SalmonV Herhak 



Lib. I. 



an/thofc i'lgged or cut about the fdges. Parkinfon 

 fays, the Leaves are moft ufually divided into three 

 t'urmngred likewife. The Flowers which conjlfl of 

 five Leaves apiece groic at the Tops of the Stalks 

 'ami Branches, and are of a perfeS Violet color, 

 ( whence came the name ) or as Parkinfon fays of a 

 Furplijh Red, of the bignefs of the Flowers ofHeA 

 fu^^ZldS'ilaksJr Rills Z'lhe'otherWzl^ms 

 ^'\v'.'t})c Places. It is often found by Way-fides, 

 Ditch-banks, Borders of Fields, and other wafte 



V. The Times. It Flowers in June and fuly, and 

 the Seed ripens in the mean Seafon, or not long 

 after. , ^ 



VI. The Qualities. All the Cranes-bills feem to 



rate^n"refp"ea of Heat or Cold, 'and Dry in the 

 firft Degree. They are Abfterfive, Aftringent, Diu- 

 Peftoral, Nephritick, Hyfterick, and Anti-emmena- 

 gogick, Hemortoick and Analeptick. 



VII. The Specification. Th^ heal Wounds fteedi- 



[.' 



iLi 



IX. The liquid Juice. It is faid to be goodagainft 

 Fluxes of the Bowels, whether Diarrhaca, Dyfen- 

 teria, Lienteria, or Hepatick Flux, healing them, 

 and fo eafing the Griping Pains, it prevails againft 



and Stone in Rdns and^*Bladden" Dofe fou/oun- 



X. 'The E(fence. It has aU the former Virtues, 

 and more powerful to all the fame Intentions ; be- 

 fides which, it is a famous thing to flop the over- 

 flowing of the Terms in Women, and to confoli- 



againftWtsJTnrthe extt^i^ Tortlres of the Colick, 

 wa?d- cures%itting"voi^ting, or EiflingBlooc 

 diffolves coagulated Blood, whether m the St< 

 mach. Bowels, or Reins, and expels it, and is 



fSwho'havfanyW^^d^^^ 



Ni^hf in a Gkfs ofW Port Wine. ' ' 



XI. The Syrup. It has aU the former Virtu- 

 ( being ^■'^^^f^^l^''^\l'''i^ a^wS'ls add. 

 [oi^Thowem'^^^is morl fit"^forVhildr'en! al 

 fqueamiih Stomachs, and may be given to the 

 ^^YJl, Thl^Deco^ion. It has the Virtues of tJ 





Being injefted into Fiftula's, or rur 



Lips of Gj 

 'ouder. It 



Vehicle :ouwirdly^° ' 



inft Ruptures, 

 Vehicle : outwardly Itrewed upon old running^Sores 

 or Ulcers, it cleanfes, drys and heals them, and is 

 good to flop Bleeding in Wounds, and to confolidate 



XIV. TheBalfam. It is a Angular Vubetary, and 

 cures fimple Wounds at the firft Intention : it di- 

 gefts, cleanfes, incarnates, and dries old running 

 Sores, and rebellious Ulcers, and by ftrengthening 

 the Part, brings on the healing after an admirable 

 manner: applied in the Gout, it gives eafe, and by 



XV. The Cataplafm. Being applied to fimple 

 Contufions, it Difcufles, prevents Pain and Inflam- 

 ination, and fo cures them : It conglutinates fim- 

 ple Green Wounds, and gives eafe in the Gout, as 

 alfo in all other Pains of the Joints, Nerves or 



CHAP. CLXIII. 

 Of CRESS Garden. 



TUE -Names. This Plant is caUed ia Greek, 

 KcitJki^v. J.m t!)j mSiat. Cardamon quod cor- 

 datos ftciat, vet quod Cor faueat, quia in fmcope 

 Cardiaca plurimum valet : And of this Herb, the 

 Greeks had this Proverb, ifcrS,. ^^j^^,,EdeNafiur- 

 tium, proptereaquodNafiurtw inejje Credebant ani- 



dchlf:Z L^n^mfiur^uifmrilm mmm{ 



as Tliny faith : And in Englifh, Crefs. 

 - Tlie Kinds. They are manifold, as, i. Na- 

 ium Hortenfe, Garden Crefs, of which in this 

 5tcr. 2. Nafiurtiumlndicum, Indian Crefs, of 



of which inChaJ 



Sciatica Crefs, of which in Chap. i68. ' 6. Na- 

 flurtium hibernum. Winter Crefs, of which in 

 Chap. 169. 7. NaflurtiumAquaticum, WaterCrefs, 

 of which in Chap. 170. following. 



III. Of the Garden Kind, Ka'fA(«K Sy.ifj,, there 

 ire thefe following, v,z. i. Najurtium Sativum 

 vulgare. The common Garden Crefs. 2. Naflur- 



TZ l[if^anicum,"'-&xok Leav'd Garden Qefi' 

 3. Nafiurtium Hortenfe Crifpum Latifolium, and 

 Anguftifolium, Curled Crefs, with Broader and 



Zn^re, The"'impatient Crefs,''being called a CreS 

 more ftom the form of its Leaf, than any thuig 



IV'. TheDefaiptions. The firfl has a long Root with 

 fame Fibres adjoined to it, which perifhes every Tear 

 after the ripening of the Seed, or upon the approach 

 of Winter 'from this Root the StJlks grow up half 

 a yard, or two feet high, having many/mall, tender, 

 whitifh, broad, indented, or torn Leaves fet thereon. 



