104 Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. I 
VIII. The Specification. It is famous for the refill 
ing and expelling Poyfon, as alfo to flop the Flux 
of Blood in Wounds, or any other bleeding, whe- 
ther inwards or outwards. 
IX. The Preparations . i . A liquid. Juice of the 
whole Plant. 2. A difiilled Water of the Roots and 
Leaves. 3. A Ponder of the Leaves . 4. A Pouder 
of the Root. 5. A Pouder of the Root compound. 
6. A DecoBion of the Root in Wine or Water. 7. A 
DecoBion compound oj the Root. 8. The Diet Drink 
made of the Roots , Leaves , and Seeds. 9. The Spi- 
rituous TinBure. 10. Ti)e Acid TinBure. 1 \. The 
Oily TinBure. 12. The Saline TinBure. 13. The 
lixed Salt. 14. The Ejfence. 
The Virtues. 
X. The liquid Juice. Taken inwardly 3, 4, or 6 
Spoonfuls at a time in a Glafs of Red Florence, or 
other Styptick Wine, it prefently Hops any internal 
Flux of Blood, refills the Poifon of Vipers, or any 
other Serpent, and the bitings of any other 
Beall whatfoever and is very powerful againfl 
the Plague, and all other Malign and Peltilential 
Fevers. 
XI. The Difiilled Water. It is a fingular remedy 
to walk any place bitten or Hung by any Poifonous 
Creatures, as Spiders, Toads, Serpents, Vipers, Rat- 
tlefnakes, or the like, and has the Virtues of the 
Juice, but not with equal power or force. It is good 
alfo to wafli Sores or Cankers which happen in the 
Nofe, or any other part •, more efpecially if the 
pouder of the Root be applied thereto afterwards. 
XII. The Pouder of the Leaves. Taken to a dram, 
it is good to kill Worms in Children : prevails 
againll a Diabetes , and helps fuch as cannot keep 
their Water, but are apt to pifs a Bed, and this 
more efpecially if given with Juice of Plantane. 
XIII. The Pouder of the Root. Being given to a 
dram, more or lefs, in Wine, or other fit Vehicle, 
it prevails againll the Malignity of the Purples, 
Meafles, and Small Pox, and expels the Poifon of 
the Plague or Pellilence, or of any other infetticus 
Difeale, driving it forth by Sweating. It Hops alfo 
all manner of inward Bleeding, as Dyfentery, Spit- 
ting, Vomiting, or pitting Blood, and is profitable 
againll Ruptures in Children, or Elder Perfons ^ it 
is good alfo for any Contufion, or Bruife cauled by 
Blows or Falls, diflblving the congealed Blood, dif- 
cufling the aggregated Humors,' and eafing the Pain. 
Given to one dram in the Difiilled Water, in which 
lome red hot Iron has been quenched, it is faid to 
help or cure a Gonorrhea, or Running of the Reins, 
Univerlals being firll premifed. And being llrewed 
upon any Cut, or Wound of a Vein , 0 V. where there 
is a great Flux of Blood, it prefently flops it. 
XIV. The Pouder of the Root compound. It is 
made of equal quantities of Bifiort Root , Root of 
Pellitory of Spain, and of Burnt Allum. This Pou- 
der being made into a Palle with a little Honey, and 
lome of it put into an hollow Tooth, or held be- 
tween the Teeth, if there is no hollownels in them, 
eafes their Pain, and Hops the defluxion |of Rheum 
upon the Part, cleanfes the Head and Brain, and 
caufes an evacuation of abundance of Rheumatick 
Matter. 
