vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is said the hogs in Jamaica when wounded rub the injured part against the tree so as to cover it with the gum, which possesses vulnerary properties; hence its name.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

As a vulnerary, tobacco was used by the Indians, and physicians say that it promotes the cicatrization and healing of inveterate ulcers.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert

The gum itself is esteemed a great vulnerary; and purges moderately those who are full of bilious, or gross humors.

From An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton by Maillard, Antoine Simon

This herb is the _Stratiotes chiliophullos _of the Greek botanists, by whom it was valued as an excellent astringent and vulnerary.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas