vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

The bark of Ulmus fulva, the slippery or red elm of the United States and Canada, serves the North American Indians for the same purpose, and also as a vulnerary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

It is said the hogs in Jamaica when wounded rub the injured part against the tree so as to cover it with the gum, which possesses vulnerary properties; hence its name.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William