64 



SalmonV Herhal. 



Lib. I 



. Tl)e Infufion in Ale, Beer^ or Wtne ' 

 nfufed, or Drunk in Pouder' in any of tl 



caufes DrunkenHefs. 



the JEgi/ops or Fifiu/a in the 

 cures if, it airo cleanfes, 

 i in other parts of the body. 

 Ion dry. 



Bar/ey Meal 



are all appropriated t 



VIII. V?e Times. 

 and Sown in March 

 beginning or middle of Augu/. The fecond alfo 



end of 7«/v, or the beginning of Augujl. The 

 two laft are tound coming to ripenefs all the Summer 

 Months. 



IX. The Qualities. They are all of them tem- 

 perate in refpeft to heat or coldnefs-, and dry in the 

 firlt Degree. The firft and fecond Attenuate, di- 

 geltand cleanfe: and tl 

 Iterfive, and Vulnerary ; 

 Difeafesof thejoynts. 



X. The Specification. They have a peculiar pro- 

 perty to cleanfe and dry up Ulcers, and refolve Tu- 

 mors in the Joynts. The JEgHops is faid to be a 

 Specifick againll the MgUops or iijUla in the Cor- 



"^XI. The Fr'eparations. The f5rft Kind has much 



; moft of thofe Freparations, fo that 



derlf theSee/^^Grain. ^.' A Juice. 6. AJhes of 

 the Stalks. And from the W.^y Barley or Rye-Grajs 



XIV. The Syrup. If the whole Herb T? 

 andSeedbebruifed, boiled in Water, drained 

 made into Syrup with Honey, to viij. ounce 



utrro"f ^th? nXi? ^i!l' ^^^icine a"gaSft 

 Ulcers ot the Noltrils, by wetting Tents the 

 andputting themup the fame, holding tliem a p 

 while therein, and often repeating it. 



XV. T}}e Pouder. Mixed with Walter in u 



Corner of the Ey 



s up and heals I 



being fo ufed, or ft 



XVI. The Juice, 

 o dried : and then upon occafioi 

 lo/e Water, and apply'd Plaifter wi.., .. „.,^ 



(as Gerard i^ays) t\\eMgilops, or Vijiula in the Eyes: 



- "'^0 foftens and affwages hard Tumors, and fweU- 



n the Joints. Label lays, this has been oftea 



to beeffeftual againft the JEgilops^ for that it 



drying qualit)- without fharpnefe. 



ai. The AJhes of the Stalks or Stram. Made 



. Lixivium with Water, it is good againft the 



Gout from a liegmatickcaufe, by often bathing there 



with, and to diffolve hard Tumors or Swdlings 



in the Hefli, and difcufs Tumors of the Joints. 



XVIII. The Cataplafm of Way Barley or RyeGrafs. 

 Being made of the Green Ears and Grafs by beating 

 it in a Morter, and then apply'd to places bald, or 

 where the Hair is wanting; Gerard ikys, it aufes it 



CHAP. XLV. 

 0/ B A R R E N - W O R T. 



l^HE Names. It is called in tlie Greek 

 ± /^■mf.M,,,: In Lat,n,Epimedium;Epipetron, 

 Eptmentdium: In Enghjh, Barren-wort. 



II. The Kinds. It feems to be a lingular Plant 

 xl\£l?ifAh^^^%^fLfum'^S ^^° -P^^^y^/^^T 



III. The Defcription. It hoi a Root fmall and 

 reddijh. Spreading much under ground, in Jhaddowy 

 rather than Sunny places; from whence fpnngs up 

 '-^ralhard round Stalks, tzcenty or twenty foir 



les high, each Stalk dwided for the moft part mto 

 •ves apiece, which are feveral, fomwhat broad ini. 

 a little Jharply dented\ibout the edges, op a light 

 green Colour on the upper fide, and whiter under- 

 neath : from the middle of Jome of the Stalks of 

 Leave s,^Jhoots forth _ with them, from the firft rifing 



'Tuav 



