vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Soap is allowed to be cleansing, attenuating, opening, resolving, sweetening; it is pectoral, vulnerary, diuretic, and hath other good qualities; which are also found in tar water....

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

This part of the tea is in its nature particularly serviceable in all cases where vulnerary medicines are requisite.

From A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves by Smith, Hugh

They are recommended as vulnerary medicines, and in all cases where mild astringents or corroborants are proper.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William