Obviously from the above, scabious is expectorant, alterative, vulnerary and astringent. |
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The main use of comfrey through the centuries has been as a vulnerary remedy. |
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Topically it is applied as an oil or salve as a vulnerary for the treatment of wounds and injuries. |
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The whole plant is antiecchymotic, antiphlogistic, nervine, sternutatory and vulnerary. |
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It may also be used internally as an antihaemorrhagic and externally as a styptic and vulnerary. |
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Take, for example, the famous vulnerary ointment attributed to Paracelsus. |
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