1 50 Salmon s ‘herbal. Lib. I. 
is olackijh on the oat Jide , and. zoivtijb within , very 
tough and hard to break , whilft it is freff and green , 
rftfi ax hard and tough as a horn when it is dried , 
l hr lifting it Jeff down very deep into the ground , 
and [pleading it J'elf likewife far about , mry ////A’ 
piece, though cut off from the Stock , being apt to 
grow again , if it be left in the ground, trout this 
Root it rifes up, with divers tough woody twigs, two 
or three beet high, fet at the Joints without order, 
with little round iff Leaves, fometimes more than 
two or three at a place , oj a dark green color, with- 
out thorns while they are young, but afterwards ar- 
med, or fur niffed with them in fever a l places, the 
! thorns being jhort but J harp . The blowers come 
forth at the top of the Twigs and Branches, whereof 
'it is full, in faff ion much like to Peafe or Broom - 
bloffoms, but lefjer , flatter, and fomewhat clofer, of a 
faint purpliff color. They being paft away, there 
fucceed fmall Pods or Cods, containing within them 
final l, flat, and round Seed. 
IV. The fecond Kelt Harrow differs not from the 
former in the Root, Stalks, Branches, Thorns , nor in 
the J, caves, five that thefe are of a little freffer 
green color but the chief difference u in the blow- 
ers, which are very white in fotne places more than 
in others -, in all other things they are alike. 
V. The third, which is the Letter yellow prickly 
Rett Harrow with us ( for the greater grows not in 
England ) has Thorns or Prickles thereon as the 
others : But the Plant is lower, and J mailer, not ri- 
fling little above half a foot high, not differing in any 
other great matter from the l aft. 
VI. The fourth, which is) be Purpltth Reft Har- 
row without Prickles, has no other difference in it 
from the firtt or Common Cammock, but in this , 
that it has no Thorns or Prickles upon the Sprigs or 
Branches , no not in the Autumn, or declining part 
of the Lear, when the other will be full of them. Oj 
this fort there is one alfo which beareth white blow- 
ers, which makes all the difference. 
VII. The fifth and la ft has a Root which is long, 
tough, rough, and blue kff, fpr ending much about: 
from this Root fpring forth fevcral woody Twigs, 
very flexible and tough, branching forth on all fldes, 
covered with a browniff red Bark, Jet pretty thick 
with Leaves, which are for the mo ft part three 
ffanding together upon a long b'ootftalk , not much 
unlike to 'Trefoil, but fomewhat fmall, long, and nar- 
row, with notches at the ends, much oveijpread with 
a ftrong Scented clamminejs, which will flick fo faff 
to the Hands of thofe which touch them, ejpeciahy 
in the heat of the Lear, and in hot Countries, that it 
is difficult to get off again. At Tops of the Branches 
or Twigs, ffand many Beafe-blojfom-like blowers, oj 
a fair yellow color, which being paft away, there 
comes forth fmall and long Cods, with a crooked pant 
at the end of each, in which is contained fmall flat- 
tiff Seed : of this there is a lefferfort -, alfo another 
with a more reddiff blower. 
VIII. The Places. The firtt, fecond, and fourth 
grow in many places of England, both in Arable 
Land, and Watte Grounds. The third, Lobel faith 
he found growing both about London and Briftol -, 
but Par km [on lays, he never found it growing na- 
turally. The fifth and lait I found in feveral places 
of blonda, as in the Southern Provinces of Carolina. 
It alio grows about Narbone and A lonpeliere in 
Prance-, as alfo in -Spain and Portugal. 
IX. The Times. They all Flower about die be- 
ginning or middle of July, and the Seed is ripe in 
AugufE 
X. The Qualities. Galen fays, that the Root of 
Roll Harrow is hot in the third Degree ; it is alfo 
drying, but feems not to exceed the lecond Degree : 
It is Abfterfive, Aperitive, Aftringent, Diuretick, 
1 'raumatick, or V uinerary * Nepnritick, /trdintick, 
and Alterative. 
