vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each of these was applied as a vulnerary, not to sloughing sores, but to fresh cut wounds.

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

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

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

The Leaves.—These are recommended as aperient and vulnerary, as also in gouty and rheumatic pains.

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