no A Salmons Herbal. Lib. I. 



'^^Y.^TheSiualit-m. They are hot and dry in 



Neurotick, Cardiack, Uterine-, Etnmenagogick 



'^ XIL The Speafxction. It opens obftruaions, 

 cleanfes, ftrengthens, expels poifon, refifts putri- 



is good againll Co 



An'AcidJinaurc .y 



Oi/fTSrT'of the J 

 Heads and {lowers. . 

 DiliiMic;:. 



The Virtues. 



XIV. The Liquid Juice. Stcechas is faid to be 

 as eff^aual as Hyffop, for the Breft and Lungs, 

 for Colds, Coughs, Catarrhs, Hoarfnefs, Wheez- 



Infeftion of the Plague, and all other Infeaious 



and opening, for which reafon it is good againft 

 all thofe difeafes of the Lungs. The juice taken to 



Vehicle, extenuates, cleanfes, and ftrengthens all 

 the inward parts and Bowels, as alio the whole 

 frame of the Body. Mefucs fays, it cleanfes. 



Spleen' and ^oxha ^in/eera, hinto putrefaaS 



XV. The Effence. It has all the former Vir- 



XVI. The Syrup. It has all the Virtues of the 

 Liquid Juice and is a more excellent Peaoral, 

 more efpecially if n is made with Clarified Honey 

 or Sugar Candy ; it is truly an excellent thing i. 

 gainft all diftempers of the Breft and Lungs ■ 

 and ufed as a Vehicle to take either the Juice oi 

 pofes they are intended for; butfo mixed, they pre- 

 vail againft all forts of Agues, ivhether auotidian. 

 Tertian, or Quartan, more efpecially where Flegni 

 abounds. But they are faid to be hurtful for luch 

 as are hot and dry, and of a Cholerick habit of 

 Body, caufirig in fuch both Thirft and Fainting 

 This^Syrup may be made of the Clarified Juice ^ 



I XVII. The Pouder c/tlAerb, or of the Head, 

 i"l!''''''^-t^''3'''' Virtues of the Juice, 



„,jd SyrLp; , 



and being^clol'd wkh 



tie groisnels ot 

 kSa%i?it^ 



ly bathing with it, the parts affefted. j 



vife it to be given with Vinegar of Squills (either 

 the Juice or Effence) againft Vertigo's, Epilepfies, 

 Megrims, and other pains of rhe Head, as alfo of 



if taken with Juice of Buglofs and Pippins ; it takes 

 away the oppreffion and fadnefs at heart. 



to be mixt with Myrobalani Mi, ol Che'- 

 - ■ --ire property and quicken it. They 



XVIII. T}}e Decoffion or hfufion in Whey, 

 Juice' Effence, Syrup, and Pouder; but much 

 dty, a's to^alfrPin? or more" 'an^ff ''^'' ""J 



^ ^X^^ThrSl'bylnfolation or DecoSion. It is 

 good againft Aches, and pains from a cold caufe, 

 gives eafe in Cramps and Convulfions of the 

 Nervous parts, and prevails againft Palfies, and 



cold diftempers of that Bowel. 



Taken up the Noftrils through a Funnel, it is 



lame manner into the Ears, it is good againft 

 pains there, as alfo againft thicknefs of Hearing, 

 and Deafnefs : and fo taken up the Womb, it 



• and fometimes indLrthe Terms" 



XXI. The Acid TmHure. Taken to a Grateful 

 Acidity in any proper Vehicle, it prevails againft 

 the Plague, Spotted Fever, and all forts of Ma- 

 lign and Peftilential Difeafes. It fupprefFes Va- 



Mother. It ftrengthens the Stomach, and caufes 

 a good Appetite and Digeftion , and is indeed an 

 excellent thing againft the biting of a Mad Dog 



and S 



ly good againft 

 Guts and Bloody 



Stomach, is good a 



lUTdiflfeV of Ihe Nervef 'alid 



Dole a Spoonful at a 

 XXIIL The 



