vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Agrimony was at one time included in the London Materia Medica as a vulnerary herb.

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

He believed also in the vulnerary ointment, which could cure wounds, not by application to the wound itself but to the weapon.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

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

It was formerly applied to raw indolent ulcers as a glutinous astringent, and most useful vulnerary.

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