
ARCHANGEL
ARRACH
(WILD) ARRACH
ARSESMART
ARTICHOKE
ASAFOETIDA
ASARABACCA
ASH TREE
ASPARAGUS
ASTROLOGICAL AND ELEMENTAL GARDENS
ASTROLOGICAL JUDGEMENT OF DISEASES
B
BALSAM TREE
BARBERRY
THE BARBERS PHYSIC GARDEN
BARTRAM’S BOTANIC GARDEN
BASIL
BAY
BEET
BERGAMOT
BIRCH TREE
BISHOP’S WEED
BISTORT
BITTERSWEET
BLACKBERRY
BLACKTHORN OR SLOE
BLADDERWRACK
BLUEBELL
BONESET
BORAGE
BOUQUET GARNI
BROOM
(WHITE) BRYONY
BUGLE
BURDOCK
BUTCHER’S BROOM
BUTTERBUR
C
CABBAGES and COLEWORTS
CARAWAY
CARNATION
(WILD) CARROT
CATMINT
(GREATER) CELANDINE
(LESSER) CELANDINE
(WILD) CELERY
CENTAURY (CENTAURIUM)
CHAMOMILE
CHASTE TREE
CHERRY TREE
CHERVIL
(SWEET) CHESTNUT
CHICKWEED
CHICORY
CHILI PEPPER
CHIVES
CINNAMON
(WILD) CLARY
CLEAVERS
CLOWN’S WOUNDWORT
CLUBMOSS
COFFEE
COLTSFOOT
COMFREY
COMPANION HERBS
CORIANDER
CORNFLOWER
COTTON LAVENDER
COUCH GRASS
COW PARSLEY
COWSLIP
CUBEB
CUCKOO-PINT
CUCUMBER
NICHOLAS CULPEPER
(BLACK) CURRANT
CYCLAMEN
D
DAFFODILS
DAISY
DANDELION
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE
DILL
PEDANIUS DIOSCORIDES
DITTANDER
DITTANY OF CRETE
DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES
E
EARLY PURPLE ORCHID
EGYPTIAN MEDICAL HERBS
EYEBRIGHT
F
FENNEL
FENNEL—HOG’S FENNEL
FEVERFEW
FIG-TREE
FINES HERBES, HERBES DE PROVENCE AND FIVE SPICE MIX
FLAX
FLORAL CLOCK
FOXGLOVE
FUMITORY
G
GALL-OAK
GARLIC
GOLDENROD
H
HAWTHORN
HAZELNUT
HEARTSEASE
(BLACK) HELLEBORE
HEMLOCK
HEMP
HENBANE
HERBAL AUTHORITIES
HOLLY
HONEYSUCKLE
HOP
HORSERADISH
(BLACK) HOREHOUND
(WHITE) HOREHOUND
HORSETAIL
HOUSELEEK
HYSSOP
I
IRIS—FLAG IRIS
IRIS—YELLOW FLAG
IRIS—STINKING GLADWIN
ION THE GARDENER
(COMMON) IVY
J
JUNIPER
L
LADY’S MANTLE
LAVENDER
LEMON BALM
LEMON
LEMON VERBENA
LILY OF THE VALLEY
LIQUORICE
(PURPLE) LOOSESTRIFE
(YELLOW) LOOSESTRIFE
LOVAGE
LUNGFLOWER
LUNGWORT
M
MALLOW and MARSH MALLOW
MANDRAKE
MARIGOLD
MARJORAM
MASTIC TREE
MARY GARDENS
MEADOWSWEET
MINT—PEPPERMINT
MINT—SPEARMINT
MISTLETOE
THE MODERN HERB GARDEN
MONKSHOOD
MOTHERWORT
MUGWORT
MULBERRY
MULLEIN
MUSHROOM
MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS
MUSTARD
N
NETTLE
NUTMEG TREE and MACE