NICHOLAS CULPEPER

 

Using a combination of reason experience and astrology, Culpeper devoted himself to using herbs to treat illness.  Questioning traditional methods and knowledge, he paired herbs and planetary influences to counter illnesses and disease.  For these methods he was accused of Witchcraft in 1642.  His most known work was “The English Physician” published in 1653, it is known today as Culpeper’s Herbal.

 

“I consulted with my two brothers, Dr. Reason and Dr. Experience, and took a voyage to visit my mother Nature, by whose advice, together with the help of Dr. Diligence, I at last obtained my desire; and, being warned by Mr. Honesty, a stranger in our days, to publish it to the world, I have done it.”     ---Nicholas Culpeper