38 



Salmon J- Herhal. Lib. I. 



,« the m,Jji , afrer voJnd/come ,r2 therr places cor- 

 nered Seed like the other. The Ale plant has 

 not muchjmell, but In its Tafle, is much like the 



Ths. fecond, Baithin faith 

 lave found it in fon "' " 



'ciies'-^offfi' 



Field by Paddingtln : I have alfo found it in fome 



;. The Times. They all flower in Jutie 

 ing of/;.//, and their Seed is ripe ii 



e Qualities. 

 firft of their 



They are generally hot and 

 dry 5 the hrlt ot them in the Second Degree 5 the 

 other three in the Firft Degree : They are Incarna- 

 tive, Altringent, Styptick, Repercuflive, and Trau- 



matick, Cardiack, and Alterative : Alexipharmick, 



for flopping all forts of Fluxes of Blood ; whence 



''^^LThTp^eparafwnu You may premrr there- 

 from, I. A liquid Juice. 2. A DecoOion. 3. A 

 Syrup. 4. A Wine. 5. A Vinegar. 6. A Spiri- 

 tuot^ Tincture. 7. An Acid Tin3ure. 8. A Pou- 

 dcr. s- An Oil. 10. An Ointment. 11. A Bal- 

 f.im. 12. A Spirit, i^. T})e Seed. 



Tl,e Virtues. 



XII. The liquid Juice. Taking it inwardly from 

 Red Wine, it ftops all manner of Inward bleedings 

 pifling^^Blood, or Bloody-fliix : It alfo ftrengthe ' 

 the Stomach and Heart : and is Angular good , 

 all forts of Wounds, whether inward or outward. 



XIII. The Decoction. It has the Virtues of t 

 liquid Juice, but is much weaker, yet very go 

 to reprefs Vapors in Women. Dofe fix ow 



XIV.^tL Syrup^it is excellent againft fpitting 

 of Blood, and heals Bloody-flux« of the Bowe s 

 and it is fo much the more ^^^^f Jj^^\*JiJ^fJ^' 

 3rts of Wounds of Head and 

 vard, for all old Ulc '" 



irits i a^d is good againlt Melancholly, drooping 

 XVI^^i vLeglTlhs a fpecial thiiig 

 Te from, and cure the Plague or Peftdei 

 lotted Fever, or any other malign acute Difeafe 

 e Hairt'from Poifonous and Noifom Vapors, 

 I contagiptts Difeafes, being given mixed 1 



C" 



drakes away the weaknefs of 1 

 leftines, thereby flopping Flu> 



lather principarKrand t 

 linft Paintings and Swoonings. 

 ■ at a time in a Gkfs of Wine. 

 XVIIL The Acid Tintture. Thi 



Dofe one fpoon- 

 shasalltheVir- 



Vinegar afo 



powerful tlian it, to all the pulrpofes and intenti'ons 

 there fpecified : befides this is an extraordinary Sto- 

 matick, and therefore powerful in flopping Vomit- 

 iiigs and rilfo fpitting of Blood, being given in a 

 Glafs of Ciinary, or Red Port Wine. Dole thirty or 

 forty drops, to fifty or fixty, two or three times a 



XIX. rVhe Ponder. Ufed outwardly to old Ulcers 

 noiftand. running Sores, it drys them up wonder- 

 uUy, and prepares them for healing. It may be 

 nade of the whole Plant. ^ ^ 



XX. The Oil. It is ufed to abate Inflammations 

 eafe Pains, ftrengthen weak Parts, cure Burnings 



1 S<aldings and to draw malignity out of Wounds 

 i\^7 $^ ^T^' of Venomous Beafts. 



XXI. The Ointment. It has the Virtues of the 



y $e ktings of Venomous Beafts."* 



L yet ifmore efie- 

 , Ulcers, and other 



aualfor the cure of Wounds, 'L. 



mg and Malignant Sores. 



ai. l^e Baljam. If it is made ,„..., .. 



green Herb, it is one of rhe beft Vulneraries in 'the 

 World : it digefts, cleanfes, drys, fljrengthens and 



and other ill mtured IDifeafes of that kind. It"^ is 

 tainly a moft excellent Wound Balfam. If it is 

 xed with Pouder of Scamm.ony, it takes away rot- 

 1 Flclh, and deflxoys Putridity or Rottennefs. 

 XXIIL The Spirit. It flops inward Bleedings, 



igainft Fkxes of the Belly 0' 





z Bloody-flu> 



b againfl the Contagion of the Plague, 



and to diy up moift orr 

 inwardly ( to one dram ) 



XXV. The American Burnet has all the fame Pre- 



g rations with our Etrglijh, and the fame Virtues, 

 fes, and Dofes. 



CHAP. CII. 

 TTER-WOR- 



and from him aU others call it lb : others L 



