1 174 SalmonV Ilerhal. XibTl 



Buttons, or knobby Hutks, of a brotenyellowrjhco- 



"'v. Theftcond, oVfferMarni-Trefoil, '' " ' 

 Beans. It d.jfer, not in tu Roots, Stalks, 



mojl of the fame Opinion, that they are both of 

 them but one and the fame Vlant and Kind; and 



\eir,''ariferchilfly %Z"tUa,me f/ou/try 



VI. The Places. UitOi Trefoil grows only ii 



Fenny places, and may be found in a boggy Soil 



VII. ^ThlTimlt. It Flowers from June to tht 



"%uf The l^Zs.^^ his hot and dry in the 

 firft Degree, Aperitive, Abfterfive, Diuretick. 

 Anodyn, Peaoral, Hepatick, Splenetick, Nephri- 



Prefervative, and Cure of the Gout and Rheuma- 

 tifm, whether in Old or Young ; opens Obftrufti- 

 ons of Stomach, Lungs, Liver, Spleen and Womb ; 

 rehfts Hypochondriack Melancholy, and is excel- 

 lent againft Althma's, Coughs, and other Diftem- 



X. The Preparations. You may make there- 

 from, I. A Liquid Juice or E [fence. i. A Syrup 

 of the fame. ^ A Decoilion, or rather Injufion, 

 in Wtnc or Water. 4, A Poudcr of the Seed. 



■waSlyIomt'|poo5uStr6Tr5 cS^^^^^^^ 

 Vehicle Morning and Night, for feme confiderable 

 time, it deftroys the very EfFence of the Gout; it 



return again ; this Plant being found to be the 

 greateft of all Simple Vegetable Alterative Pro- 

 duaions, for the rooting out thofe Difeafes. The 

 hgence cures Hypochondriack Melancholy in Men, 

 and Vapors and Fits of the Mother in Women 

 and powerfully opens all Obftruaions of the Vif- 

 Mefentery, Reins and Womb •, and therefore is a 

 remedy againlt the Difeafes of thofe parts caufed 

 thereby; for by removing the Obftruaive matter, 

 and relforing the Tone of the Bowels, it quickly 

 brings Health to fuch Difeafed Bodies. Thefe 

 Preparations have been found alio experimentally 

 good to Itop a fpitting of Blood. 



XII. The Syrup of the fame. It has the former 

 Virtues, butis chiefly adapted to Obftruaions and 

 Diltempers of the Lungs, as Afthma's Couchs, 

 Colds, Hoarfenefs, Phthifick, Wheezings, lofs of 

 Voice, eff. being given for fome confiderable time, 

 ^$r".'il'S and Night, as before direaed. 



XIII T/bf Yiecoawn, or rather Infufwn in Wine or 

 Water. Ithasall the VirtuesoftheJuice,Eirenceand 

 Syrup ; but if it is given againft the Gout, Rheuma- 

 iifm, Melancholy, and fuch like Difeafe,s, it ought to 



mpIy'Tlone, orTu!cified°with"s 



f againft Difeafes ol 

 Reins, in White Po 

 lialfaPinton 



from two Scruples to a Dram'and half 6rK 

 Scruples, mixed with Syrup of Qovcgillifiowers or 

 Syrup ofHyJJop, or for want of them' with a li tV 

 choice Honey, Morning, Noon, and Night againif 

 Afthma's, Coughs Phthificks, fhormeffqffiS 

 difficulty of Breathing, and other Difeafes of the 

 rofs hLo™^^ nd 'k ''"^^ '°"^'' ^^^^"^ ^"^ 

 peaorated ; thWeby cleanfinVthc'stlmach,\^ngs,' 

 Liver, Spleen and Mefentery, and Itrengthening 

 them withal againft their Habitual Weaknefles. ^ 



CHAP. DCCVIII. 



Of TREFOIL Feafc. 



I. np // £ Names. It is called in Greek, a^& -. 

 Trefoil.''' ^'""'' ^'"'' '"'^ '" ^"^""'' ^"'■^' 

 IL The Kinds. Dw/imdes and Galen make 



already difcourfed largely in Chjp. 704. The other 

 to be A-Jt©- «>£,•©-, Lotus Sylveftris, Trifolium 

 Sy/veftre, The \"" ' '> ..^ J... .. 



Peafe Trefoil, of 

 his Chapter. 

 ■PeafeTrr 



try, and not to be feen of us (unlets a great Travel 

 ler) in many Ages. We fhall only take notice of 

 in the Fields, which are ti 



moft of whith are perfea Strangers ii 



fix following, VIZ. 

 pifumPon^; Lotus 





Trifolium H^morrhoidale 'minus. The Mer Peafe 

 or Pile Trefoil. 4. Lotus corniculatus frutejcens , 

 Bufhy horned Trefoil. 5. Lotus corniculatus mi- 



Crimfon, or fquare Codded Trefoil. 



the Defcriptions. 



IV. The firft, or common Candy Peafe Trefbil. 

 Its Root isfmtll, librous and Annual, which fhools 

 forth feveral flender Stalks, Jet with brownijh 



' 'ike unto fmallYti^s BlofToms, which are fuc- 



great i^refpeO 'to the 'fmal'lnef, "ofthe 'Pi'ant% 

 which arc contained round Peafe of a fweet Tafle. 



