Description: Culpeper's Complete Herbal was originally published in 1652 as The English Physitian, and in 1653 under its more well-known title. It is a practical health guide, describing plants, where and when they grow, and what symptoms they alleviate.
Brief description: NICHOLAS CULPEPER (1616-1654) was an English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer. He spent the greater part of his life in the English outdoors, cataloguing medicinal herbs and criticizing fellow physicians for charging too much compared to the use of nature's medicine.