io 6 Salmon’ j* Herbal. Lib. I 
Deco ft ion. a. The Spirituous Tinfture. 5. The 
Acid Tinfture. 6 . The Saline Tinfture. 7. The 
Cataplafn. 
The Virtues. 
X. Tf?e Liquid Juice. Being given to two or three 
ounces, ic purges well, and powerfully opens Ob- 
ftruftions of the Liver and Spleen, and helps fuch 
as are Allhmatick, or are troubled with difficulty of 
breathing, being taken every Morning falling for 
lbrae time. 
XI. The Ejfence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice aforegoing, befides which it is a powerful 
Medicament againlt a Phthifick, and for the Cure 
of the Yel!- >w and Black Jaundice, as alfo the Drop- 
fie : It brings away the After-birth, and effe&ually 
cle nfes V' omen newly brought to Bed : you may 
give it from two ounces to four in a glafs of White 
Port Wine every Morning falling : It is alfo good 
for Inward bruifes caufed by any fall or blow, dif- 
folving the congealed Blood in what part of 
the Body lo ever. It purges well, and not chur- 
lifhly. 
XII. The Decofticn. You may make it thus : 
Jk Of the young tender twigs or woody fubfance , 
and of the Leaves , lb j. bruife them well , and put 
them into a Glafs Vefica , or Bolt-head ', affufe there- 
on White Port Wine lb iij fs. cover it with a blind 
head , and inf ufe in a Sand heat for twelve hours 
and then make the heat Jo great as it may boil gently 
which done , decant , and frain out for uje. It has the 
V irtues of the Effence, is a Specifick for cure of the 
Jaundice and Droplie, according to Tragus and Do- 
donaus, is good againlt the Vertigo and Megrim, 
and other Head Difeafes, cleanfes Women in Child- 
bed, and reprelfes Hylterick Vapors. Dofe four 
ounces every Morning : it purges the Body very 
gently. 
XIII. The Spirituous Tinfture. It purges not, but 
very much Itrengthens the Vifcera , chietiy the Liver 
and Spleen, and reprelfes Vapors afcending from the 
Stomach, and other parts, to the Head and Brain, 
caufing Vertigo’s, Megrims, and other Diftempers 
of that Ventricle. Dofe two drams, or more, every 
Morning falling, and Evening at Bed time in a Glafs 
of generous Wine. 
XIV. The Acid Tinfture. Let it be made with 
Spirit of Wine acuated with Spirit of Salt. It 
powerfully provokes Urine, cleanfes the Reins, Ure- 
ters, and Bladder, and cures the Droplie to a mira- 
cle ^ but it ought to be taken a confiderable time, 
and always in the Decoflion of the lame Plant, or 
in a Decoclion of Centory, Gentian, and Roman 
Wormwood. Dofe from half an ounce to an ounce, 
more or lets, fo as to give a pleafant Acidity, Morn- 
ing and Evening : and it is to be put into all the 
Ale, Beer, or Wine the Patient drinks. 
XV ; The Saline Tinfture. Bathed with, it takes 
away Scurf Morphew, and fait, and lharp break- 
ings out of the Skin : inwardly taken to one dram, 
it provokes Urine, and cleanfes the Urinary palfa- 
ges of Slimy, Vilcous, or Tartarous Matter, which 
is commonly the matter that breeds the Stone and 
Strangury. 
XVI. The Cataplafn. It is to be made of the brui- 
fed Berries, and Rolin in fine Pouder. This applied 
to Felons, which commonly come on the Fingers 
ends, cures them in a very Ihort tiiqe. 
CHAP. LXXVIII. 
BLEW- BOTTLE. 
f ; I s H E Karnes. It is called in Greek, Kt 
-L a for is Cyaneo , vel Cceruleo colore : In Latin , 
Cyanus : and in Englifh , Blew-bottle , or Corn- 
flower. 
II. Lite Kinds. It is twofold : 1. Single-flowred ' 
of vyhich in this Chapter. 2. Double flowred, of 
which in the next. The fingle flowred is alfo 
I. Cyanus magnus, vel Cyanus major vulgaris, Cya- 
nus hortenfs , The greater Common Blew-bottle , oj 
Garden blew-bottle. This fome call Cyanus monta - 
nus j Hennolaus takes it to be the Leucoium Diof- 
condis ; Cdtfalpinus to be a kind of Struthium Theo- 
phrajh : babius Columna , thinks it to be Papaver 
Heracleum Theophrajh • and Lobe l queftions whe- 
ther it be not a Species of Chondrilla. 2. Cyanus 
minor vulgaris , Cyanus fegetum , The leffer Common 
Blew, or Held blew-bottle It is called by fome flos 
brumenti. Corn-flower : battifecula ( as Ray has it ) 
and BaptiJ'ecula, or blaptifecula, from its turning 
the Edges of Sickles in cutting down Corn -, Secula, 
i. e. Falx, afecundo difta, being taken for a Sickle 
in Ancient times. 
III. The Defcription. Tl)e Greater or Garden 
Blew-bottle has a Root which creeps under ground, 
fpreading it felf divers ways,fo that its heads with 
green Leaves will abide all the Winter , ( which in 
the other forts do not fo, but perijh wholly afterSeed 
time, rifing again of their own Sowing before Win- 
ter J and grows Tearly into new (hoots and Springs 
by which it very much increafes : from this Root ri- 
f es up a creflea or rather winged Stalk, of a whitijh 
green color, about two or three Feet high , on which 
are fet divers Leaves, Something long and broad 
without any divifon , or dent ing in about the edges ; 
green on th/Tupper jide, and gr ay ifh underneath , each 
of 
