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Salmon’./' Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
divided into fever al Branches, having on them thick, 
finooth , and broad deep green Leaves, fome what like 
to thofe of fur fane, but of a deeper green color, 
and fet upon the Stalks by couples. The flowers 
grow upon fmall, long , tender Foot folks, which thru ft 
themfe Ives forth from the Bofom of the Leaves , of a 
perjetl blew color , and not much unlike to the Leaves 
of the Flowers of the Land Pimpernel, ccnftfting oj 
five fmall round pointed Leaves apiece, which being 
gone, in a fort time after comes a fort of fmall Seed. 
IV. Tie Greater Brooklime ^ this differs nothing 
from the former , but in having larger and rounder 
Leaves, and a paler bler'o colored Flower. 
V. The Greater long leav’d Brooklime 4 this dif- 
fers little, or almofi nothing from the former, but 
in the leaf, which is longer pointed, and dented about 
the edges -, and in the blowers, ichicb are of a pale 
whitifh blew color. 
VI. The LeTer long leav’d Brooklime, this has a 
Root confifiing of a fmall bufh of White Fibres, bin 
not running far, from whence Jpring many fmooth. 
pale, green Leaves, fmall at the bottoms, but broa 
and round at the ends, long and not dented, whicl 
lying upon the ground, are almofi like thofe of the 
Common Field D aify : the Stalk is round, about a 
Foot, more or lefs, high, with divers fmaller Leaves 
thereon, fet one by one up to the Top, from whence 
come forth many branched Spikes of white Flowers, 
confjhng of one Leaf divided into five parts, grow- 
ing at firfi as it were in an umble, but afterwards 
more J'pike fafhion’d. 
VII. The Places. They grow by River fides, fmall 
running Brooks, Handing Waters, and Ditch fides 
The laft of them grows in the Marfbes of Dartfor 
in Kent, alfo between Sandwich and San down -Cafile, 
and in the Ditches on this fide Sandwich. 
VIII. The Times. They all flower in June and 
July, and yield their Seed in Augufl. 
IX. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in the 
fecond Degree, Digeftive, Difcufiive, Attractive and 
Diuretick y Stomatick, Hepatick, Nephritick, Hy- 
fterick, Alterative, Spermatogenetick. 
X. T he .Specification. It is peculiar againft the 
Scurvey, to cleanfe the Blood, and open Obftrutti- 
ons of the Womb. 
XI. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from, I. A Difiilled Water. 2. A Spirit. 2 A 
liquid Juice. 4. An E fence. 5. A Spirituous Tin- 
Shire. 6 . An Acid Tintlure. 7. A Saline Tin- 
tfure. 8. An Oily Tintlure. 9. A Fixed Salt. 
10. A Catqplafm. 
The Virtues. 
XII. The Difiilled Water from the whole Plant. 
It is good againft Stone and Gravel in the Reins, 
Ureters, and Bladder, opens ObftruUions of the 
Urinary Pafiages, and is ufed as a Vehicle, to con- 
vey the other Preparations of the Herb in. Dofe 
five or fix ounces twice or thrice a day. 
XIII. The Spirit. It is made as Spirit of Scur- 
vy-grafs. It is good for a weak Stomach, reftifies 
Crudities, and removes Naufeoufnefs and Vomiting, 
and other Diftempers of that Bowel, and therefore 
is a very effeUual thing againft the Scurvy, which 
the Greeks call the Stomach Difeafe, as having its 
Root and Foundation there. Dofe thirty or forty 
drops in Wine, or fome other proper Vehicle, Morn- 
ing and Evening chiefly •, but it may be given at 
other times of the Day upon any occafion of Sto- 
mach ficknefs. It is an excellent thing in cold Con- 
ftitutions •, but fuch as are of a hot habit of Body 
are to forbear it. 
