1142 Salmons Herhak Lib. I. 



more prkkly ; and the Heads which grew on the 



/ow, nhich being paft .■awa)>, the Head enclofes a 

 <juantity of Woolly or Vlocky down, in which ,s con- 

 tained (as in all other Thiftles) the Seed, which is 



harmlefs Trickles. The Heads on the lops of the 



V. The Places. It grows with us only in Gar 

 dens, where it Flouiifhes admirably well ; but i: 



Grounds and Fields,' as Petrus helhnius fays. 



VI. The Times. _ It Flowers in July and Augufl, 



Ufes 5 and then it will keep good a whole Year or 



cond Degree, Abfterfive, i\peritive, Diuretick, 

 Anodyn and AlexipharmiGk. 



VIII. The Specification. It is good againit Agues, 

 Malign and Peftilential Fevers, recent Surfeits, 

 Pleurifies, Stone, Gravel, Vertigo's, and the Si- 

 tings of Mad Dogs, and other Venomous Crea- 



'" IX. The Preparations. You may have there- 

 from, I. A Liquid Juice. 1. ADeco&wn. :?. A 

 Pouder of the hemes. ^ An ExtraH. -,. ACa- 



Diflille'd Water. 8. Roger Dixon'^ Antipeflilen- 

 tial Sudorifick. The Herb is chiefly ufed. 



the Virtues. 



X. The Liquid Juice. Put into the Eyes it 

 clears the Sight, taking away Blood-fhot and red- 

 nefe -, dropt into the Ear it eafesthe pain thereof: 

 It kills A^'orms in the Belly, and given from an 

 Ounce to two Ounces, in any proper Vehicle, it is 

 good againft auartan Agues and the Plague •, as 

 alfo recent Surfeits, and admirably cleanfes a foul 



XI. The Decolfion in Wine, Water, or PoJJet- 

 Dnnk. It is good againft Agues of long continu- 

 ance, and Peftilential Fevers, which if timely given, 

 it has the greater Effefts ; and is alfo profitable 

 againft Pleurifies, and Stitches in the Side. It is 

 good againft a Vertigo, and Deafnefs, and ftrength- 

 men, is good againft the Strangury, as alfo 



J at Nofe, and is g 

 Dram, againft all the 



Sudorifick, and cures all forts of Agues, being gi- 

 ven fome tew Hours before the coming of the Fit, 

 ^\y^.TkeExtr^a! It has all the foifller Vir- 



XIV. TheCataplafm."'^^''-' ''"' ■ ^-■^' 



?ainft Gangrei 





fimple Green Wounds it ltops',^;"ioora pr" 

 fently heals them: Applyed to Ulcers after Clean- 



near fo effeSual ''[ho^L^h mJre"'] ^"' '' ""''"'"^ 

 ken. It is efteemed a peculiar thing for the fI«" 

 and help their Sorenefs, and a Dimnefs of Sich/ ' 

 XVII. Roger Dixojj'. Antipeft^r^lftlri. 

 fick. Take Leaves oj Carduus Benediftus and Sca- 

 fe7Br-^k7iar7s''''^Zke "! d'^ ^- '^"""^ ' ^"■^' 

 out 7f you'have noT Poffef-'cS, ""i^'Z. 

 h^ \l '''"" ^^'^^-^f "^1- With this Drink, 



Plague (when the laft Great Plague was in' wS^ 

 CuTd^y oT^em^ inTh''"|aS'tw^^^^ 

 "?!^.' 5,'^^" "°^h,ng but Death was expefted : 



Mutton or Chicke 



igfh?gavrthe"sick 



CHAP. DCLXXXIX. 

 0/ T H I S T L E Cotton ^ 



tofus, and in Englifh, tlv Cotton or Woolly Thilile. 



II. The Kinds. Among the many forts Authors 

 have given us of this Thiftle, there are but four 



Label, Lugdunenfts, Matthiolus, and TaberMinon- 

 tanus do all agree : Our Common Cotton, or 

 Woolly Thiftle. 1. Acanthium Anglicum, Car- 

 ridis, Plinij, Matthioli] Of C*falpini Bauhino; 



olirE"ngliniTo'tton,'or wionyT& "t'car- 

 duus Tomtntofus minor, Carduus Sphjirocephalus 

 quint us Bodonti; Carduus Tomentofus Capituh 

 minore Bauhini, The Leffer Cotton, or Woolly 

 Thiftle. 4. Carduus Tomentofui, Carena Iratrum 



