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Salmon V Herbal. Lib. I. 
iijb green /piked heeds , fet thick with 
ach of ivhich when it flowers ( beginning 
end Jo rifling higher) j hews to be four whit ifh 
’^eave. r, having many /mail whit e long threads 
mid ft •, after which come in their places 'cor- 
nered Seed like the other. The whole plant has 
not much fncll , but in its Tafte , is much like the 
Jirjl 
\ II. The Places. The fir ft grows wild in feveral 
Counties of our Land , in dry fandy places , but is 
ufually kept in Gardens. The fecond , Bauhin faith 
is found in Spain , and I have found it in fome Mea- 
dows in Norfolk , not far from Lyn 'Regis. The 
third is found in feveral Counties of England , 
the Meadows in Norfolk , Suffolk , Cambridge-fhire , 
Huntingdonflhire , and Northampton-fhire 5 as alfo 
near London , by Pancras Church, in two or three 
Fields nigh Brobys-Barn. , and in the middle of a 
Field by Paddington : I have alfo found it in fome 
Fields between London and Newington , as alfo go- 
ing towards the Boarded River. The lafll is found 
in the trench Settlements in Canada , and in the 
North parts of Virginia, where it is Natural : from 
whence it has been tranfplanted to us, and is .nou- 
rished up in Gardens. 
VIII. The Times. They all flower in June , and 
beginning of July *, and their Seed is ripe in Au- 
guft- 
IX. The Vitalities. They are generally hot and 
dry ^ the firft of them in the Second Degree j the 
other three in the Firft Degree : They are Incarna- 
tive, Allringent, Styptick, Repercuflive, and Trau- 
matick, or Vulnerary : Cephalick, Neurotick, Sto- 
ma tick, Cardiack, and Alterative : Alexipharmick, 
'and Analeptick. 
X. TJoe Specification. Burnet is a peculiar Plant 
for flopping all forts of Fluxes of Blood •, whence 
came the names Sanguforba , and Sanguinaria. 
XI. The Preparations. You may prepare there- 
from, 1. A liquid Juice, 2. A Tec off ion. 3. A 
Syrup. 4. A Wine. 5. A Vinegar. 6. A Spit 
tuous Tinffure. 7. An Acid Tinffure. 8. A Pon- 
der. 9. An Oil. 10. An Ointment, n. A Bal- 
fim. 12. A Spirit. 13. TJ)e Seed. 
The Virtues. 
XII. TJ)e liquid Juice. Taking it inwardly from 
three to five ounces, either alone or mixed with 
Red Wine, it flops all manner of Inward bleedings 
whatfoever, whether fpitting or vomiting Blood, 
pilling Blood, or Bloody-flux : It alfo ftrengthens 
the Stomach and Heart : and is Angular good for 
all forts of Wounds, whether inward or outward. 
XIII. The Deco ff ion. It has the Virtues of the 
liquid Juice, but is much weaker, yet very good 
to reprefs Vapors in Women. Dofe fix ounces 
Morning and Evening. 
XIV. The Syrup. It is excellent againft fpitting 
of Blood, and heals Bloody-fluxes of the Bowels •, 
and it is fo much the more effectual with Steeled 
Water or Wine : If it is made of the Juice, it is 
good for healing all forts of Wounds of Head and 
Body, inward or outward, for all old Ulcers, Ul- 
cerated Cancers, and Running Sores, which are hard 
to be cured. Dofe two or three ounces at a time. 
XV. The Wine. It chears the Heart, revives the 
Spirits and is good againft Melancholly, drooping 
of the Mind, and fainting of the Heart. 
XVI. The Vinegar. It is a fpecial thing to pre- 
ferve from, and cure the Plague or Peftilence, the 
Spotted Fever, or any other malign acute Difeafe 
of that kind ; for It in a fpecial manner defends 
the Heart from Poifonous and Noifom Vapors, and 
all contagious Difeafes, being given mixed with 
the Juice in equal quantities, and the Patient laid 
to Sweat thereupon. Dofe three ounces. 
XVII. The Spirituous Tincture. It comforts and 
warms the Stomach and Bowels, ftrengthens Nature, 
and takes away the weaknefs of the Stomach and 
Inteftines, thereby Hopping Fluxes of the Belly 
of all kinds : It ftrengthens the Heart and Liver, 
and other principal Parts, and therefore is good 
againft Faintings and Swoonings. Dofe one fpoon- 
ful at a time in a Glafs of Wine. 
XVIIL The Acid Tinffure. This has all the Vir- 
tues of the Vinegar aforegoing, but is much more 
powerful than it, to all the purpofes and intentions 
there fpecified : befides this is an extraordinary Sto- 
matick, and therefore powerful in flopping Vomit- 
ings, and alfo fpitting of Blood, being given in a 
Glafs of Canary, or Red Port Wine. Dole thirty or 
forty drops, to fifty or fixty, two or three times a 
day. 
XIX. ThePouder. Ufed outwardly to old Ulcers, 
moift and running Sores, it drys them up wonder- 
fully, and prepares them for healing, it may be 
made of the whole Plant. 
XX. The Oil. It is ufed to abate Inflammations, 
eafe Pains, ftrengthen weak Parts, cure Burnings 
and Scaldings, and to draw malignity out of Wounds 
made by the bitings of Venomous Beafts. 
XXL The Ointment. It has the Virtues of the 
Oil, but penetrates not fo much, yet is more effe- 
£lual for the cure of Wounds, Ulcers, and other 
Running and Malignant Sores. 
XXII. The Balflam. If it is made of the Juice, or 
green Herb, it is one of the beft Vulneraries in the 
World : it digefts, cleanfes, drys, ftrengthens and 
heals all green Wounds, old Ulcers, running Sores, 
and other ill natured Difeafes of that kind. It is 
certainly a moft excellent Wound Balfam. If it is 
mixed with Pouder of Scammony, it takes away rot- 
ten Flefh, and deftroys Putridity or Rottennefs. 
XXIII. The Spirit. It flops inward Bleedings, 
comforts the Heart and Bowels, and is an excellent 
thing againft Fluxes of the Belly of all kinds, more 
efpecially the Bloody-flux, and the overflowing of 
the Terms in Women : and this it does the more 
powerfully, if a little Catechu be diffolved in it. It 
prevails alfo againft the Contagion of the Plague. 
Dofe from one dram to half an ounce. 
XXIV. The Seed made into a Pouder. This, fays 
Parkinfon , is no lefs efteUual, both to flop Fluxes, 
and to dry up moift or running Sores, being given 
inwardly ( to one dram ) in Heeled Water or Wine, 
that is, if W ater in which hot Gadds of Steel have 
been quenched •, or if Wine, in which old Nails 
have been infilled for two or three Months before- 
hand : The pouder of the Seed may alfo be mixed 
with Ointments or Injefilions. 
XXV. The American Burnet has all the fame Pre- 
parations with our Enghfh , and the lame Virtues, 
Ufes, and Doles. 
CHAP. CII. 
B U T TE R-W O R T. 
I. /_ T n H E Names. It feems not to be known to 
X the Greeks , and therefore we have no uni- 
verfally received Greek name for ir, only Gefner 
thought it to be Dodecatheon Plinij : Lugdunenfis 
thinks it may be Crieu Apu/ei , and calls it Cuculla- 
ta : but it is called in Latin , Pinguicula by Gefner , 
and from him all others call it fo : others Lingula 
Pit nr. 
