vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bellis perennis or daisy, formerly called consolida, on account of its vulnerary properties; the roots and leaves were used in wound drinks, and were considered efficacious in removing extravasated blood from bruises, etc.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

The gum itself is esteemed a great vulnerary; and purges moderately those who are full of bilious, or gross humors.

From An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton by Maillard, Antoine Simon

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

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