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Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. I 
whole VI ant. 8. An Oil. 9. An Ointment. 10. 
A Balfam. 11. A Ponder of the Roots. 12 A 
Cataplafm. 
The Virtues 
XII. The Juice of the Root. It cleanfes, 'and 
takes away die white Morphew in the Face, or 
other parts of the Body, the place being firft chafed 
well and rubed with a courfe Linnen Cloth. If it 
is mixed with Sherry Sack in which a little Myrrh 
has been diffolved, and a twelfth part of the Tintture 
of Saffron , it makes an excellent Collyrium for the 
Eyes to heal Inflamations, take away Milts, Cloud- 
ings, dimnefs of Sight, and other dilaffeftions, be- 
ing dropt into them. 
XIII. The EJfence. It may betaken from j. toij. 
ounces in Mead or Wine againft the Kings Evil, 
Coughs, Colds, Afthma’s, fhortneft of Breath, or 
any Vehement obftruUions of the Lungs. If the 
Stomach is foul, it will Vomit the Patient : it eva- 
cuates evil Humors, and is contributary to the Cure 
of running Sores, old Ulcers, Fiftula’s, and the like, 
Bathing and Walking the Swelling and Sores with 
it alio. 
XIV. The Decottion in Wine. It is Emetick if 
it meets with a foul Stomach, is opening and clean- 
ling, good for a Cacoethick habit of Body, and 
prevails againft the bitings of any venemous 
Creatures , Stone and Gravel, or any ltoppage 
of the Urinary parts. I know it to be an excellent 
thing to be conftantly taken by fuch as are 
troubled with the Evil, Oedema, or other like Tu- 
mors, for it confumes the Morbifick Matter which 
Compofes them. It may be given to iij. iv. or vi. 
ounces, or lels, Pfc. 
XV. The Syrup. It has the fame Virtues with 
the former Preparations, but much weaker, yet 
plealanter to be taken by fuch as are queafy Sto- 
mached : It is an excellent PeUoral, and caufes ealy 
expectoration in ftoppages of the Lungs. Dofe ii. 
ounces morning, noon and night. ’Tis fit for Chil- 
dren. 
XVI. The Saline Tintture. It works downwards, 
and carries off the Caufes of Difeafes by Urine : 
given from j. to ij. drams in White Port Wine, it 
provokes Urine and the Terms powerfully, is good 
againft Plurilies, and an old Cough, Pains and 
Stitches in the fide, Pf c. 
XVII. The Oily Tintture. It is Excellent being 
Bathed with, againft PunCtures and Wounds of the 
Nerves, bitings of Mad Dogs, Vipers, and other 
Venomous Creatures. 
XVIII. The Afhes of the whole Plant. Galen 
lays, that if they are mixed with Ducks Greafe, 
the mixture is good againft an Alopecia, and brings 
Hair again where it was fallen off, by means of that 
Difeale. 
XIX. The Oil. It is good againft cold Tumors, 
and to anoint with in Cramps, and for any Ach or 
Pain in any part, proceeding from a cold Caufe •, 
and is good to difcufs Tumors and Swellings in 
Womens Breafts , Tefticles , and other Glandulous 
parts, 
XX. The Ointment. It cleanfes old running 
Sores, putrid Ulcers, and rebellious Fiftula’s, dilpo- 
fes them to healing, and puts a flop to fretting and 
eating Ulcers : Difcufies Inflamations in Womens 
Breafts, and Tefticles, land is good againft Fellons in 
the Fingers ends. 
XXI. The Balfam. It is an Excellent thing in- 
deed, for healing all forts of Green Wounds j 
cleanfes Ulcers to the bottom, incarnates and heals 
them, and is alfo profitable againft the Gout from a 
cold Caufe. 
XX II. The Ponder of the Roots. It may be given 
to j. dram in a Glafs of White Port Wine, it pro- 
vokes Urine and the Terms in Women, helps Pains 
in the Sides, Ruptures, Convulfions, and old Coughs • 
Uied as an Errhine, it purges the Head and Brain 
of cold and moift Humors which caufe Head- Aches 
Lethargies, Vertigoe’s, Epilepfies, Apoplexies, Ofc 
And j. dram taken in Broth provokes Vomit and 
helps fuch as are bitten with Venomous Crea- 
tures. 
XXIII. The Cataplafm. It is lingular good to 
difcufs Contufions, Inflamations and the like to 
give eafe in a cold Gout, or any Ach or Pain from 
a cold Caufe, ftrengthens the Nerves, and cures 
Cramps, in what part foever: and is good to be 
apply’d in Tumors of the Kings Evil, Kernels and 
Swellings in the Neck and Throat, &c. I have had 
large Experience of the Virtues of the Root of this 
Herb; and I write little .more of it, than what is 
true to my own knowledge. 
CHAP. XXXVL 
Of Onion ASPHQDEL. 
I- T 'He Names. It is called in Greek , 'A^5 h\,t 
J- GorCuk «ff : in Tat in , Afphodelus Bulbofus y 
by Dodonrus, Afphodelus Pccmina ; by jL obel t Afpho- 
delus Hyacinthinus , and Hyacintho Afphodelus and 
that rightly, becaufe the Root is like the hyacinth 
or Jacinth , and the Flowers like the Afphodei: 
Clufius calls it Ornitbogalum Majtts , the Greater 
Star of Bethlem , and that fitly enough: in Englijh 
we call it, Onion Afphodei , and Bulbous Afphodei , 
from the form of the Root. 
II. The Kind. It is a lingular Plant, having no 
particular Species unier it. 
HI. The 
