3 
Salmon V Herbal. Lib. 1 
cr five feet high , fcldom higher -, nearly two Inches 
thick, having very few Branches, fomctimcs none at 
nil -, from which Stalk and Branches ( where there 
is any )fp ring forth pretty large Leaves, Jmooth and 
even, little or nothing indented about the edges, 
longer and broader than the Leaves of Nightjhade, 
cr Mad Apples : from the Bottoms or Foot-folks of 
the Leaves fpring forth long Toothed Cups, out of 
which come the Flowers, great, white , and of the 
form of a Bell, or the Flowers of the great Bind- 
weed, but greater and wider at Mouth, and fharp 
cornered at the Brims, like the former-, which con- 
tain white Chives or Threads in the midft, of a f rang 
Pontick Savour, offending the Head when it isfmel- 
led to : When the Flower is gone, the Fruit comes 
forth, of the bignefs of a fmall Walnut with the 
green on-, this fruit is full of Prickles ; within the 
Shell are a great number of Seeds, of the bignefs of 
fmall Tares, or Seeds of Mandrakes, and of the fame 
form. The whole Herb is of a flrong Savour -, and 
fmelling to it caufes Drowfmefs. 
V. The Places. The Firft was brought from 
Conjlantinople, and now grows with us plentifully 
in onr Crnrriprfc • irnlfrv rtmn «■ IHrjU __ i 
- j vvu.il us piciuuuny 
in our Gardens-, italfo grows Wild and very plen- 
tifully in the South Carolina. The latter was found 
growing in the Mountains of Peru, from whence 
the Seed was fent to Manardus in Spain -. and 
from thence it was conveyed unto other parts of 
Europe -, and now it is nourilhed up in fome of our 
Gardens in England. 
V. The Times. The firft may be Town in March 
or April, and it brings forth ripe Seed in Sept ember 
flowering m the Summer Months: The latter is 
lown in a hot Bed of Horfe Dung, as we do Cucum- 
bers and Musk-Melons. Authors fay, of both thefe 
forts, there is a greater and a lefler Kind, and that 
the greater Kinds are plentiful enough in our Gar- 
dens, and will abide and give with us ripe Seed • 
but the lefler Kinds are very rare, becaufe they fel- 
dom come to maturity, and fb we are every Year to 
feek for new Seed. 1 
VII. The Qualities. Thefe Plants are find to be 
cold and moift in the fourth Degree : and to be Re- 
percufiive, Narcotick, or Stupefaffive, and Vulne- 
rary : and are by appropriation, Cephalick Hyfte- 
nck and Arthritick, and operate only as Altera- 
tives by their cold and moift property. 
VIII- The Specification. Manardus lays, that the 
Indians commend thefe Plants for provoking Urine 
and expelling Sand and Gravel from the Reins and 
Bladder : and by Gerard's account, it is a famous 
Wound Herb outwardly ufed. 
^ Preparations. There are taken from it 
'• Th J Seel 2 ; Tfe Juice. 3. An Effence from 
the lame. 4. An Oil. 5. An Ointment. 6, A 
Lerote or Emplader. 7. A Cataplafm. 
The Wirt ties 
X. The Seed. It is of great Eftimation in the 
Indies, both by the Spaniards and Indians themfelves 
in that itprovoks Urine, and expels Gravel and the 
Stone both in the Remsand Bladder, for which it is 
molt commended: it is find to break the Stone in 
the Bladder if it is not too hard and inveterate, or 
may by any medicine bediffolved-, of which there 
has been many proofs, as Manardus fays, has been 
declared ro his great admiration : For, as he fays he 
did not think that the Stone in the Bladder could 
be diffolved and expelled by any means whatfoever 
and that the Cure thereof coniifted only in Cutting 
rt out by a skillful hand : but it was find of this 
Seed, that being taken in any Fit and convenient 
miC T , 6 g 111 dua convenient 
Water for that purpofe, that it would by little and 
ume diflolye the Stone into fmall travel : which 
after it is expell’d, or driven forth, would attain 
fbek together and Grow into a hard Stone. 8 ‘ 
„ Juice of the Herb, ft is lingular good 
to bath With in all Sorts of hot Inflatnations aifd an 
Eo/p"'", by laying Cloths dipt in the//„Ve upon 
\n m V n ^r 0 r ften K fj\n S tl] e Application. P 
XII. The Effence of the Juice, Dropt into the 
ho 6 ’ I a a (l ayS 'S , , eInflamatl0nthereof ; removes 
hot and (harp Rheums : Injefted up the Womb it U 
good againft the continual running of the Whites! 
