f 2 Salmon’ s Herbal Lib. I. 
XIII. The Juke. It has the Virtues oftheEf- 
fence, but not fo pleafant to be taken, becaufe it is 
not of fo fine and pure a body: it may be kept ei- 
ther in 2 liquid form or infpifiated, as is the Sp unify 
Juice of Liquorice. 
XIV. The Decottion. It has the Virtues of the 
Effence, but not fo powerful ; it is of good life in 
the Yellow Jaundice, and flopping Fluxes of the. 
Bowels or of the W omb. Dole iv. vj. or viij. ounces, 
fweetned with treble refined Sugar. 
XV. The Wine. It is made by Infufion of the 
Root, either frefh or dry, fo long or fo often, till 
the Tin&ure is as deep as Blood. It is a Specifick 
in the Hepatick Flux, and in flopping all other kinds 
of fluxes whatfoever. It is alfo a moft lingular 
Wound-drink, fcarcely inferior to. any other. It is 
good againitthe bitings of Mad Dogs, Serpents, and 
other Venomous Creatures : it ftrengthens a weak 
Back, and flops the Whites in Women, and helps 
to bring forth the Mealies and Small-Pox in Chil- 
dren. Dofe ij. iij. or iv. ounces. 
XVI. The Vinegar. It has the Virtues of the 
Wine, but is peculiaragainft Morphew, Scurff, Le- 
profie, and other Defilements of the Skin ^ and pre- 
vails againfl the bitings of Venomous Creatures, being 
inwardly taken, and outwardly apply ed : Dofe j. or 
ij. ounces in any fit Vehicle. 
XV IF The Spirituous Tintture \ This is made 
only of the red part of the Root ^ and has all the 
Virtues of the EfFence and Wine but is much more 
fit in cold Conflitutions, and where the Plague or 
any other infectious Difeale is feared. Dofe ij. 
drams, more or lefs in Wine. 
X V 1 II. The Saline Tintture. 1 1 is made from the 
whole Plant, and has all the Virtues of the Plant in 
it ^ but this is more peculiar in opening fpme Ob- 
ltruffions, chiefly of the Reins •, for it brings away 
Sand and Gravel, kills Worms, and is good againfl 
fits of the Mother. Dofe ij. or iij. drams. 
XIX. The Oil. 9 s Oil Olive j. pound , Oil of 
Spike vj. ounces , Oil of Juniper-berries ij. ounces , 
Alkanet Roots vj. ounces •, make an Oil by a gentle 
Digejhon , in a Sand-heat , till it is very red. It is 
an excellent thing for deep Punctures, Wounds made 
with pointed Weapons, and Pun&ures or Wounds 
of the Nerves. 
XX. The Cataplafm. Take of the red part of the 
Root iv. ounces: beat it f oft in a Stone Mortar ■, then 
add to it Oil of Mace by Expre/Jion iij. ounces , Mi- 
thridate ij. ounces , Oil of Spike half an ounce •, mix 
them. It is an excellent thing againfl deep Pun&ures, 
chiefly of the Nerves. A Cataplafm made of it with 
Whey or Cream, is good againfl Burnings. 
XXI. The Cerote. A Cerote being made of the 
pulp of the Root with a little Oil and Wax, Cures 
old Ulcers: and made with Barley Meal, it prevails 
againfl an Eryfipelas, Leprofy, Tettars and Ring- 
worms. 
XXII. The PeJJary. A Peffary being made of the 
Root, viz. Of its pulp, with Wax, Turpentine and 
Barley-flower, it is laid to bring away the Dead 
Child, and the After-birth. 
XXIII. Sanguis Veneris. It is thus made : Ifc 
Oil Olive Ifeij. Alkanet Root 3. or 4. ounces , Earlh- 
/ V inns cleanfed or purged, number 40. boil them well 
together , then ftrain out whilj l hot , and keep it dofe 
for l Jje. This was Invented by John Ardern , and 
is a moft lingular Vulnerary in deep Wounds and 
Punftures of the Nerves, made with Thrufts, Stabs 
or Pricking with any pointed Weapon, ©V. it eafes 
the Pain, and prevents Convulfions. 
CHAP. IX. 
Of Clowns ALL-HEAL. 
I. ' | ' H E Names. It lias no known Greek Name, 
X but is called in Latin, Panax Coloni , Panax 
Heracleum Alterum : and in Englifh, Clowns All- 
heal , and Clowns Wound-wort. 
IL The Kinds. It is accounted one of the kinds 
oF Sideritis, and is, with Parkinfon, the fifteenth 
called in Latin Sideritis Anglica Strumofa Radice , or 
Eng/ify , Iron-wort with a Tuberous Root. 
III. The Defcription. The Root is compofed of 
many long Strings , zmth fome tuberous long knobs com- 
monly growing among them , of a paje yellowify or 
whitify colour , from whence grows up four Jquare 
green, rough Stalks , half a yard or two foot high \ 
furrowed in , a little upon every fquare , the Joynts 
ft anding fomewhat far af under, with two vety long 
andfomewhat dark green Leaves , bluntly dented a- 
bout the edges., and Jharp pointed at the end: the 
Flowers ftand towards the top, compaj/tng the Stalks 
at the Joynts, as do thofe of Horehound, but end in 
fpiked tops, which Horehound does not, having long 
and much gaping hoods of a purplify red colour, with 
whitify fpots in them , funding in fomewhat rough 
Husks, wherein afterwards ftand blackify round Seeds. 
The whole Plant is of a ftrong Smell, not much unlike 
to ftmking Horehound. 
IV. Vie Places. It grows almoft every where in 
England, by feveral Brooks and Ditch fides, and 
Sometimes by the Path-ways, and borders of Fields,as 
m Middlefex near London, by the Path-fides, in Fields 
going to C belfea and Ken/mgton •, by Hackney, in the 
Ditch-fides of a Field called The Shoulder of Mut- 
ton Field-, and in Surry in St. George's Fields -, and 
in the Meadows by Lambeth, and near Standgate : 
in Kent by Southfleet ■, and on the back-fide, of the 
Church-yard of Nettlefeed, and in fome places 
near the foot of Shooters-hill : in Ejfex by the Ditch- 
fides, and on the Ditch-fides on the Left Hand of the 
Highway beyond Stratford Bow * as alfo in Cam- 
bndgfyire. 
