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  • Anyhow, the name Sanicle was supposed in the middle ages to mean "curative," whatever its origin: [509] thus, _Qui a la Bugle, et la Sanicle fait aux chirurgiens la nicle_ -- "He who uses Sanicle and

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Then after describing a third kind of Sanicle -- (Cortusa Mathioli, a large-leaved Alpine Primula,) he goes on:

    Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859

  • Sanicle, ragwort, moneywort, adder's tongue, all cleansing and astringent, good for old, ulcerated wounds, were all to be found around the hedgerows and the meadows close by, and along the banks of the Meole Brook.

    An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

  • Sanicle, ragwort, moneywort, adder's tongue, all cleansing and astringent, good for old, ulcerated wounds, were all to be found around the hedgerows and the meadows close by, and along the banks of the Meole Brook.

    An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

  • The Sanicle is popularly employed in Germany and France as a remedy for profuse bleeding from the lungs, bowels, womb, and urinary organs; also for the staying of dysenteric diarrhoea.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • The Bugle, or middle Comfrey, is also a Sanicle, because of its excellence for healing wounds, in common with the Prunella and the true Sanicle.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Take of _Sanicle_ two handfulls, of _Adders_ tongue, _Doves_ foot, and

    A Book of Fruits and Flowers Anonymous

  • Sanicle, and belongs to the labiate order of herbs.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Several Herbal Simples go by the name of Selfheal among our wild hedge plants, more especially the Sanicle, the common Prunella, and the Bugle.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Lyte and other herbalists say concerning the Sanicle: "It makes whole and sound all wounds and hurts, both inward and outward."

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

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