vulnerary

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Leaves.—These are recommended as aperient and vulnerary, as also in gouty and rheumatic pains.

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

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

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

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