The Simmonite-Culpeper Herbal Remedies

PREFACE

Nature’s Herbal remedies quickly relieve and have a final curative value for most human ailments. An out­standing example of this is the discovery of penicillin which was obtained from a natural mould growth.

This guide embodies the most exclusive and authentic remedies from the works of the two greatest herbalists ever known—William J. Simmonite, A.M., and Nicholas Culpeper.

Reference in the text to the planetary rulers of the herbs will be of interest to those readers who are ac­quainted with the science of Astrology. Other readers need not observe them.

FOREWORD

All herbs should be gathered when in full flower and when perfectly dry. They should then be well dried in the sun. For storage they should not be tied in bundles but kept in paper bags in dry places so that the herbs may retain their fragrance and colour as much as possible. For those who follow astrology the gathering of the herbs should be done at a time when the planet governing them is rising and angular.

When leaves only are required, they should be gathered when dry and fully grown. They should then be thor­oughly dried in the sun and protected from night air. When they have lost their colour or scent, or have become inert, they are no longer fit for use. For those who follow astrology the leaves should not be gathered when the planet ruling the plant is in the Tenth, Eleventh or Twelfth House.

Tree barks should be gathered in the Spring when the sap is rising and the bark peels, off easily. It is advisable not to gather more bark than what is needed for immedi­ate use.

When roots are required they should be dug up when the plants have finished growing, cut into pieces and after they have been well dried, preserved in tins with tightly fitting lids and lined with paper.