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Salmon V Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
pots, and Fits of die Mother, and moft Dileaiesin 
Women proceeding from a ftoppage of their Terms ; 
Dole from xx. to xxx. drops or more, in l'oms 
ilyjhnck Water. 
XXX. The Tift tiled Oil. This is made with the 
Spirit, and comes laft after the Spirit, as is directed 
in the place afore quoted of Our Seplajium ; it has 
the Virtues of the Spirit, but is much more naufeous 
to be taken, and is chiefly given againft Fits of the 
Mother in Women from ij. drops to iy. or vj. in 
fome proper Liquor, but is moftly ufed in fucli like 
Cafes to anoint the Noftrils therewith, ortofmellto. 
XXXI. T he Saline linQurc. It is a Famous 
thing, and has all the Virtnes of the limple Gum, 
at fell. 27. aforegoing: But this opperates more 
fpeedily, and more Powerfully opens all obftru&iens 
of the Vifcera , chiefly the Lungs, Spleen, Reins and 
Womb. Dofe from j. dram to ij. in a Glals of 
White Port Wine, Mead, or other fit Vehicle. 
XXXII. The Blfam. It it made cj the Gum , 
iiffolved in Vinegar i y .ounces, mixt with 1 itr penline , 
half am. Capivij , of each iij. ounces : Gam Elemi, 
Oil Olive, Oil of Ben, of each ij. ounces : mix and 
evaporate to a juft confiflency. It cures Wounds by 
the firft intention, and is excellent in all Wounds of 
the Head, Brain, Nerves, Joynts, and other parts : 
it alio cleanfes running Sores, old Ulcers, malign 
Filtula’s, and quickly heals them. 
XXXIII. The Cerote. It is made of the former 
Ba/Jarn, iy adding to every xvj. ounces of Balfam, 
y ounce and half of Oil of Peter, and a Sufficient 
quantity of Wax, to bring it to a due con/iftency of 
a [oft Cerote : It cures Wounds in any part, and is 
an excellent thing to foften hard Tumors, difculs 
or refolve them, as Nature moft defigns : It eafes 
the Gout, and Pains proceeding from a cold Caufe. 
See a Dilcourfe of the Gum more at large, hi Our 
laid Seplajium , the place afore quoted. 
T be Virtues of Panax Coftinum. 
XXXIV. Its Qualities. It is compleatly hot and 
dry in the third Degree. It opens, cleanfes, cuts, 
and makes thin and by appropriation it is Cepha- 
lick, Peftoral, Hepatick, Splenetick, Hyfterick and 
Nephritick : performing its operations altogether as 
an Alterative. 
XXXV. The Specification. It is prevalent againft 
Ihortnets of Breath, Diftempers of the Head and 
Brain, and the Cholick, or Griping of tire Guts. 
XXXVI. The Preparations. You may Prepare 
Horn it, 1 . An Effence. 2. A Sprit nous Tinllure. 
3. A Saline Tinllure. 4. An Oily Tinllure. A 
TtecoHion. 6 . A Wine. 7. A Cataplfm. 
Tie Virtues. 
XXXVII. Tie Effence. It is an Admirable thing 
againft cold Difealesof the Head, Brain andNerves, 
as Headaches, Vertigo’s, Fallinglicknefs, Lethargies, 
Convulfions and the like : it is good againft Coughs’ 
Colds, (hortnefs of Breath, obftruaions of the Lungs’ 
Liver, Spleen and Womb. Dofe ij. or iij. fpoonfuls 
in a Glals of Wine, Mead, or other proper Liquor. 
XXXV 1 I 1 . The Spirituous Tinllure. It Warms 
a cold Stomach, is good for Nerves obftruUed 
and chill’d through Cold ; and is prevalent againft the 
Fallingficknels, Spleen and Hypochondriack Melan- 
choly. Dofe from j. to iij. drams. 
XXXIX. The Saline Tinllure. It has all the 
Virtues of the Effence, and Spirituous TinUure, but 
heats not fo powerfully ; however it better opens 
obltruffions of the Vifcera, provokes the Courfes 
reprefles the Fits of the Mother, cleanfes the Womb’ 
kills Worms, expels the Urine, Birth, Deadbirth’ 
and Afterbirth, and diffolves Tartarous Concretions, 
as Scone, Gravel, llimy matter, iS'c. Dofe from 
j. dram to ij. in Parfly Water. 
XL. The Oily Tinllure. It comforts the Nerves, 
provokes Urine, helps in Difeafes of the Reins and 
Bladder, and prevails againft Cramps, Convulfions, 
Gouts, pains and aches proceeding ftom Cold, Palfies, 
Rheumatilms, being outwardly applyed, ’and 'in- 
wardly taken from iv. drops to xij. in fome con- 
venient Vehicle. 
XLI. Tie Decoliion. It opens Obftruaions, dif- 
folves the Tartarous Matter which breeds the Gout, 
and carries of the moft of the Morbifick caufe by 
Urine. Dole from iv. to viij. ounces. 
XLII. The Wine. It expels Wind, ftrengthens 
the Stomach and Bowels, and is good againft the 
Cholick, or Gripings of the Guts. Dofe iij. or iv. 
ounces, morning and evening, or in Extremity. 
XL 1 II. The Catap/afm. It is made of the Herb 
beaten in a Morter, and mixt with Hogs-Lard and 
Turpentine, of each of the two laft a like quantity. 
It gives eafe in the Gout, or any pain in the Joynts 
proceeding from a cold Caufe, is good againft 
Cramps, and the fhrinking up of the Sinews, by 
reafon of violent Convulfions. 
CHAP. XI. 
Of ALL-HEAL of /Efculapius, 
I. 'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek ndrxxic 
X ’Ac TK^rmicv: in Latin 5 Panax (S' Panaces 
Afclepium : and in Englijh , JEfculapws his All- 
heal. ' ’ 
Mhml 
II. The Kinds. Gerard fays it is a Eerulaceom 
Want-, of which there are faid to be five Kinds. 
1 ’ ’ Afckpjum Lobe Iij , Lobel his Efculapi- 
us /,, U-neal. Panax Afclepium Mattbioli . that 
o Matthiolus. 3. Panax Afclepium Column*. 
That of Columna. 4. Panax Afclepium Da/echam- 
pi). That of Delechampius. Panax Afclephm 
Angular* D ^ftnerarf That of Anguilara and 
Camerarius. Thefe differ not much one from ano- 
ther, being all Eerulaceom Plants, except that of 
Dale- 
