vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has been principally celebrated as a vulnerary, whence its name; and in gargarisms for aphthae and inflammations of the fauces.

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

Here is wonderfull plenty of wild saffron, carthamus, and many vulnerary plants, now by me forgott.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John

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

This herb is the _Stratiotes chiliophullos _of the Greek botanists, by whom it was valued as an excellent astringent and vulnerary.

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