Culpepper, Nicholas (1616-1654): Complete Herbal 17th Century . Reprinted by W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd., Slough, Bucks, England, n.d., p. 378. First printed as English Physician Enlarged, 1653 , with Peter Cole. Five editions appeared before 1698; reissued in 1802 and 1809.
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Hill, [Sir] John (1716?-1775): Valerian; or the Virtues of that root in nervous disorders and the characters which distinguish the true from the false, 3rd ed. London , 1758; 12th ed., London, 1772. [Sir] John Hill became a quack and prepared various herb medicines such as "essence of waterdock," "tincture of valerian," "pectoral balsam of honey," and "tincture of bardona" from the sale of which he profited greatly.
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Wesley, John (1703-1791): Primitive Physick, 13th ed. Bristol, 1768, pp. 52, 69, 95. First published in 1747. A popular lay guide in medicine reached its 20th edition in 1781 and its 36th in 1840. It gives definitions of disease followed by prescriptions for their cure. He mentions powder of Tincture of Valerian root as excellent in nervous disorders, the falling sickness (epilepsy), and convulsions.
