Letter V

Vulnerary

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(Plural = vulneraries).

A remedy used in healing or treating wounds.

Any preparation, plant or drug used in the cure of wounds.

For example, Native Americans used the herb echinacea as a vulnerary for burns, snakebites, arrow and other wounds.

It was considered something of a panacea.

'Vulnerary' comes from the Latin 'vulnus' meaning 'wound.' 'Vulnus' also gave rise to 'vulnerable' which literally means woundable.

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