Salmons Herbal. 



Lib. I. 



fully in Autioim, almoft by every Hedge : Farkin- 



in Eri^hind^ but more often in open Woods and 

 Copies which have been filled, and that almoft 

 through all our Countrey -, more efpecially if they 

 are llony places. 



VI. The Times. They Flower in the latter end 

 of May, all June and July, and the Seed is gra- 

 dually ripe in July and Auguji. 



VII. The ^mlifws. They axe hot and dry in the 

 firft Degree : Difcuffive, Aftringent, and Vulnerary ; 

 and dedicated to the V\Aomb. 



VIII. The Specijication. They are peculiar for 

 flopping Fluxes, and the Terms in Women ■, more 

 efpecially for Fluxes of Blood. 



IX. Tlie Preparations. You have from them, 

 I. A Juice. 2. An Effence. 3. A Spirituous Ti 

 Sure. 4. An Oily TinSure. 5. A Decomon. 6. . 

 Baljam. 7. A Cataplafm. 



The Virtues. 



it ftrengthens the Stomach and Bowels -, and batl 

 ed upon an Inflamation it affwages it. 



XI. The Effence. This is more Stomatick tha__ 

 the former, and given inwardly, flops all fores of 

 Fluxes, whether of Humors or Blood, as alfo the 

 Terms in Women. Dofe from j. to iij. ounces, in 



XII. The Spirituous Tincture. This has all the 

 Virtues of the former, and is good to take inward- 

 ly, to heal WdUnds and Ulcers, from j. dram to half 

 an lince, in a Decoaion of the fame Herb ; 'tis an 

 excellent Vulnerary. 



XIII. The Oily Tin^ure. It is good againfl Pains 



in the Gout, and heals Wounds, Pun£lures, or other 

 hurts of the Nerves, by anointing therewith Morn- 



XIV. TheDecomoninWine. By fomenting there- 

 with, it Difculfes hot Tumors and Inflamations ; 



Ulcers, it cleanfes them : and daily d'runk from iv. 



Terms in Women, the Bloody Flux, and other 

 Fluxes of the Belly. 



XV. 17v Balfam. It is an excellent Vulnerary, 

 cures Wounds by the firft intention -, and digefts and 

 cleanfes, old, foul, irotten, and filthy Ulcers with 



Ulcer with tleih, and prefently heals it up. 



XVI. The Cataplafm. It is made of the Herb chopt 

 fmall, beaten in a Mortar, and boiled in Milk, and 

 brought to the thicknefs of a Pultife, with Yolks 

 of Eggs, and Crumbs of Bread. It is Difcuffive, 

 Kefolutive, and Anodine, and of lingular good ufe 

 to be applied to a recent ContuCon, or a Gout from 



t'Ai^ifi^^^Tis:; 



> P»%M. ?, 





gu^^\ in Englijl, 'tield 

 ley-moimtain 2 Aci ' "*' "^''"^f'^i^and"^^- 



hmus-'cm. Englijh Wild'Bafirtheleffer t ^Aa 

 nos odoratiffimum J^aujolia Columns, Broad Leav'd 



Clmopodium Ai 

 Bafilicum Tert, 

 Bajil. hut the 



CHAP. L. 

 Of Wild BASIL. 



aipes, Bedsfoot Newer, becaufe 

 : Beds feet: ) in Latin, Ocimum 



inglijh'wiid' otiield Bafil, Beds-foot llower. 



II. The Kinds. There are three feveral Kinds 

 hereof, i. ClinopodiumVulgare, Clinopodium minus, 

 ( becaufe lefi than the Stone Bafil. ) Ocimum SyJve- 



l-T^UENam^ 



the Greater, 



III. The Defcriptions. Thefrjl has a Woody f^l 



■ or eight Inches high, with Iko fmall Leavll 

 ery Joint, being fomewhat like Wild Mar- 

 r the jine bujh Bafil, a little dented about 



£'nt'cd"andinfom7TlantLndFlacTriin^^^ 



mire foot of aBed-ftead, and open with feveral 

 Flowers have not every one of them a fngle Focr- 

 ftalk, but many ft and together upon the f, me Pedicle 

 or Stem; after which comes fmall round reddifh Seed, 



--- %nefs It the Tap ZilfaidfLeTor odl 

 ous m Smell between Bafil and Calaminr. 

 . The fecond Kind has alfo a Bujhy, librcut 

 which perijhes every Year, from whence rifes 

 veral /lender four fquare Branches cr Stalks, 

 or eight Inches high, lying on the Ground, cm 



