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But the seeds of all maladies are the same; and if turpentine, tar, pitch, and beef-suet, mingled with turmerick, gum-mastick, and one bead of garlick, can cure the horse that hath been grieved with a nail, I see not but what it may benefit the man that hath been pricked with a sword.
Kenilworth 2004
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But I mentioned earlier that ginger and turmerick (ph) are very well studied as anti - inflammatory agents.
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But the seeds of all maladies are the same; and if turpentine, tar, pitch, and beef-suet, mingled with turmerick, gum-mastick, and one bead of garlick, can cure the horse that hath been grieved with a nail, I see not but what it may benefit the man that hath been pricked with a sword.
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
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I likewise found ginger and turmerick, and have brought samples of both, but could not procure seeds of any tree, most of them being in blossom.
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We observed a man who had employed a blue powder, and many persons of both sexes who wore an orange powder made of turmerick.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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