Salmon’ j- Herbal. Lib. I. 
alfo found in Hungary : about thirty Years fince as 
I was a walking, 1 found it in fome Wafte and Bar- 
ren Grounds about Low-Layton near London : This 
is fuppofed to be Clufuts his Chamtgenfia Fannoni- 
ca Jemima. 
VI. The Times. They Flower fometimes earlier, 
fomerimes later in the Summer Months, as in June 
and July , to the end of Augufi , and the Seed ripens 
in the mean feafon 
VII. The Qualities. They are both hot and dry 
in the lecond Degree, and faid to be of one and the 
fame, and equal Virtues : They are Aperitive, Ab- 
fterfive, Diuretick, and Traumatick or Vulnerary: 
Hepatick, Splenetick, Hyfterick, Nephritick, Arthri 
tick, and Alterative : but the Seed fome fay is Ca 
thartick. 
VIII. The Specification. It is of peculiar ufe a- 
gainft the Dropfie, Jaundice, Gout, and Kings-Evil, 
as alfo Diftempers of the Reins and Bladder. 
IX. The F reparations. You may make from thefe 
Plants : l. A Di Hilled Water. 2. A Decottion in 
Wine. 3. A Liquid Juice. 4. An Inf p fiat e Juice. 
5 - An EJJence. 6. An Oil difiilled. 7. A Spiri- 
tuous Tintture. 8. An Acid Tintture. 9. An Oily 
Tintture. 10. A Saline Tintture . 11. A Syrup. 
12. A Fixed Salt of the AJhes. 13. A Fouder oj 
the Leaves and Seeds. 14. A Conferve of the Flow- 
ers. 15. An Oil. 16. An Ointment. 17. A Bal- 
fam. 18. Genificemel. 19. A Cataplafu. 20. A 
Fickle of the Buds. 
The Virtues. 
X. The difiilled Water. Whether it is made of 
the Flowers, or of the green Branches, or both, it Is 
faid to be good againlt Surfeits •, and taken with 
equal quantities of the lefler Centory Water, and 
the Patient laid down to Sweat upon it, it is laid 
.to alter the Fits of Agues. It is a good Vehicle for 
fome of the following Preparations. 
XI. The Decottion in Wine. It is good againft 
the Dropfie, Jaundice and Gout, and to cleanfe the 
Reins, Ureters, and Bladder, of Sand, Gravel, and 
other Tartarous matter. 
XII. The liquid Juice , made of the young Bran- 
ches , and flowery Heads. It purges downwards 
Phlegmatick and Watry Humors, and therefore is 
good for fuch as have the Dropfie, more efpecially 
if it is ufed with White Port, or Rhenijh Wine : 
but pofiibly in fome other cafes it may be better 
ufed with Water. It is profitable againft the Gout 
anu Sciatica, and other pains of the Joints and 
Limbs. It eafes pains in the Sides, and is good a- 
gainft Tumors of the Spleen. It cleanfes the Reins, 
Ureters, and Bladder, of Stones, Sand, and Gravel’ 
or any Tartarous Matter Obftru&ing them, bring- 
ing forth the offending Matter by Urine, which it 
admirably provokes. Dofe three, four or fix oun 
ces in Wine, twice or thrice a day, as you fee need 
requires. 
XIII. Tf)e Inf p flat e Juice. The Virtues are the 
fame with the former. Dofe from j. to iij. diams : 
diffolve it in Wine over a gentle heat, and fo drink 
it. 
XIV. The EJJence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Liquid Juice, before enumerated : It opens Obftru- 
ttions of the Liver and Spleen, is good againft Pains 
and Stitches in the Sides, difficulty of Breathing, 
and fhortnefs of Breath ; and as it cleanfes the Reins 
and Urinary pafiages of Gravel and Stones, it is 
faid fo perfectly to remove the Caule, as to hinder 
their ever breeding again. Moreover, it prevails 
againft the Kings-Evil, and powerfully llrikesat the 
Root of the Caufe. It opens Obftrudions of the 
Womb, and provokes the Terms in Women, where 
they are ftopt. Dofe five, fix or eight fpoonfuls, in 
White Port or Rhenijh Wine. 