IX. The Specification. It is peculiar to deftroy 
Vifcofity or Tartar in the Reins and Urinary parts, 
to open their Obftruftions, and to cleanfb them. 
Xll. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, 1. A Decotfion in Wine from the Bark of the 
Root. 2. A Decottwn in Vinegar from the fame. 
3 - A Pouder of the Jaid Bark. 4. A Dillil/ed Wa- 
ter of the Roots. 5. A Spirituous Tintfure. 6 . An 
Acid Tintfure. 7. An Oily Tintfure. 8. A Saline 
Unit ure. The Bark of the Root is that in this 
Plant, which is chiefly ufed. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. The Decotfion in Wine. Take Reft Harrow 
Roots thin fliced, four pounds : choice 'Canary a 
gallon : mix and put it into a Stone Pot, which let 
be dole ftopt, and let that Pot be put into a gentle 
boiling Baineo for twenty four hours •, fo will you 
have a noble and pleafant Medicine to open Obfcru- 
dions both of Liver and Spleen, as alfo of the Uri- 
nary parts, provoke Urine, and to break and drive 
forth the^ Stone, as alfo Gravel and Sand out of the 
Reins, Ureters and Bladder : and alfo cures the 
Hemorrhoids or Piles. 
XIV. The Decotfion in Vinegar. Being gargled 
in the Mouth, it eafes the Tooth-ach, more eipe- 
cially when it proceeds from Rheum * it alfo heals 
Cankers in Childrens Mouths, and other Running 
Sores, and Ulcers in the Gums, Mouth, and Throat* 
if they be three or four times a day gargled, and 
wafht therewith. 
XV. The Pouder of the Bark of the Root. Par- 
kinfon fays, it is good to provoke Urine when it is 
ftopt, and to break and drive forth the Stone effe- 
dually, being taken to one or two drams in gene- 
rous Wine. Alatthiolus fays, that he knew divers 
freed from thofe Difeafes, that ufed the laid Pou- 
der in Wine for many Days together. The faid 
Pouder is alfo good to help the Hernia Carnofa, or 
Hefhy Rupture, which Flefhy Carnofity it con- 
fumes by little and little, taking it conftantly for 
fome Months together : and this it has done when 
the Phyficians and Chirurgions had given them over 
as delperate, or no other ways to be cured, but by 
Cutting, &c. being ftrewed upon the hard, callous 
brims or edges of Ulcers-, or if the faid Pouder be 
mixed with Honey, or with any proper Balfam, 
and applied, it confumes the hardnefs, and caufes 
the Ulcer to heal. 
XVI. The D iff i lied Water of the Roots. To eve- 
ry pound of the Roots fliced, put a quart of Cana- 
ry : digeft forty eight hours warm, then draw off 
the Water to drynefs in a gentle Baineo. It is good 
tor all the purpofes aforeiuid, and to cleanfe the 
paffages of the Urine, not fullering any Tartarous, 
Vifcous or Clammy matter to gather together in 
thofe parts, fo as to harden, or become a Stone. 
XVII. The Spirit uous'Tintf ure. It is a very good 
Stomatick, and admirably ttrengthens the Bowels, 
flopping Vomiting, and all lores of fluxes thereof, 
as Diarhara’s, Dylemeria’s, Lienteria’s, and the He- 
patick f lux : and although it purges, and dear.les 
the Urinary parts of any Preternatural Matter lodg- 
ed in them, yet it flops and cures pilling of Blood, 
and fpeedily heals any Wound or Ulcer in thofe 
parts. 
XV III. The Acid Tintfure. ft is more Stomatick 
than the former, and an excellent Styptick ^ it Hops 
fpitting of Blood, and heals Ulcers of the Lungs, 
if given in a proper Vehicle * and by its Aperitive. 
Abiterfive, and Incifive power, it breaks to pieces! 
