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Salmon^ Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
V. The P /aces. Gerard, fays they grow plenti- 
fully in Autumn , almoft by every Hedge : Parkin- 
fon fays, they are found fometimes in Corn Fields 
in England, but more often in open Woods and 
Copfes which have been filled, and that almoft 
through all our Countrey * more efpecially if they 
are ftony places. 
VI. The Times. They Flower in the latter end 
of May, all June and July, and the Seed is gra- 
dually ripe in July and Augujl. 
VII. The Vitalities. They are hot and dry in the 
firft Degree : Difcuffive, Aftringent, and Vulnerary 
and dedicated to the Womb. 
VII T. The Specification. They are peculiar for 
flopping Fluxes, and the Terms in Women ^ more 
efpecially for Fluxes of Blood. 
IX. The Preparations. You have from them, 
i. A Juice. 2. An E (fence. 3. A Spirituous Tin- 
Sure. 4. An Oily Tintt ure. 5. A Decoffion. 6 . A 
Balfam. 7. A Cataplafm. 
The Virtues. 
X. The Juice. Given from j. ounce to ij. ounces, 
it {Lengthens the Stomach and Bowels •, and bath- 
ed upon an Inflamation it aflwages it. 
XI. The Ejfence. This is more Stomatick than 
the former, and given inwardly, Hops all forts of 
Flaxes, whether of Humors or Blood, as alfo the 
Terms in Women. Dofe from j. to iij. ounces, in 
feme proper Vehicle. 
XII. The Spirituous Tinffure. This has all the 
Virtues of the former, and is good to take inward- 
ly, to heal Wounds and Ulcers, from j. dram to half 
an ounce, in a Decodion of the fame Herb * ’tis an 
excellent Vulnerary. 
XIII. The Oily Tintturc. It is good againft Pains 
and Aches from a cold and moift Caufe, gives eale 
in the Gout, and heals Wounds, Pu natures, or. other 
hurts of the Nerves, by anointing therewith Morn- 
ing and Evening. 
XIV. The Decoffion in Wine. By fomenting there- 
with, it Difculfes hot Tumors and Infiamations j 
ufed as an InjeQdon into foul, feetid, and hollow 
Ulcers, it cleanfes them : and daily drunk from iv. 
to viij. ounces, it flops the overflowing of the 
Terms in Women, the Bloody Flux, and other 
Fluxes of the Belly. 
XV. The Balfam. It is an excellent Vulnerary, 
cures Wounds by the firft intention j and digefts and 
cleanfes, old, foul, rotten, and filthy Ulcers with 
great facility, after which it incarnates, or fills the 
Eilcer with Hefh, and prefently heals it up. 
XVI. The Cataplafm. It is made of the Herb chopt 
fmall, beaten in a Mortar, and boiled in Milk, and 
brought to the thicknefs of a Pultiie, with Yolks 
of Eggs, and Crumbs of Bread. It is Difcuflive, 
Refolutive, and Anodine, and of lingular good ufe 
to be applied to a recent Contufion, or a Gout from 
a cold Caufe. 
CHAP. L. 
Of Wild BASIL. 
I. 'T 1 H E Names. It is called in Greek, KnvcmJiov 
J. ( quafi Le£lipes, Bedsfoot Flower , becaufe 
they refemble the Beds feet : ) in Latin, Ochnum 
Sylvefire , Bafilicon Agrefie, Clinopodium : and in 
Englijh, Wild, or Field Bafil, Bedsfoot Flower. 
II. The Kinds. There are three feveral Kinds 
hereof, 1. Clinopodium Vulgare, Clinopodium minus, 
( becaufe lels than the Stone Bafil. ) Oamum Sylve- 
fire, Lobe l and Clufius -, Acinos and Ocimajlrum 
by huchfius and Dodomcus Clinopodium, by Anguil- 
lara and Turner • Clinopodium majus, by Camerari- 
us , Pulegium Petr turn, by Gefner • Clinopodium 
Alterum, and Pfeudo-Cli nopodium , by Mai thiol us - 
Clinopodium Arvenfe Ocimi facie, by Bauhinus and 
Bafilicum Tertium, by Tragus in. Englijh, Field 
Bafil • but the People call this as well as the next 
following, where they grow, Horfe Time, and Po- 
ley-mountain. 2. Acinos Anghca C/ufij, ( which is 
thought to be, by Clufius, the true Acinos of Diof- 
corides -, ) Clinopodium Ocimi facie alterum of Bau- 
hinus -, our Englijh Wild Bafil the leffer. 3. Aci- 
nos odor atiffim urn, Latifolia Col urn me. Broad Leav’d 
fweet Scented Wild Bafil. 
III. The.Defcriptions. The firfi has a Woody Fi- 
brous Root, full of hairy Threads, creeping along the 
Ground, and fpringing up learly of it J'elf without 
Sowing 5 from whence rifes up Jeveral fquare Stalks 
about fix or eight Inches high, with two fmall Leaves 
fet at every Joint, being fomewhat like Wild Mar- 
joram, or the fine bujh Bafil, a little denied about 
the edges, but not much, and fome Leaves not at all 
dent ed -, and in fome Plants and Places a little rough 
and haiiy, and in others, lefs, or not at all : the 
Flowers grow at fpaces zvilh the Leaves, like as 
tiorehound does, fianding in green rough Cups, which 
are of a purplifh Colour, and parted, a* it were, into 
four equal jhort pieces at the end, like to the four 
fquare foot of a Bedfiead, and open with feveral 
Leaves like other hooded Flowers ■, the Cups of the 
Flowers have not every one of them a Jingle Foot - 
jlalk, but many fiand together upon the fame Pedicle 
or Stem-, after which comes fmall round reddijh Seed, 
growing three or jour together in fmall fwol/en 
Husks. The whole Plant, hat fome Jmall heat, but 
tnore drynefs in the Tafie thereof, and Jweet or odo- 
riferous in Smell between Bafil and Calamint. 
IV. The fecond Kind has alfo a Bujhy, Fibrous 
Root, which perijhes every 7 ear, from whence rifes. 
up Jeveral fender four fquare Branches cr Stalks , 
Jeven or eight Inches high, lying on the Ground, on 
which 
