SalmonV HerhaL Lib. 1. 



CHAP. LVIII. 

 BEARS BREECH. 



I.np/f£ Names. It is called in Greek, '^ys-v^^ 



■ Branca Vrfina^wA\n Englijh, 'hrankUrJine, or 



'll'TheK'inJs.h is twofold ; i. TIm Garden kind, 

 called in Greek 1,^,4©- ii>se?f, miAf©-, u'.?.ciiJL<fvM@; 

 'EfwV9* •■ '^'^ Latin, AcanthosSativus,AcanthaHor- 



Englijh, Garden Brank Urfme, or Bean Breech. 

 2. The Wild Kind, is called in Greek, £^v^®- S-yu©-, 



fonitur Apfellatin 



a Root thick and long, with many long firings fpread- 

 ingfar and deep in the ground, of a blackijh or 

 dark colour on the out fide, and white within full of 

 u7ves,Sofullofufe, Xt ifa' fm'all piece" be but 



fence from the extremity of the Winter. From this 

 Root there fijoots forth many large, thick, fmooth, fad 

 green Leaves upon the ground, with a thick tniddle 

 rib,divided into many parts,w!th great and deepgafibes 

 on the edges, from among which (after it has fiood 

 long in a convenient place ) rifes up a reafonable 



were, of white hooded or gaping llowers, fianding m 

 »7S longundrMeTheafurider each ilLer : "af- 



ire great, large, of a fad green colour, thick zrofs 

 of Rocks" '"' '" ^-^ *^^-^"^''^ ^'^' t^<^ ^^"^^^ 



mntlrstr^^^ '" "'^"'' ^' 



Leaves lying Mon the ground, ''L7 mLhnarrowef 

 and more divided on the edges into fmaller parts] 

 ^"deach part with f mall tncifions, fet witjf very 

 tZ tVf'' ' f:"\->"ong A a leffcr and 

 lower Stalk arifes, with the like fpiked heads of 

 flowers, and a few prickly Leaves thereon, in their 



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fmallas a little Tea, hard, black S roml cl' 

 xaidi faith that this Thiftle is in Stalk, colour of 



as feme other Thi files, but very thickly dented or 

 clmwn andhaving many fl,arp, large, white andhari 

 prickles, about the fides of the divifwns and cuts not 

 very eajie to he handled or touched, without danger 

 to the hands and fingers. 



y. Tfe PW They naturally grow in Greece, 

 Italy, Spam, and France ; but witli us, and in Hol^ 

 land, Germany, and other cold Countries, it is only 

 to be found nourifhed up in Gardens. DiofcoridL 

 ays It grows only in njoift and ftony places. The 

 Wild grows m many places of Italy near the Sea. 

 and Fena fays, he found it in moift and gravelh? 

 places near to the Walls o?Mompelier -, but with us 

 ' VI? "'/^"w.^The Root keeps alive in Winter 

 in hot Countries, and fo with us, but fometimes it 

 dies, if the weather is too cold : but in England ttat 

 is rare in the Garden kind. The former flowers in 

 June and fometimes in July -, but yields no perfeft 

 Seed with us: the latter flowers later , feldom or 

 never giving with us any ripe Seed : but in thofe 

 Countries where the Seed comes to perfeftion, it is 

 always in Autumn, or latter end of Summer. 



VII. The Qualities. They feem to be Temperate 

 in refpeft of heat, and drying in the firft degree. 

 They are Arthritick, and whilft green, Digeltive, 

 afterwards Aftringent, Drying, Reltorative and Al- 



. The Specification. 



nptions and Spittint 



Tl^e Preparations. ^ ^ .„„_^ 



of it : but you may make thereof, i. An Infpiffate 



Juice, or Liquid. 2. An Effence. 3. A Decofifn in 



^ASalinf&ure^' ^^'^^''' ^' ^ ^'''^^"■f'"' 



The Vertues. 



fick, being faid to cure Confumptions, meaning thofe 

 -f-^'^e Lungs. Dofe of the Liquid, one or two 

 ^''~ -'" ' ^-^ - ^r two drams, dif- 

 Ifo either of them 



revalent againft Ruptures in Chil- 

 t Coughs. Dofe one fpoonful in 



