>4 Salmons Herbal. Lib. \ 
Pound of the Conferve , ij. ounces of Crocus mart is 
Aliringcns be added. 
XV. T he Juice of the Plant. ItisAntihyfterick, 
repreffes Vapors in Women and Fits of the Mother, 
opens obftmctions of the Liver and Spleen, and is 
good for Wounded Perfons to Drink. Dofe ij. or 
iij. ounces in Wine. 
’ XVI. T he Effence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice, befides which it is an exceeding good thing 
for fuch as have old running Sores, Fastid Ulcers, 
and Malign Fiftula’s running upon them ; it.correfts 
the Malignity of the Humors, drys them up and 
difpofes the Ulcers to healing. 'Dofe from j. to 
iij. ounces : Outwardly it is good to wa!h the Ul- 
cerations withal, and to injeft into Fiftula’s. 
XVII. The Spirituous Ttnffltrc. It flops Fluxes 
of the Belly of what kind foever; and the over- 
flowing of the Courfes in Women, quickens and 
cheats the Spirits, drives away Melancholy, makes 
the Heart merry. Dole iij. drams. 
XVin. The Saline TtnSure. It operates by 
Urine, and carries off much of the Morbifick mat- 
ter in fuch as are alfti&ed with Ulcers, Sores and 
Fiftula’s.by the Urinary paffages ; and is good againli: 
inward Bruifes, diflolving the congealed filood. 
Dofe from j. dram to ij. drams, in a Glafs of the 
Dilliird Water/' 
XIX. T he Oily TinHttre. Taken from vj. Drops 
to xx. or xxx, according to 'Age and ftrength, in 
fome proper Vehicle, it has been found to be good 
againft Quartan Agues. Outwardly applied or 
anointed, it is good againft all Pains and Aches, as 
alfo the Gout in any part proceeding from a cold 
Caufe: it ftrengthens the Nerves, and is good 
againft the Paliie. 
XX. The Diflillei Water. It is ufed chiefly as 
a Vehicle to convey the other Various preparations 
of this Herb ill.) Dofe vj. ounces. 
XXI. The Decoffiou. Made in Wine, and Drank, 
tovj. orviij. ounces; it ftrenghens the Bowels much, 
it is good to open obflruftions, and foftens thehard- 
nefs of the Spleen : Fomenting alfo hot with the 
fime upon the Region of the Spleen : or apply- 
ing the hot Herb alfo thereon, for fome time. 
XXII. The Oil, made by boiling the bruifed Herb 
in Oil Olive , &c. It is good to difeuis or refolve 
cold and hard Swellings in any part of the Body, 
Chiefly thofe in the Neck and Throat proceeding 
frow the Kings-Evil. 
XXIII. The Ointment. It has the fame Virtues, 
befides which it is very good to dilcufs Inflamations, 
and heal all green Wounds by cleanfing them, dry- 
ing, and doling up their Lips. 
XXIV. The Cerote or Emplajier . It heals alio 
green Wounds, cleanfes old Ulcers, and refills their 
Malignity ; puts a flop to their fretting, corroding, 
and Spreading, and brings them to a ipeedy heal- 
XV. The Cataplafm, made with the beaten 
Herb, and Hogs Lard, Vinegar and Salr, boiled to 
a lofmefs and confiftency, and then apply’d to hard 
and Scrophuloas Tumors whether in the Neck or 
other parts, it helps to difeufs and refolve them ; 
gives cafe in the Gout, Sciatica, and other Joynt- 
Aches, itrengthen the Nerves, and eafes their 
Pains, caufed by Cramps, Convulfions, ©V. it is 
good againft Inflamations, and the Malignity ol 
old running Sores. A Cataplafm of the ram Herb 
beaten up with Vinegar , being apply’d to the Nape 
of the Neck, Hops bleeding at the Nofe: and helps 
Whitloes, being applj’d to the roots of the 
Nails! 
The Virtues of the finking Archangel . or Dead 
Nettle. 
XXVI. The TccoUion. It is good to bathe 
places Swelled with hard Kernels, Wens, Inflamati- 
ons, or Scrophulous Tumors in the Neck, under 
the Ears, Jaws , Armholes and Groin ; and’ if the 
Decoflion is made in Wine, and drunk to vj. or viij. 
ounces for a Dofe, it is a good Traumadck, and 
wonderfully helps all inward Wounds, Hurts, 
Bruifes, Falls, or the like, and is lingular good for 
the Spleen and the Difeaies thereof 
XXVII. The Juice. It has all the aforegoing 
Virtues ; befides which being applyed warm with 
Vinegar, to the Hemorrhoids or Piles, when they are 
very painful and much Swelled , it gives eale, and 
difcuues the Tumor. It is good alfo againft Warts, 
Figgs, Crifte, Condylomata, and the like which 
grow in and about the Fundament. Dofe inwardly 
from j. to iv. ounces. 
XXVIII. The Effence. It has all the Virtues both 
of the DecoSion and Juice, and may be ufed as a 
Wound Drink, for which purqofe it is a molt lin- 
gular thing ; and contributes very much to the heal- 
ing of Ulcers, Fiftula’s and other inveterate and run- 
ning Sores, which refill moll other Remedies. Dofe 
from ij. ounces to iv. twice a day : Outwardly it is 
good alfo to walh Sores, Ulcers and.Fiftula’s with, 
and cleanfes them from their filth. 
XXIX. The Syrup. It may be a Vehicle to mix 
with the Effence for all the purpoles aforefaid, as 
alfo againft Flufhings, Vapors, and fits of the Mo- 
ther, or Flypochondriack melancholy. 
XXX. The Ointment. Being anointed upon the 
Region of the Spleen, it eafes the pain, and fof, 
tens thehardnefs thereof ; and anointed on the Fun- 
dament, it is good againft Clifts, Warts, Fig<»s, 
Piles, and other Swellings thereof. It dilfolves'or 
Difcuffes Wens, Kernels, and hard and Scrophu- 
lous Swellings of the Neck and Throat, and other 
hard and Oedematous Tumors in any other part of 
the Body. 
XXXI. The Balfam. It is of lingular ufe, and 
much Commended againft Gangteens , Cancers 
Corroding Fiftula’s, and all manner of other run- 
ning Sores, inveterate and fordid Ulcers happening 
in what Place foever. 
CHAP. XXIII. 
Of the White ARCHANGEL. 
I. A_ T A H£ Names. It is called in Greek, M/xiov 
1 Kvx.lv : ha>nium album , Urtica i ners Alba, 
Urtica mortua alba: and in Englifh, White Arch- 
angel, or Dead Nettle. 
II. The Kinds. Of Archangels there are three 
fpecial Kinds, viz . i. The Red. 2. The JVbite. 
3. The Fellow. This then which we Treat of in this 
Chapter is the fecond Species, to wit , that of the 
White Kind. 
III, The Defcription. It has a Root JVbite and 
Thready , not perijhing every year , from whence rifes 
divers four fquare Stalks fomewhat hairy , about 
a Foot and a half or two Feet high , and Jometimes 
more , as the ground on which they grow is in fatnefs 
andgoodnefs , leaning this way and that way by reafon 
of the Weight of its Head and' Leaves , Branches 
and Flowers: at thejoynts whereof ft and two Leaves, 
larger and more pointed than the Red, almoft in fhape 
