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Salmons “Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
grow black when they are ripe , and contain within 
them , Two , Three , or Four, flat and fomewhat round- 
ijh long Beans, tob/V/’ /v reddifh , which latter 
when ripe grozv many times black with all. 
IV. The Baftard Bean, Differs little or nothing 
in the Form and Shape of the Plant , or in the man- 
ner of its growing , //w« /fo former , /fotf h frl- 
dom grows full out fo large cu the True Garden one 
doth , //<?/■ are the Beans themfelves altogether fo 
large : but that which is the principal note of diftinfii- 
on , between this and the True Kind , is their want 
oj that fwcetnefs, pleafantnefs , and excellent T afte 
which the Right Garden fort has: and therefore byrea- 
jon of the fmall difference which is between them in 
ref pell to their Form and growing , they are generally 
Sold in the Market the one jor the other : tho at 
the fame time the Gardener can diftinguijh between 
them. 
V. The Places. Thefe are both Sown in Gardens 
with us, but the latter are for the moft part Sown 
abroad in large Fields, and Sold in Markets for the 
former. 
VI. The Times. They Rower in April and May, 
and that gradually, fo that they are long in Flower- 
ing : and the Beans themfelves are Ripe in July and 
Auguft. 
V II. The Qualities. They are Temperate as to 
heat or cold, and moilt in the firft Degree ^ Nephri- 
tick, Lithontriptick, Spermatogenetick, Suppura- 
tive, and Alterative. 
VIII. The Specif cation. They are peculiar againft 
Gravel in Reins or Bladder, rellore in Confumpions, 
tor they nourifh much, and being much Eaten cure a 
Diarrhea. 
IX. The Preparations. The Shops keep, i. A 
Water from the Flowers or the whole Plant. 2. A 
Aleal or Flower from the Beans. But you may make 
therefrom alfo , 5. A Decofiion of the Beans in 
Water or Wine. 4. An Effence of the Leaves and 
Cods. ?. A Cataplafm of the Beans. 6 . A Volatile 
Salt , Spirit and Oil from the Beans. 7. Tfo AJhes 
of the Cods and Stalks. 8. A ftrong Broth. 
The Virtues. 
X. The Diftilled Water from the Flowers , or whole 
Plant when in Flower. They are chiefly ufed as 
Cofmeticks, to foften, whiten, cool, and beautify 
the Skin, it being often wafhed therewith, and ful- 
lered to dry on : but before it is applyed, the Face 
and Hands ought to be made purely clean with warm 
Water in which Wheat Bran or Bean Aleal has been 
boiled : fome Ladies have affirmed to me, that by a 
continued and long ufing this Waffi,or Water Diltil- 
led from the Flowers, they have had Lentils, Frec- 
kles, and other Deformities of the Skin perfe&ly 
removed. This I believe, that if it is acuated with 
fome fmall quantity of the Volatile Salt, and then 
ufed, it may do much in that Kind. 
XL The Aleal or Flower. Being ufed with warm 
Water to waffi the Face and Skin with, it cleanfes 
it admirably, and is faid to take away Deformities 
thereof as Scurff, Spots, Wrinkles, Tanning, Sun- 
burning, and the like. 
XII. The Decofiion in Wine or Water. It is very 
good againft the Stone and Gravel whether in the 
Reins or Bladder, and provokes Urine ^ fo alfo a De- 
co&ion of the Green Cods, or a Water Diftilled 
from the fame. 
X III. The Effence from the Leaves and green Cods. It 
is Diuretick and Lithontriptick, removing the Matter 
caufing the Strangury, whether it be Gravel, Sand, 
Slime, or other Glutinous Matter. Mixed with Honey 
and taken, it prevails againft Coughs, Colds, Rheums, 
Catarrhs, and other Diftempers of the Lungs. 
