56 



SaJmon'j Herbal. 



Libi: 



ted, Uij}. Plant, pas. 606. 



III. The Defcriptions. The firft of the Common 

 Kini mth the Smaller Floiver, has a Root conjiftini 



'^7ow"^^Thnle>^'''hon"r'SrP fP'"^^^y '/" 



not at all in many other places^ efpecially if they h 

 moifi : from this Root fpring forth many long^ rough, 



teaies, fet on each fide of a middle Rib ; the three 

 hirgefi whereof grow at the ends, and fnipt or den- 

 ted round about the edges ; the other being f mall 



on each fide of the faid middle Rib, under them : 

 among which do rife up divers rough or hairy Stalks, 



t^ry "jSt ''nitfoT^iftt/e'bZw biZli 



ft and f mall "pak,' yellow Flowers, "confiftingZffive 



midfi whereof, ftands a fmall green head] which, 

 when the Flowers are fallen, grow to be rough and 

 round, being made of many long, greenifh, purple 



Iv^' The^'^ other Utn^^Lith 'l)arge° Flower, ts a 



from the former in 

 cular, except in the Flowers, which are greater than 

 thofeofthe common, and fairer : Thislhavefome- 

 tmes formerly feen and gathered in Woods and Cop- 

 fes in fome parts ^/ Cambridge-fliire, where the 



V. The Places. T\m are found to grow Wild in 

 many places of our Land, under Hedge fides, and 

 near By-paths in Ibme Fields, as alfo in Woods and 

 Copfes, delighting to grow rather in Shadowy than 

 Sunny places. And in many places they are brought 

 into Gardens, chiefly about London, and in fome 

 t Towns and Cities, that they may be near at 



VII. The Qualities. Avens is hot and dry in the 

 firft Degree -, and is Inciding, Attenuating, Opening, 

 Abfterfive, Difcuflive, Refplutive, Carminative, A- 



r&pe 



by Experience that it is Stomatick, Hepatick, Hy 

 fterick, and Arthritick. 



VIII. The Specification. Schroder ^ys, its chie 

 ufeis in drying up Catarrhs, and refolving Coagu 

 lated Blood : it is a lingular cure for Wounds am 

 Ulcers. , 



Ju:ut,om 



Spirituous TinUure from the whole 

 .aline Tintlure. 8. An Oily Tin^ure. 



X. The Root. The Pouder of the dryed Roots 

 Stomach, opens ObftruaioDS, is gwa agaidt Spit- 



ting or Piffing Blood, or tlie Bloody Flux • and 

 the'ruVand'SLTes"tn^.^'l''Y°' ^^«^^'' ^1^ 

 Roots a're alfo u|dto t^Z^S^hoS^\^lt 

 fume tlian, and keep away Moths.^ '' ''^ P'"' 



half W.Ti ?ft '.^''^y"^^^'^' ^ half Wine 



^Stomach%ndBowds.'Dofc'^^^^^^^ 

 iSn^Sdm ^'■'' ^''5^ ^'■°'"^«^k; and if it 

 : ftfting, it warST aTfcengtS TcTfe 

 ch, takes away ficknefs at Stomach, comforts the 



'""■vm^'-'Tr^T '• ^°™"g; Noon, and Night. . ' 



XIII. The Juice from the Root, &c. It is PeSo 

 ral. Warming, Comforting, and Strengthem'i^e a cold 

 Stomach and is good for Inward bruifes and hurts 



It diffolves congealed Blood, happening bv falls 

 )raifes, as alfo ftitting of Blood , it o|en^s Ob! 

 aions of the tiver. Spleen, and ^Yokb, pro- 



DoftJoml'sjc^iiT^ rii't^s- 



Mead, or Afe : Outwardly, it is good to' wafh old 

 running Sores, or putrid Ulcers with, in order to 

 their cleanfing and healing. 



XIV. The Elfence It I good for Difeafes of the 

 Brett and Luiigs, is Cephalick, Stomatick, Cordial, 

 hylterick and Vulnerary, eminent asainit cold and 

 moift Difeafes of the '^' — • '^ - - '°^^ ^"^ 



£ FLdlXata a 



taking away pains of the Stomach, trom the cold- 

 nels thereof ; it cheirs the Heart, and is good againft 

 Sicknefs and Fainting Fits ; prevails againft Bar- 

 rennefs in Women, by reQifying the cold and moift 

 Diftempers of the Womb. It is alfo an excellent 

 Vulnerarvr, for by taking this EfTenceDailv. from ; 



Si 



Wounds, Ulcers, a 



. Fiftula's to heal after 



vre. It has the Virtues 

 iut fo powerful, except 

 it may do foil as well. 



AVI. inemutne unUHre. it opens Ubltruaions 

 of the Reuis, is good againft the Plague, and al! 

 Peftilential Difeifes, Wounds, Ulcers, Sores, Fiftu- 

 la's, and many Difeafes of the Head, Brain, Nerves, 



Womb, and Reins, car- 



XVII m Oily Tifure. Applied to Wounds 

 and Punftures of the Nerves and Tendons it cures 

 them : it helps Lamenefs, Numbednefs, Trembling 

 of the Limbs, and Palfies, being anointed Morning 

 and Evening on the parts afFeaed -, as Pains, Ache^ 

 fluxion of cold Humors. And inwardly taken, ftom 

 vj. drops to xvi. or xx. drops, in fome proper Ve- 

 hicle, It prevais againft Lethargies, Vertigoes, Apo- 

 plexies, Convulfjons, and other cold Difeafes of the 

 the Head, Brain, and Nerves : It eafes the Colick, 

 and IS good againft Sand, Gravel, Stone, £?V. 



XVm. The Ointment. It eafes Pains feom a cold 

 Caufe,^difcufres Oedema's, Scrophula's, and Phleg- 



in Wounds and Ulcers, by difraffuig the cSTSS 

 =~ good againft the PUes in Am, 

 XIX. The Balfm. It is a tnig Vulnerary, and 



