Salmons Herbal. 



Lib. I 



fo xxeak, by reafon of the length and weight of the 



with' a white Rib in the middle^ and f nipt gently^ or 

 dented about the edges. At the tops of the Bran- 



but J mailer than^ho/Tof 7hZtllr'^kinds,Zhkh 

 being pa ft away, there come forth very Jm all and 



thofe of Sophia Chirurgorutn', or Flixweed, which 



and quick, flyarp and unpleqfant Tafte, al the whole 

 Herb ,t Jelf ,s, but much more the Root. 



VI. The fourth, or Tragus his German Confound, 

 has a Root whnh creeps in the ground, andjhoois up 

 Branches round about it, which are fomewhat like 

 both in Stalks and Lecrves unto the middle kind of 

 Nep or Catmint, w/;/; long Leaves, and white as they 



heads^ Zrilil!kf1o'thefffoT,bei7g"fmall, and 

 yellow. After that they are paft, and the heads, 

 with the Seed, are ripe, they open themfelves, and 



with the Wind, after the 'manner of the fir ft. 



VII. The Places. Thefe do all grow in moift 

 and wet grounds, by Wood fides, and fometimes 

 in the moitt places of (hadowy Groves, as alfo by 

 Water fides. The firft of thefe has been found 

 growing in Shropjhire, in the Hedge, by the way as 

 one goes from Dudfon in Cherberry Pari/h, to 

 Guarthlow. Gerard alfo lays, that it grows by a 

 Wood, as you go from Great Dunmow m Ejjex, 

 unto Clare in the lame County. • 



VIII. The Times. They Flower in J;^/^, and the 

 Seed of the two firlt is foon after ripe and canied 

 away with the Wind. The third has not its Pods 

 and Seed ripe until the end oi Augufl, or beginning 



*" \£'vJ%talit,es. Saracens Confound, (under 



the third Degree; Aftringent, Anodyu,'lncarnative, 

 and Vulnerary : It is Nenrotick, Anhritick, Altera- 



XI. The Preparations. You may have therefrom. 



In In Vine or'water. ^l 'A^GargariJm. "° An 

 Oil by infolation cr bcilwg. 6. An Ointment, -j. A 

 Ballim. 8. A r.,t.,r.l„tm. a. A T)lf\iUei Water. 



Xn. The liquid Juice. It cures mternal Ulcers 

 of tlie Lungs : I luppofe it was with the Juice 



Wright, \ Gentleman of Grays-lnji, who was grie- 

 voully wounded into the Lungs ; and that inaihort 



it into a Svrup with Honey. Itdeanfes, drys, and 

 heals old Ulcers, and foul running Sores, and Con- 

 liquid Juice exalted, and is an excellent thing to give 

 inwardly, tor the cure of thofe who have Iain long 

 languilhing with old, running f iltula s, ill-natured 

 Ukers, and other Itubborn and rebellious puuid 



tion oi It to Green jVounds is a matter beyond Si 

 Exception. Inwardly taken, it opens Obrfruaions 

 of both Liver and Spleen, and is profitable for the 

 cure of the Yellow Jaundice. ^ 



XIV. The DecoSien of the Leaves in Wine or 

 Water It has the Virtues of the fbrmer, but in a 



inward Ulcers of the Reins, Ureters, or Bladder 

 Bruifes ' """' '"'"'''^ ^''''''^ ^"^ 



y^Y.'The Gargarifm. Take of the DecoQion in 

 Wine a pint : oj the DecoSton in Water half a pint: 

 Alum in Jwe louder a dram : mix and diOolve: 



or Woman : and to injed into Fiftula's with a pro- 

 ^\VL "Kf Oil made with Oil Olive. &c. It is ex- 

 per againit Fains and Aches in any part of the Body, 

 arifing from Cold : as alfo to anoint Nerves which 

 extraordinary force, or by being pur out of Joint. 

 It is good alfo againft drjr Scabs or Scurf, to bring 

 it off, and clear the Skin. 



XVII. The Ointmnt. It heals green Wounds 

 admirably ; digefts, deanfes, incarnates and drys 

 running Sores, and old Ulcers, and is prevalent a- 

 gainft fraftures of the Bones, inducing the Callus, 

 and ftrengthning the part afFefted. It is good 

 ( being mixt with a little Red Precipitate ) againft 

 Vener^l Ulcers in the Privy Parts of Man or Wo- 

 man, cleanfing them from their putridity, and quick- 

 ly afterwards healing them up. 



XVIII. The half am. It cures fimple green Wounds 

 at the firft Intention. But if they be compofed with 

 Contufion, FraQures of the Bone, isfc. It admirably 

 digefts them by a fpeedy maturation, then cleanfes. 



STa"vifeer 



Ulcers, and Fiftula's, ( being i 

 then duly applied according n 

 very few things more prevalent againit bores and 

 Ulcers of the King's Evil, which after a lingular 

 manner refifts the malignity of the Difeafe, the Pa- 

 tient alfo taking the Juice or ElFence thereof in- 

 ^ Xl£ The Cataplafm. It ripens Phlegmons or 



difcufles Simple and Recent Contufions, ftrengthens 

 Weak Parts, and cleanfes Ulcers in any Part, be 

 they never fo foul or ftinking. _ . 



XX. Tl^e Difttl/ed Water. Whether it is Mil- 

 led from the green Herb, or rhe LiqmAJnics 

 or the Effence , it is efFeaual to heal any 

 green Wound, or old Sore or Ulcer wharib- 

 ever, cleanfmg, drying, and healing rhem as m- 

 ture requires ■ but yet after all, the juice or r,i- 

 fence are much more efFeaual for the fame pur- 

 ^txL The Spirit. It is made by »g fje 



heal inWUIcers of the Reins, Ureters, or Blad- 

 der, inward Wounds or Bruifes, and to "-«ihe ''le 