XIV. The Cataplafm of Bean Flower or Meal. If 
it is made with Vinegar and Oil , and applied to Wo- 
mens Breafts, fwelled with abundance of Milk, fo 
that they can fcarcely hold, it will not only reprefs 
the Milk, but alfo difeufs the Tumor or Swelling 
occafioned by Curdling thereof If -the Cataplajm 
be made with Fenugreek and Honey, and applied to 
Felons , Biles, Bruifes, Apoftems, as alfo Kernels 
about the Ears, and Kings-Evil Swellings, it helps 
them all. If the Cataplafm is made with Wine and 
applied to Watering Eyes, or Eyes having a Contu- 
fion by blows, it gives eale and does them good. If 
made with Whites of Eggs , Rofe Leaves and Frankin- 
c enfe , and applied, it helps Eyes which Swell or 
grow out. lj it is made with White Wine, and with 
* inegar and Of and applied to the Cods, it takes 
away their Pain and Swelling, lj it is made with 
l Pine only , and a little 0 / 7 , and Eaten, it is good 
againft lmpotency, and ftirs up Luft in fuch as can- 
not ufe the A£t of Generation, by reafon of the cold- 
nefs, fluggifhnefs, and weaknefsof their Members. If 
Fried in Oil with Gar lick to the thicknefs of a Haft y 
Pudding , and Eaten as daily Food, it helps inveterate 
Coughs, almoft paft cure, and the hoarlenefs of the 
Voice : and being for fome time Eaten, it breaks 
Apoftems of the Breaft and Lungs. 
XV. The AJhes from the Cods and Stalks , Being 
Infufed in Ale or Wine, and the Liquor Drunk, they 
are very Diuretick, and open all Obituftioris of the 
Reins and Bladder, and therefore are very good a- 
gainlt Sand, Gravel, Stone, Dropfy, Jaundice and 
Gout. The AJhes made into a Cataplajm with Hogs 
Lard , and applied, are good againit old Pains, Con- 
tufions. Wounds of the Nerves, Defluxions upon the 
Joynts, the Sciatica, and Gout, whether in Elands, 
Arms, Knees or Feet. 
XVI. The Volatil Salt , Spirit and Oil of the 
Beans. Beans and Peafe yield a vaft Quantity of 
Volatil Salt , and in much larger Proportion than any 
other Vegetable Produ&ion. It is thus made. 
Beans lb x. whole and dry , put them into a 
large Earthen Retort , or into a large Glafs one well 
Luted j fo large as that about a third part may re- 
main Empty : put it into a clofe Furnace of Reverbera- 
tion , luting to it a large Receiver or great Glafs Ball: 
flop the Regifters of the Cover of the Furnace , and 
make a fmall Fire in the Cinder or AJhes place, at firft , 
only to warm the Retort , and heat the Alatter within , 
which keep fo for an Hour -, then kindle a Fire in 
the Grate Place, gentle at firft jor an Hour more 
after which increaje it gradually Jrom Hour to Hour, 
but not to an Exccfs : in the mean feafon, the Aque- 
ous parts will come over in large quantity , then give 
a little Air to the Regifter of the Cover op the Furnace 
on the Receivers fide, continually encreafing the Fire , 
till you fee the Receiver to be filled with white Clouds, 
which will by degrees condenfe into Liquor ', the Ole- 
aginoits and Salt parts finking to the bottom of the 
Veffel -, keep now an equal Fire, for about two Hours, 
giving a little Air to the Regifter, after which open 
it for altogether, giving a more violent heat, and at 
length a flaming hire, which continue till the Vapors 
ceafe, and the Receiver is clear : let then the Fire 
go out, and the Veffels cool. In the Receiver you will 
have much Flegm mixt with Oil, and Spirit, and 
Volatile Salt, fo penetrating that you will not be able 
to hold your Nofe and Eyes over the Mouths of the 
Veffels. Put all thefe Subftances immediately into a 
a Bolt Head with a long Keck, covered, with its Head 
well Luted, and fitted with a Beak and Receiver : 
place it in a Sand heat, in a cool Airy place, fo may 
you fee the Volatile Salt afeend by lilt te and l it tie, and 
coagulate it felf in the Head (which you mi ft often 
cool by double Cloths dipt in cold Water, to hinder 
the Diffolutionof the Salt): This Salt with what J'peed 
may 
