Salmon .r HerbaL Lib. J. 



warms and comforts tlie Stomach, and helps Di- 

 geltion, and is good for fuch as are troubled with 

 . XXV. Water and Spirit oj Wormwood Compound. 

 Take Tops and Leaves of dryed Wormwood^ 2 

 Tounds; Annifeeds, half a Pound ; 6 Gallons of 

 fmall Wines: mix, and digeft all together for 24 

 hours, then diftilthem in an Alembick as ajorefatd. 



Pint of the diflilled Liquor. The fir ft ^uart keep 



have got Coughs, Cold, Wheezing, or any fluffing 

 in the Stomach and Lungs, or troubled with the 



°XXVI. Oil of Wormwood Dijiilled. It has all 

 the Specifick Virtues afcribed to Wormwood, at 

 Sea. Vlll. aforegoing. A Drop,or 2, or ?, of this 

 Oil, mixt firft with a little white Sugar, and then 

 drank in a Glafs oiWbhe Fort or Lisbon Wine, 

 or Canary, makes an excellent draught to ftrength- 

 en the Stomach, Liver, mi.othetVifcera; to help 

 againft a Cachexia, caufe a good Appetite and 

 Digeftion, and make a good color in the Face : 

 It expels Wind, provokes Urine, and is good a- 

 gainft Hypochondriack Melancholy, and univer- 

 fally ftrengthens the whole Body. 



XXVII. Poteftates Abfinthijfii Powers of Worm- 

 wood. They have all the Virtues of the Oil ex- 

 Noon "and Ni|ht,\o or jo^Drop^s in a Ghfi"of 

 ^^XXVIII. '"The Spirituous TinSure. TisaNoble 



merated? a" 5^^^. VIH. rfortjoing''; h reflfe Vomit- 

 i.ng and NaufeouHiefs , and flrengthens the Sto- 



■'ofDro'sm 

 Vina 

 •ellentthin 3 ainft 



XXix. The Add Tinffure. 



carries off the Morbifick cauic vi . 

 feftions, by the Urinarv paffages. 



XXX. The Oi/yTinffure. It h 

 voke Urine, and cleanfe the Uri 

 from Sand. Gravel. Scones, and Sli 



and the Terms, and 

 " " ' al difaf. 



36 Colick, Palfy, Convulli 

 Gout affeaing the Stom; 

 :>x 20 Drops, firft Dropt i 



theVarT 



the Piles or Hemorrhoids, it gives prefent eafe, 



XXXI. The fixed or Elementary Salt, made by 



Grains to a Scruple, or half a Dram, it is an An- 

 tidote againft the Scurvy, and purifies the whole 

 Mafs ot Blood and Lympha, effeaually carrying 

 off the Recrements of thofe Fluids by Urine. 

 It may be given in Wine, in a cold and moift ha- 

 bit of Body: but in a hot and dry Conllitution, 



it flops it upon the fpot : It gives eafe in xht 

 Strangury, provokes Urine potently, and expels 

 Sand, Gravel, and Tartarous Mucilage, from the 



CHAP. DCCXLV. 

 Of WORMWOOD Koman : 



F NT I C K. 



LnrHE Names. It is called in Greek 'HUh„ 

 L mmov. in Latin Ahfinthium Romanum ;db- 

 finthium Ponticum, by almofl all Wrirers. In 

 Englijh, Roman Wormwood, and Pontick Worm- 

 viz. I. Abfintbium Romanum vulgare; Abfinthium 



neri; Abfinthium tenuifolium Ponticum GaleniGe- 

 rardo : The true Roman Wormwood. ?. Abfm- 



The Defcriptions. 





', coming forth 



er than thofe of the fine i 



'row at Several Jotnti many coming forth 



■ .• at the tops of the Stalks grow fmall yel- 



thofe ofThenexU The ffSereof is fint, 'and 



Tafte thereof much lefs bitter. 



V. The fecond, or true Roman Wormwood. 



Roots are fmaller, lefs Woody, and fuller of 



in the laft Chapter: h has alfo more fender and 

 ? Vlowers are alfo of a pale yellow color, ft and- 