l rengthcns the Part, and cools any Inflamation Of 
he fame or of the Secrets : it alfo is good againft 
v'Jw Motions in Wounds and Ulcer? 
Aill. The Oil- made by boiling the btuifed 
Herb in it till it, sen^ is good againft all forts of 
Inflatnations , Burnings and Scoldings, and gives 
Riy n r a fl h0t Gout V an i Pains and Aches, inthe 
Head chiefly, proceeding from a hot Caufe Md Hu- 
™ ^Ointment, madeof the Juice or btuifed 
Herb boiled to crifpnels, and twice or thrice re 
peated, inHogs Lard, and then prefled forth cures 
all Inflamations whatfoever, and heals all manner of 
Burnings and Scald ings,whether of Fire Water Oil 
melted Lead, Gun-fowder or Light^aS Sat 
m a very flrort time : This was proved unon mT 
chants Wife at Colcltejler, who (after the ufe of 
many other things in vain, and when all hopes were 
palt) being grievouily Burned was herewith nerfeft- 
ly cured. ^ 
u X u V ',. T ^ £ *fc Itis m adeof the btuifed 
Herb, boiled m Oil O/we to crifpnefs, and prefled 
forth and three times repeated, and then brought 
to a body with Turpentine, Rofin and Wax, of each 
a fumcient quantity. It cures malign Uleeis 
and Apoftems, helps a hot Gout, and prevails 5 
gainft trefli and Green Wounds, and old Sores and 
running Ulcers efpecially upon the Glandulous 
parts of the Yard, and other places where they are 
hard of Cure. J 
XVI. The Cataplafm. It is good againft Recent 
Bruifes efpecialby upon a bony part, to allay In 
fiamations, and eafe the Gout and other Pains Dro- 
ceeding from a hot Caufe. r 
CHAP. XXII. 
Of Red ARC HANG EL. 
I- ‘-THE Karnes. It is called in Greek, Aa^, 
X OTffv'fior: In Latin, Lamium purpureum 
Urtica tners purpurea , Vrtica mortua rubra: In 
Englijh, Red Archangel, or Red Dead Nettle. 
11 . The Kinds. It is .twofold, 1. The Sweet 
called limply Lamium purpureum. 2. Stinking 
rai.Ufii, Ta\io 4 u, TahEoCgor©-.- And in Latin, Lami- 
um fetidum, Urtica inert fattida, Urtica mortua h- 
tida, Urtica Labeo, /linking Dead Nettle or Hedg 
Nettle. And of this ftinking kind there are divere 
forts as 1. Galeopfis vera. The true ftinking Deed 
Nettle, or Hedg Netle. 2. Galeopfis altera pallida , 
pale ftinking. Dead Nettle. 3. Galeopfis altera inca- 
na. Hoary ftinking Dead Nettle. 4. Galeopfis lutea 
Dalechampij, Yellow ftinking Dead Nettle. 
III. The Defcription. 1. The Sweet kind. It 
has a Root fmall and thready, perrijhing every Tear 
from whence rifes divers hollow fquare Stalks, fome- 
what Hairy, with Joynts at a good diflance, one from 
another, and alfo two fad green Leaves, dented about 
the edges, fet oppofite one to another, the lowermojl 
upon long Foot-Stalks, but without any towards the- 
top. 