XV. The DecoBion of the Root. If it is made 
with Water, with the addition of fome Pomegra- 
nate Peels and Flowers, it makes a moll admirable 
Injeftion for the Womb, cleanfes it of any filth 
lodged there. Hops the overflowing of the Terms in 
Women, and cures a long continued Flux of the 
Whites, drys up Ulcers in that part, and flrengthens 
the Ligaments of the Womb, being relaxed, where- 
by the Womb Items to prefs or fall down. If the 
DecoUion is made with Wine, it Hops all man- 
ner of Inward Bleeding, as Spitting of Blood, 
Vomiting Blood, and all Fluxes of the Bowels, 
whether in' Man or Woman, is' available againll 
Ruptures in Old or Young, dilfolves congealed 
Blood, and difculfes Contufions to admiration. It 
is faid to cure the Jaundice, and being inwardly gi- 
ven, and outwardly applied, it is eminently good 
againll the biting of Vipers, or any other poifonous 
Serpent, and the bitings and Hinging of any Ve- 
nomous Creature whatfoever. Given to Women 
with Child, it prevents Abortion, or Mifcarriage, 
and helps fuch as cannot hold their Water 3 and 
ufed as a Gargarifm in the Mouth, it allays Inflam- 
mations, heals Ulcers, and fallens loofe Teeth. 
XVI. The DecoBion of the Root compound. 9 ? Bi- 
fiort Roots fix ounces : Angelica Roots , Zedoary , of 
each four ounces : Virginea Snake-root three ounces - 
Clove-bark an ounce and half : Winters Cinnamon 
one ounce : all being bruifed, infufe in Red Port 
Wine , or Canary , five quarts , for fix hours : Then 
giving it two or three boils, take it from the Lire, anti 
Jrain out the Wine from the Ingredients which let 
fettle : then decant the Clear from the Pieces, and 
fweeten it with Syrup of Lintons , or Syrup of Vine- 
gar. It is a noble Medicament againfl the Mealies, 
Small Pox, Purples, Calenture, Spotted Fever, and. 
even the Plague it felf, being given either preven- 
tionally, as two or three Spoonfuls of it Morning, 
Noon, and Night : or Curatively, in which four or 
fix ounces of it may be given to fweet upon, and to 
be repeated as needrequires.lt is an excellent thing 
againfl the biting of Mad Dogs, Vipers, Rattle- 
Snakes, or the bitings or Ringings of any other Ve- 
nomous Creatures. It alfo prevails againR any Ve- 
getable Poifon, which is taken inwardly, if timely 
given. 
XVII. The Diet Drink. It is made of the Roots, 
Leaves, and Seeds, boiled in half Wine, half Water. 
It is an excellent Traumatick, cures all curable In- 
ward Wounds, and Ulcers, and Fluxes of Blood, of 
what kind foever, and alfo being regularly drank, 
contributes very much to the cure of Wounds, and 
old Ulcers in the External parts. 
XVIII. The Spirituous TinBure. It defends the 
Heart againfl Poifon, whether Inward or Outward, 
whether a Vegetable or Animal Poifon, or the Ma- 
lignity of the Plague, or of any other infe&ious 
Difeafe. Dofe, one or two drams at a time, two or 
three times a day, in a glafs of Wine, or other Ve- 
hicle. 
XIX. The Acid TinBure. This is more peculiar 
againfl the Plague, and other Malign Fevers, and 
infeUious Diltempers than the former. It al- 
lays the Inflammation of the Jaws, Almonds of the 
Ears, and Throat, being often taken inwardly, and 
alfo ufed as a Gargle, by mixing it with the De- 
coftion in Water or Wine aforegoing. It alfo heals 
Cankers and Sores of the Mouth and Thjoat, if of- 
ten walh’d therewith •, and being fwallowed, cuts 
tough Flegm, and clears the Throat. 
XX. The Oily TinBure. It is good againfl Pun- 
Uures, and Wounds of the Nerves, eafes their Pain 
and cures them, being bathed thereon, and applied 
thereto : and reprefles the Flux of Humors attend- 
ing them. 
XXI. The Saline TinBure. Outwardly ufed, it 
penetrates, and contributes to the curing of Rup- 
tures. Old Ulcers being wafhed therewith, it clean- 
fes them, and dilpofes them to healing : and Phleg- 
mons or Inflammations being bathed therewith, it 
abates the heat. Inwardly given, it cleanfes the 
Reins, Ureters and Bladder, after the ule of. it, 
for fome time ^ if there be any Ulcers in thofe parts, 
they are cured by giving Inwardly the Deccflion in 
Wine, 
