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Clown’s woundwort

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alcoholic beverages

ale (14)

aloe succotrina

Alum (7)

Angelica archangelica

Aromaticum rosatum

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baked goods (3)

Barley water (2)

bay salt (sea salt)

beef (3)

beer (2)

Berberis vulgaris

Betonica officinalis

black pepper (6)

blessed thistle

Boar’s grease

boiling (cooking) (9)

bone marrow (2)

Brooklime (veronica beccabunga)

Brown sugar candy (2)

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cake decorating

cakes (10)

candied lemon peel

candied orange peel

caraway comfits

caraway seeds (2)

casseroles (food)

cheese making (6)

claret wine (6)

compound water of celandine

compound water of lavender

compound water of peonies

copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate

coriander seeds

cowlsip flowers

cream (25)

cream of tartar

Cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate)

Crustacean eyes

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dates (fruits) (4)

distilled poppy water (2)

dried fruits (4)

dried orange rind

dyes (2)

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eggs (56)

elderberries (2)

elderberry syrup

Essential oil of wormwood

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figs (5)

flour (37)

food (4)

food preparation

fortified wines

Frances Chaloner

french lavender

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Geranium robertianum

Glechoma hederacea

glove gilly flowers

gooseberries (3)

great crab claws (2)

green gooseberries

Ground-ivy (glechoma hederacea)

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Hart’s-tongue fern (asplenium scolopendrium)

Hartshorn (“calcined with amber”?)

Helleborus foetidus

Herb-of-grace (ruta graveolens)

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insect-inflicted wound

iron or steel weaponary

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jelly of cerrahbhs

Jelly of hartshorn

juniper berries

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labor (childbirth)

lard (2)

lead(II,IV) oxide

lemon juice (2)

Licorice (mint hyssop)

liniment saponaceous

linseed oil (2)

Litharge of gold

Liverwort (marchantiophyta)

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mace (2)

mace (spice) (23)

Madder (rubia tinctorum)

Maidenhair fern (adiantum)

malt (2)

marigold flowers

milk (24)

mincing (cooking)

mixed drinks (2)

mother of thyme

musk (4)

mustard seed (2)

mustard seeds (4)

mutton suet (2)

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neurological disorders

nuts (seed crops) (2)

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orange blossom water

orange flower water (2)

Oxeye daisy (leucanthemum vulgare)

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peppermint water

perennials (flowers)

pineapple seeds

Plantain water (2)

Plaster of red lead (lead oxide)

Pont-l'Évêque

port (2)

potassium carbonate

Powder of sympathy

Prunus amygdalus

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raspberries (2)

red rose water (3)

remedies (health) (2)

rennish wine (3)

roast meat gravy

rue (3)

Ruta graveolens

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sack (17)

sage (herb) (5)

salt (12)

salt (seasonings) (21)

Scurvygrass (cochlearia)

Self-heal (prunella vulgaris)

sena leaves (2)

seville oranges

smooth plantting

soot (2)

Spirits of turpentine

spirits of wine

Spirts of Turpentime

steamed puddings

suet (5)

sugar (76)

sugar candy (3)

Sulphurated scammony

Sweet briar (rosa rubiginosa)

sweet cream (2)

Sweet fennel seed

sweet herbs (7)

sympathetic magic (2)

syrup of citrens

syrup of lemons

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Trigonella foenum-graecum

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veal (2)

Venice turpentine (2)

Virginia snake root

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water (46)

Watercress (nasturtium officinale)

wax (2)

white bread (2)

white burgundy pitch

White horehound (marrubium vulgare)

white sugar candy

white wine vinegar (7)

white wines (13)

William Fairfax

Wormwood (artemisia absinthium)

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yeast (10)

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