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Tutsan in the rain
Hypericum androsaemum, commonly known as sweet-amber or tutsan.
The common name tutsan appears to be a corruption of toute saine literally meaning all-healthy. This is probably in reference to its healing properties. The leaves were applied to wounds, and as a stomachic. Nicholas Culpeper, in his 1653 publication Culpeper's Complete Herbal, says "Tutsan purgeth choleric humours ... both to cure sciatica and gout, and to heal burnings by fire."
Victorians used to press the (slightly) scented leaves between the pages of their bibles and prayer-books
Tutsan in the rain
Hypericum androsaemum, commonly known as sweet-amber or tutsan.
The common name tutsan appears to be a corruption of toute saine literally meaning all-healthy. This is probably in reference to its healing properties. The leaves were applied to wounds, and as a stomachic. Nicholas Culpeper, in his 1653 publication Culpeper's Complete Herbal, says "Tutsan purgeth choleric humours ... both to cure sciatica and gout, and to heal burnings by fire."
Victorians used to press the (slightly) scented leaves between the pages of their bibles and prayer-books