XIV. The liquid Juice. It is faidtobe effectual 
to break the Stone in Reins and Bladder (if made 
of a gritty friable fubftance ) and to expell it, for 
it opens all the Urinary paffages, and powerfully 
provokes Urine, giving eafe in the Strangury, Di- 
fury, and other like affeftions of thofe parts. Dofe 
from two fpoonfuls to fix, Morning and Evening, 
in a Glafs of Ale, Beer, Mead, or Wine. 
XV. The Ejfence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Liquid Juice, befides which it is profitable againft 
Ulcers of the Bladder, to provoke the Terms in Wo- 
men, and expell the Dead Child. It is a fingular 
thing againft the Dropfie Sarcites, if its impregna- 
ted with the Fixed Salt of the Plant, and be daily 
given in all the Liquor the Patient drinks. It puri- 
nes^ or cleanfes the Blood from all ill humors, and 
perfeUlv eradicates the Scurvy in a cold habit of 
Body, Univerfals being alfo premifed. It is belt 
taken in the Spring time, and Fall of the LeaL, be- 
caufe then tht Blood and Humors are thin and tfuxile, 
and more apt to pafs a depuration. Dofe from one 
ounce to three ounces Morning and Evening. 
XVI. The Spirituous Tintlure. It has the Vir- 
tues of the Spirit aforementioned, at Se£L XIII. a- 
*-oregoing, but much more powerful ^ and may be 
given from twenty drops to forty in any proper 
Stomatick Vehicle, or Wine. 
XVII. The Acid Tintlure. It is a potent Anti- 
fcorbutick, and may fafely be given as well in a hot 
as a cold Conftitution. It powerfully opens Ob- 
Itruflions, provokes Urine, and the Courfes, breaks 
and diffolves the Stone, expells Tartarous Matter 
out ol the Body, helps in Rheumatifms and the 
Gout, and gives eafe in wandring pains running 
over the whole Body. Dole fo many drops at a 
time, as may make a Glafs of Ale, Beer, Mead, or 
Wine gratefully lharp, fo as if the Juice of an O- 
ange was fqueezed into it. 
XVIII. T be Saline TinSure. This, tho’ given 
inwardly, powerfully provokes Urine, and opens 
Obftrufdions, yet it is moftly ufed in outward ap- 
plications, as to difeufs Swellings in the Legs in 
the Dropfie, by fomenting them therewith ; to eafe 
pains of the Gout, and to prevent an incipient Gan- 
greene. It clears the skin of Scurf, Morphew, and 
litch other like defilements, if often walked there- 
with. 
XIX. The Oily Tintlure. It is good againft the 
Palfie, and Convulfions of the Nerves, being often 
anointed upon the Parts aftefted. It eales all forts 
of Pains in any Part, proceeding from a cold Caufe ; 
and being applied to moitt Wounds, it defends them 
from Accidents. Being Well anointed upon any 
Tumor or Part inclining to a Mortification, it pre- 
vents it, and conduces much to the Cure. 
XX. The fixed Salt. It is Deobftruffive and 
Diuretick, bringing away much Water in Hydro- 
pick Perfons, and carrying off much of the Morbi- 
fick caufe of the Scurvy, by Urine, being given in 
White Port, or Rhemjk Wine , or fome other proper 
Vehicle, three, four, or five times a day. Dofe from 
fifteen grains to half a dram. 
XXL The Cataplafm. It is made of the Leaves 
or Herb, boiled, and beaten in a Stone or Wooden 
Mortar. Applied to Swollen Legs, or any other 
part Tumified with the Dropfie, it is faid to difeufs 
or abate the Tumor. It' it is made into a Cata- 
plalm, with the addition of Hogs Lard , the Pulp of 
Alarjh-mallow Roots , and the ponders of fenugreek 
feed and Linfeed , and be applied warm, it takes 
away any Swelling in Arms or Legs ; and is alfo 
powerful in defending Wounds, fo as to prevent their 
Apottumating, and to prevent any other ill accident 
which may happen to them, farriers fometimes 
ufe it alfo in curing Horfes, to remove Tumors, and 
heal their Scabs, with other like Difeafes incident to 
them. 
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