20 Salmons Herbal . Lib. 1 . 
The Virtues. 
X. The Reels., Stalks end Leaves. Thefe boiled 
in Water, chiefly the Roots, or Roots and Leaves, 
till fuch time as their fiery and biting Tafte is moftly 
gone, and being Eaten as a Salet, with a little But- 
ter, Salt and Vinegar, are faid to encreafe Milk in 
Nurfcs. , 
XL The Juice. Being fnuffed up the Nofe 
morning and evening, but chiefly at Bed time, it 
mightily Purges the Head and Brain, and brings a- 
vvay abundance of cold, moilt, flegmatick Humors, 
and thereby frees the Patient from Apoplexies, Epi- 
lepfies, Lethargies, and molt other cold Diftempers 
of the Head, Brain and Nerves, caufed by thofe Hu- 
mors lodged in the Head, in the Cavities of the 
Brain, or between the Meninges thereof, viz. be- 
tween the Pia and Dura Mater. 
XII. The Effence. It has the fame Virtues, be- 
ing ufedas an Errhine, but is chiefly given inwardly 
to provoke the Terms, bring away the Birth, After- 
birth, or Dead Child. Inje&ed into running Sores, 
old Ulcers and Fiftula’s, it admirably cleanfes them, 
and difpofes them to healing. Dofe from half an 
ounce to i. ounce, in any proper Vehicle. 
XIII. The Decoction. If it is made of the Leaves 
with half Water half Wine, it powerfully provokes 
the Terms, and brings away the Dead Child; and 
the Body or Places affeUed being bathed therewith, 
it Cures Sun-burnings, Tanning, Scurff, Morphew, 
Leprofie, Scabs, W c. Dofe iv. ounces twice a day. 
XIV. The Ma/licatory. The Root chewed in the 
Mouth, draws out a Flux of cold Rheum, by which 
the Tooth-ach, Head-ach, Megrim, Apoplexies, 
Epilepfies, Carus, Lethargies, and other ileepy Di- 
feafes proceeding from a cold and moift caufe, are 
Cured. 
XV. The Gargartfm. It is made of equal parts 
of the Juice and DecoHion mixt together, in which, 
to every iv. ounces of the Mixture, ij, drams of Ni- 
tre are added and diffolved. It has all the Virtues 
of the Juice and Mafticatory, and purges and clean- 
fes the Head and Brain fo admirably as to Cure all 
thofe Difeafes afore-named of thofe parts; and 
where they are not prelent, but are only feared from 
a coldnefs of the Head and Parts adjacent, a Slee- 
pinefs, and a being Ruffed with cold flegmatick Hu- 
mors ; the ufe hereof now and then prevents their 
coming, and fecures the Patient for the future. 
XVI. The Pe/fary. It is made either of the Root 
cut into form, or of the Juice made up with melted 
Wax and Barley Flower ; put up into the Womb or 
Vagina, it opens the Veins of the Womb, and by its 
attractive force, provokes and draws down the 
Terms : but it ought to be feveral times renewed, 
taking proper things alfo by the Mouth. 
XVII. The Ointment. It is made of the green 
Herb or Juice. The Eye-lids being anointed there- 
with, it helps Ophthalmies or Inftamations of the 
Eyes ; and applyed to running Sores, old Ulcers, 
putrid Fiftula’s, and other malign and corroding 
Defilements, it perfefilly cleanfes them, ftrenthens 
the Part Afleaed, and promotes their healing. 
XVIII. The Cataplafm. It is made of the green 
Herb beaten with Hogs Lard, in which a little Alum 
and Nitre, in fine Pouder, are mixt and diffolved : 
applyed, it eafes Pain in any Part, and Cures Scurff, 
Morphew and Leprofie, being ufed for fome confi- 
derable time. 
XIX. T be Saline TmQure. The External Parts 
of the Body being walhed with it, it removes all 
forts of Defilements, cleanfing the Part, and killing 
the Humor, by deftroying the Ferment which breeds 
it. Mixt with double quantity of Juice, it becomes 
an excellent Gargarifm or Liquid Errhine, purging 
the Head and Brain of all cold Humors. Let Phy- 
ficians talk what they pleafe, all the Cephalick or 
Head-purging Pills in the World cannot purge the 
Head and Brain liketopowerfulErrhines,Gargarifms 
or Malticatories. 
XX. The Oily TiiiBure. This is indeed truly 
beneficial for all fuch as are troubled with Oedema’s 
cold Tumors, Pains and Aches in any part of the 
Body from a cold Caufe, as alfo for fuch as are 
afflifled with Spafms, Cramps, Convulfions, weak- 
neis of the Nerves, Tremblings, Numednefs, Pal- 
fies, and the like, being anointed effeHually twice 
a day upon the place affefted, (and in Palfies, along 
the Back Bone alfo-,) and continuing the Ufe there- 
of, for fome confiderable time. 
CHAP. XIV. 
Of Wild ANEMONES. 
mid ANEMON -Ejtjrecl-1 , 
I. ' | ' H E Names. This Plant is called in Greek, 
X ’Ape iLuvn ayfta. in Latin, Anemone Sy he fir is. 
Anemone Nemorum , Herba Venti Sylvehiris ; and in 
Englilh, Wild Anemone. 
II. The Kinds. They are twofold, i. Thefingle 
Anemones. 2. The double Anemones. The fingle 
Anemones Wild are, 1. The Greater or Broad-leav- 
ed Wild White Anemone. 2. The Common or 
Smaller-leaved Wild Anemone , Purple, Carnation 
Yellow, White. 3. The Wild double Anemone. 
Purple, Red, White. 
III. The Defcription. 1. The Greater or Broad- 
leav’d Wild White Anemone. The Root confijis of a 
great number of long black Strings, encreafing very much 
by running under Ground, and /hooting up in divers 
places, from whence fprings forth divers broad green 
Leaves, cut into divifions, and dented about, very 
like unto a broad Leav if Crowfoot, from among which 
rifes 
