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

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

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

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