The Complete Herbal and English Physician Enlarged, by Nicholas Culpeper, Part 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 18 November 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Let’s, uh, improve our health with this compendium of questionable herbal advice from 1650. But first, the kind of sleep-inducing, self-congratulatory introduction in which only a 17th-century apothecary can excel. Delightful!
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, and thank you for joining me for another Boring Books for Bedtime. |
| 0:09.4 | I hope tonight's selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
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| 1:27.6 | I hope you'll take a moment to check them out. |
| 1:31.6 | Now, let's read and relax. |
| 1:37.0 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:41.1 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:45.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 1:50.0 | Let it out slowly. |
| 1:55.0 | And off we go. |
| 1:58.0 | Tonight, let's relax with a marvelous recommendation from one of your fellow listeners. |
| 2:05.6 | The complete herbal, to which is now added upwards of 100 additional herbs, |
| 2:13.6 | with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities, |
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