vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

In China it was an old internal remedy for leprosy and struma, and is accredited with stimulant, tonic, sedative, astringent and vulnerary properties.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

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

For these purposes as a vulnerary, the Calendula owes its introduction and first use altogether to homoeopathic methods, as signally valuable for healing wounds, ulcers, burns, and other breaches of the skin surface.

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

As to its virtues, practitioners do not now expect any considerable ones from it, and pay very little regard to the vulnerary qualities which it was formerly celebrated for.

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