Salmons Uerhd. 



Lib. I. 



VII. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the third 

 degree : Attenuating, Carminative, Diuretick and 

 Lithontriptick : by Appropriation, it is Stomatick, 

 Hyfterick and Nephritick ; and operates as an Al- 



VIII. Tlie Specification. ' It effeaually provokes 

 Urine, helps the Strangu'ry, and prevails againft Gra- 

 vel and Tartarous Matter in Reins and Bladder. 



IX. The Preparations. The Shops keep nothing 

 of this Plant. But you may prepare from it, i. A 

 Ponder from the Seed. 2. A Decoaion of the Roots 

 and Leaves. 3. An Expreffed Jiace. 4. ACondlte 

 cf the Roots. 7. A BalJ'am of the Juice or green 

 Herb. 6. A Cataphifm. -j-ADiflilledlVatcrofthe 



the' Seed or Plant. 10. A Spirituous Tinaure. 12. 

 An Oily Tmlfure. ii. A Salt from the whole Plant. 



X. T})e Pouder from the Seed. Being taken from 

 half a diam to j. dram in w^hite Port or Wjenijh 

 Wine, or diftiUed Water of the Plant, it powerful- 

 ly provokes the Terms, expels the Buth, moves U- 



vokes Urine and cleanfes the Blood admirably • it is' 

 good alfo for fuch as have ftoppages in their Urine, 

 or are troubled with the Strangury. Dole from iv. 



XII. The Expreffed Juice. Given from iij. to vj. 

 a Specifick againft Stone and Grav^l'^eafe die Stran- 

 gury and brhigs away Urine or Matter obftruaing 

 the Urinary palTages, when almoft all other thing! ■ 



XIII. The Condite, or Pickled Roots They are 

 Eaten raw as a Sallet, with Oil, Vinegar and Pep- 

 per : they Itrengthen the Stomach, create a good 

 Appetite, caufe Digeftion, refift Crudities, and ex- 

 pel Tartarous and Vifcous Juices from the Stomach 



XIV. The Balfam. It is an excellent Vulnerary, 

 curing all forts of green Wounds in a fliort time : it 

 cleanfes running Sores, and old rotten and putriiied 

 Ulcers, and caufes them fpeedily to heal. 

 Le^'Is Ind l"f"-^*"- ^' '' ""'""^^ ^"^ *^ '^^"if^'^ 

 made of the Leaves boiled, it diys uj eld Sores Ind 



■ D,JiUled Water. It may be Diftilled 

 :he Seed, or from the whole green Plant : 

 :ihck againft Gravel and itoppage of 



XVII. The Difiilled Oil of the Seed. It is given 



from iij. drops to x. in any convenient Vehicle, and 



comforts and warms a cold Stomach, ftrengthens it 



caufes a good Appetite and Digeftion, expels Wi;id,' 



Women, and facilitates theBhth; opeJfs ObfS^ 



-- -f ^-^ Breft, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Rtii^^ and 



" nefs of Breath, and comforts the 



;rves, being fingular good againft 



Lethargies, Apoplexies, Palfies, 



■t. It is weaker than the Oil, but 

 operates not in fo powerful a manner. It is Carmi- 

 native and Cordial, and given againft fainting Fits. 

 xlx. The Sfirituom Tin&ure. The Virtues 

 ; the fame with the Oil, but more penetratine - 



Womb, helps 

 Megrims, Verti 



epowerfiil than the Spiri 



^rAe SS&^r^ 



'Sulphufof 

 — dWa- 



provokes the Terms, and ftrengthens that 

 part, lb as to caufe Fruitfiilnefs in Women, and 

 brings away both Birth and After-birth: it eafes the 

 Spleen, and removes its ftoppages. Dole fromj. 



XI. ^The ft| Tinaure. It has the Virtues of 

 brmer, but is particularly good againft the Pal- 

 fie, being outwardly anointed on the part, and in- 

 wardly taken from vj. drops to xx. in a fit Vehicle. 

 XXII. The Salt of the whole Plant. It is Diure- 

 tick and Nephritick in a peculiar manner, piovokes 

 Urine, brings away Sand and Gravel ; and is good 

 againft Difeafes of the Brain and Nerves, by power- 



