vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

In old times the Water figwort was famous as a vulnerary, both when used externally, and when taken in decoction.

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

The hardened juice of a euphorbiaceous tree, Croton draco, a resin resembling kino, is the sangre del drago or dragon’s blood of the Mexicans, used by them as a vulnerary and astringent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

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

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