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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Angelica - Herb Profile and Information
... virtues that he extols, says 'it cureth the bitings of mad dogs and all other venomous beasts.' ---Preparations---Fluid extract, herb: dose, 1 drachm. Fluid extract, root: dose, 1/4 to 1 ...
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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Aconite Herb - Profile and Information
... an experiment, quickly died. The older herbalists described it as venomous and deadly. Gerard says: 'There hath beene little heretofore set ... the herb only thrown before the scorpion or any other venomous beast, causeth them to be without force or strength to ... of that kind, but also against the poison of all venomous beasts, the plague or pestilence and other infectious diseases, which raise spots ...
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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Avens - Herb Profile and Information
... that it had the power to ward off evil spirits and venomous beasts. It was worn as an amulet. The Ortus Sanitatis, printed in 1491, ... herbs, and if a man carries the root about him no venomous beast can harm him.' Dr. Prior (Popular Names of English Plants) ... a 'decoction made in wine against stomach ills and bites of venomous beasts.' On account of its stomachic properties, chewing of the root was ...
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Herbs: Tarragon
... to the shape of its root, and adding to the myth of curing bites from venomous beasts and mad dogs. French tarragon's generic name, Artemisia, comes from the Greek goddess Artemis ...
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