XV. The difiilled Oil. It is made from the Seed 
and Roots dried, as Oil of Saffafras, and other like 
things is made. Its ufe is External to Anoint with, 
to take away Spots, Freckles, Pimples, and othW 
deformities of the skin. 
XVI. The Spirituous Tintture. It is a peculiar 
thing againft the Scurvy, and to ftrengthen the Sto- 
mach and Bowels, whilft the Dropfie is in curing 
Dofe two drams. 
XVII. The Acid Tintture. If it is often and lone 
taken, it deftroys the Scurvy, Dropfie, and Kings- 
hvil ill their Roots, and deftroys the preternatural 
heat in all Burning, Malign, and Peftilential f evers 
It opens Obftruftions ct all the Vifcera,mi in a word 
performs all that the Liquid Juice or Effence can do - 
and with this advantage, that this may be taken 
where there is an extreme weaknefs of the Stomach 
when thofe things cannot, It helps ihortnefs of 
Breath and difficulty of Breathing, ftrengthens a 
weak Stomach, and caufes a good Appetite in inch 
as loath their Food, or cannot endure to iee it in 
their fight. Dofe from a quarter to almolt half a 
lpoontul, in Ale, Beer, or Wine, three, four or rive 
ones a day. 
xym.xv Oily Tintture. It is good againft ex- 
ternal Evils, and deformities of the Skin as Spots 
freckles, Lentils, Pimples, Wheals, Scurf Mor^ 
phew, and fuch other like Dileafes -, eales Pams 
and Aches from a cold caufe, in what part of the 
Body foever : and being taken inwardly from ten 
drops to twenty, or more, in any Diuretick Vehicle 
it gives prelent eafe to Pains of the Back, though 
never fo extream, provokes Urine, takes away tne 
heat and fcalding thereof, and expells Sand, Gravel 
and Tartarous Matter. 
XIX. The Saline Tintture. It is good in hot Tu- 
mors, and all hoc Eruptions, and deformities of the 
Skm, proceeding from hear, or where they happen 
m hot Conftitutions. Inwardly given, it power- 
fully provokes Urine, and therefore may be of good 
ufe in the Dropfie Sarcites , to drain the water out 
of the whole Body. It kills fmall Worms in the 
Skin, which breed in an extravagant manner in 
fome People, chiefly in the Forehead, Nofe and 
Chin. 
XX. The Syrup. If it is made of the Juice it 
has the Virtues of the Juice, and Effence, but not 
full out fo powerful ; however ir is better for Chil- 
dren, Ladies, and fuch as are Queafie Stomached : 
It purges gently, and carries ofi the Recrements of 
Humors. Dofe two ounces to four in a Glafs of 
Port Wine : It is a lingular thing againft the Drop- 
lie, Jaundice and King's-Evil. 
?94 The f ixed Suit. It is made of the Afhes by 
Elixiviation in Water, being drank daily in Ale 
Beer, or Wine, it is faid alone to cure the Dropfy’ 
and to be a Specifick for the fame. Dofe from a 
fcruple to half a dram, in every good draught of 
Ale, BeCr or Wine. And fo taken in White or Rhe- 
nijh Wine, it is not only a Specifick againft the 
Dropfie, but as Authors fay, it cures the Green- 
ficknefs alfo : however it is not to be ufed in too 
great a quantity, left it fhould by its vehement ape- 
ritive and ablterfive Qualities, fret or hurt the 
Bowels, but it may be given in the Liquid Juice or 
Effence, whereby it exalts their Virtues, and makes 
them the more powerful to all the intentions they 
are propofed for. 
XXII. The Ponder of the Leaves and Seed. Ta- 
ken to a dram, or dram and half, in Beer or Wine 
it purges downwards Cold, Flegmatick, and Watery 
Humors, expells the Water in Dropfies, helps the 
Gout and Sciatica ; and by a conftant ufe thereof in 
Wine, 
