Salmon J" HerhaL Lib. L 





Kho Im -cell ohfcrveA fhe Comnon KM s hut more 

 cfpeadly ^en the "top Branches are m B7ower ; 

 vMch hf^plaeed after the fame manner, and of 

 the fa„e ho/lozv fafhion, hut Jmaller, are of a more 

 Jaiyellomjh color-, whnfe Seed follozmng is alfo like 



lie'L4, 'orperifi every Tear, a\\hey"io ,T7he 

 vthers, the Roots abiding and increafing in the Earth, 



Spring. Some make a le^er Species of this Tuber- 

 ous Kind, Khich if there is any fuch thing, I a//; 

 apt to believe, arifes only from the differing good- 

 ncfs of the Soil ; a fat and rich Soil making or pro- 

 ducing a larger Plant than that can do which is poor 

 VlVli^ Places. The two firft grow by Ditches 

 Fields/ Orchards and Grounds ; for in fuch they 

 ly through all England':, The fecond but in fome 

 particular places : The third grows with us only m 

 Gardens, but is found Wild in Woods and moill 

 P^ VII. ' T^/fc^S/?bwi^.r7S'and July, 

 and perfea their Seed in Auguft. There are feve- 



Symphitum, or Confolida Petrxa, of which I>iofco- 

 rides fpeaks. 2. Conjolida Sarajcnica, Saracens Con- 

 found. ^. Conjolida Media, Bugle, or Middle Con- 

 found. 4. Conjoiida minor, Prunella, or Self-heal. 

 5. Confolida Media, vel hellU major Vulgaris, The 

 Great White Wild Daifie. 6. Onf Ua minor, vel 

 Minima, Bellis minor Sylveftrts, The Common Small 

 Field Daifie. But as theie are all of them diflerent 

 Phinrs. and not a Species of one and the fame Genw, 

 nor properly any of the Comfreys, fo we fhall fay no- 

 thing of them here, but to avoid Confufion treat of 

 them in their fei-eral and refpeaive Chapters ; our 

 intention being in this Chapter, to treat of that Plant, 

 which we properly call C^w/ro', and tbtLatins,Sym- 

 phitum mjjus, which is of feveral forts, as are before 

 defcribed. 



""' '^- '^- 'ities. It is cold and dry in the 

 ingent, Anodyn, Repercuflive and 

 )tick, Peftoral, and Arthritick; 



Nature, and is peculiar again 

 f what kind foever, whether 



XI. T^''->-'^^A^/^j4"aSk atTttae, aoe. 

 Si^rh'^nrri'n The LethaiU, and Dead Sleep : it is 

 Z'i^nd bi^nSe inTS^t meafure, and is good 



K' r aureafieE%oration. 



Xit Ih-EPcnce. It has all the former Vir 

 is much more effetfual to flop any Flux ol 



heals them; and being taken 

 Evening, it prevails agamftCa- 



-lead upon the Lungs ; fluxes of Blood, . 

 )f the Courfes in Women : It ltop>, jUo 



Dofe'twoor'i! 

 XIII. T/v S. 



Tiore eafieExp.^L ,.,, ^,,,, 



igainft Coughs and Colds, U hcchi^t's" 

 like Diftempers ot thole Parts, ids 

 good for fuch a. have broken Bones, bei 

 °-fon it IS faid alfo to be go'od to cur 

 children It is lo powerful to Con 

 t togeclier, whacfoever needs knittii 



So-'cS'yT 



inward Bruifes and Wour 



oody or Hepatick Flux . 



iffing Blood, as 

 all the Virtues of the Juice, Lflcnce and Syiup, 

 ( but not full out fo efFeaual as they ate) being 

 drank to fix or eight ounces, Moinmg, Noon, and 

 Night. It is alfo good to cleanfc, drv, and heal 

 external Wounds, Ulcers, and Running Sores, they 

 being waflied therewith once or twice a day 

 XV. The Ponder of the Root Being taken in- 



inward bleeding, heals Wounds in the Stomach and 

 Thorax, as alfo Ulcers in the Lungs If it is ap- 

 plied to gieen Wounds, as foon as the Wound is 

 made, it conglutinates or joins the Lips thereof to- 

 gether, and caufes it fpeedily to be healed mixed 

 ■ ' the Syrup, and applied to the Hemorrhoids or 

 , it cools the Inflammation, and icpiclRs cLcii 

 much bleeding, and alla>s the heat of the 

 Parts adjacent, taking away, and eafinj all the 



_ . .. .^„.. of the Juice cftle Root. It is 



a lingular Vulnerary, and cures fimpk green Wounds, 

 generally at one drefling. It is digefti\ e, and clean- 

 fing, and dries up and heals running Sores, and old 

 Ulcers, in any part of the Body, but chiefly in thofe 

 parts which are not depending ; refifting Gangrenes, 

 Mortifications, (Sfc. 



XVII. T}}e Cattplafm of the Root If it is made 

 ofthefimple Root, beaten into a Mucilage raw 

 and then fpread upon Leather or Linnen Cloth, and 

 applied to parts pained with the Gout it gues 

 prefenteafe to the pain, and fo admirably Itreng- 

 thens the part, as that the Difeale ne\er returns 

 any mote from the old Caufe ; and this I have fe- 

 veral times proved. If it is made ot the Root boil- 

 ed till it is foft in Water, and then btaten into a 

 Pulp, adduig to it the Pouder ot the Root, enough 

 to bring it to the Conliftence of a Cataplafm, and 

 it is prefently applied to any fimple Green Wound, 

 or Cut, it quickly heals it by confolidatmg, or con- 

 ioining the lips theteof together Apply d alfo up- 

 on broken Bones, it facilitates and fpeeds the Cure, 

 by preventing a flux of Humors, inducng the Cal- 

 lus, and ftrengthening the Part , md applied, is al- 

 fo profitable againfl: Ruptures in Children It is 

 good alfo to be ufed to Womens Breatts, which 

 fwell and growr hard and fore by the abundance ot 



bates the Svvelling, and eafes the Pain of the PiIm, 

 as experience has fuificiently proved It is alio 

 very profitable againft moift and ^""nmj^^Ulcc.^, 



