1 2 6 Salmon s 
parts afflicted, and makes them able to refill a flux 
of' Humors falling upon them. 
XIV. The Catap/afn. Being applied it has ( fays 
Mot thiol us ) an adllringent and repelling power : 
and therefore mull neceflarily reperculs Humors, 
abate Inflammations, eafe Pain, and ftrengthen the 
part, elpecially in the Gout, Sciatica, and other 
like DifaffeUions : Applied upon Warjfs, it cures 
them. 
CHAP. XCII. 
BUGLE. 
I. np HE Kernes. This is a Plant unknown to 
JL the Greeks as far as I can find * and there- 
fore has no Greek name : It is called in Latin Bu- 
gulti , and Bug.it tuni, Confqhda media , and Solidago 
minor : Matthiolus calls it Laurentina , and Her bo 
Laurentina : And in Englifh , Bugle, middle Con- 
found , and by forne Sickle wort. 
II. The Kinds. Authors make fix kinds of this 
Plant, but all that grow with us, are referred unto 
two, i. Bug la vulgaris , Bug l a fore Caruleo , Com- 
mon Bugle, or Bugle with a Blew Flower •, this 
Tragus calls, Trunclla c dirule a prim a , vel major : 
but moll Writers call it, Confoltda media pratenfis 
cxrulca. 2. Bugula flore albo , Bugle with a White 
Flower. 
III. The Defcription. The firlt of thefe has a 
flringy Root, fpreading under the Earth round a- 
bout, like unto Money-wort , or Penny-royal , from 
whence rifes up a hairy fjuare Stalk , about a foot or 
foot and half high. It has Leaves long fat, and oleous, 
ILrthofcof Prunella or Self-heal, but larger, and 
a Tittle longer ; fome green on the upper fide , others 
more browmfh , a little dented about the edges , and 
fomewhat hairy. The Stalk is alfo fet with fitch like 
LeaveSy ■which Jhnd thereon by Couples, from the 
Herbal. Lib. I. 
middle almoft whereof upwards , ftand the flower s 
together in roundles , compaJJing the Stalk , of a fair 
blew color , with Leaves alfo , but f mailer ana brown- 
er than thofe on the Stalk below : thefe Leaves and 
Flowers are fet at difiances , leaving between every 
roundle bare or void /paces. Among the Flowers are 
alfo fmall ones , or thofe of Self-heal, of a blewifh , 
and fometimes of an Aff) -color, fajhioned like the 
Flowers of Ale-hoof or Ground-Ivy : which being 
paft, there fuccceds fmall , round , blackifh Seed. 
IV. Bugula flore albo, Bugle with a white flower 
differs not in its form or magnitude , either in its 
Roots , Stalks, Leaves , Flowers or Seeds, from the 
former , excepting in the color of the Stafks and 
Leaves, that thefe are always green, and never brown 
cif the former • and in the color of the Flowers , that 
they are always White. 
V. The Places. They grow in Woods and wet 
Copfcs and Fields, generally throughout England - y 
but the latter is not fo common to be met withal : 
Gerard fays, that he found the firft of thefe Plants 
in a moift ground upon Black Heath near London , 
and near a Village called Charlton , but the Leaves 
were green, and not brown. 
VI. The Times. They flower from May until 
July, perfecting their Seed in the mean feafon : But 
the Root and the Leaves next unto it, lying as it 
were upon the Ground, remain all the Winter until 
the next Spring. 
VII. The flight jes. They are Temperate as to 
heat or cold, and dry in the firft Degree : A ftr in- 
gent, Abllerfive, Incarnative, Traumatick or Vulne- 
rary Neurotick, Stomatick,' Hepatick, and Altera- 
tive. 
VIII. The Specification. They are peculiar for the 
Cure of Wounds and Ulcers. 
IX. The Preparations. You may make therefrom, 
I. A liquid Juice. 2. A n E (fence. 3. A Decottion. 
4. A Syrup. 5. A Diflilled Water. 6 . A Spiritu- 
ous Tintture. 7. An Acid Tintture. 8. An Oily 
Tintture. 9. A Saline Tintture. 10. A Lotion . 
II. An Ointment. 12. A Balfam. 13. A Cata- 
plafm. 14. A Fixed Salt. 
The Virtues. 
X. The Liquid Juice. It is excellent for fuch as 
are Livergrown, or troubled with the Rickets : It 
ftrengthens the whole Body, and being drunk in- 
wardly to two, three, or four ounces at a time, it 
contributes to the healing of old Ulcers, running 
Sores, and Fiflula’s, and to the uniting of broken 
Bones, and Corroborating any Member out of 
Joint. 
XL The Ejfence. It Dries and Aftringes mode- 
rately, and is of good ufe for fuch as have got a fall,, 
and are inwardly bruifed, for that it diflolves the 
congealed Blood, and difperfes it. It has all the 
Virtues ofthe Liquid Juice, and is very effe&ual to 
ftrengthen the inward parts, and to caufe to heal all 
manner of running Sores, foetid Ulcers, and Fiftu- 
la’s, whether they be old or new. Dofe five or 
fix fpoonfuls in aGlafs of Red Port Wine. 
XII. The Decottion in Wine. It has the Virtues 
of the Juice and Eflence, but not full out fo power- 
ful : it is good to cleanfe old running Sores and 
Ulcers, by wafhing them therewith. 
XIII. The Syrup. Whether it is made of the 
Herb, or of its Juice, it is an excellent thing again# 
Coughs, Colds, Hoarfnefs, Wheezings, fhortnefs of 
Breath, difficulty of breathing, Sorenefs of the Breft 
and Stomach, and other Diltempers of thole parts : 
it lfops Ipitting of Blood, and cures Ulcers of the 
Lungs. 
XIV. The Diflilled Water. It is a good Vehicle 
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