i bo Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. I. 
X. J i'r F reparations. You may have therefrom, 
i. A Juice. 2. An Effence. 3. A Dijiilled Wa- 
ter. 4. An Oil. 5. A Cataplafm. 6 . A Compound 
Oil. 
The Virtues. 
XL The Juice. It is very Cooling and Emollient, 
without any binding property. Galen and others 
fay, that it has the Virtues of Fellitory of the Wall ^ 
but that I doubt ^ however it is commonly found 
to be as effectual as Fur fain to all the purpofes 
wheieunto that ferves, except for Meat or Salleting 
only. Applied with Cloths or Spunges dipped 
therein, to the Region of the Liver, and as they dry, 
to have irelh applied, does wonderfully attemperate 
the heat of the Liver. The fame alfo is effectual 
tor all hot Apoftems and Tumors wherefoever, and 
is profitable againft Ignis facer , or Anthonies Fire , 
and the like ^ as alfo for all rednefs of the Face, 
Wheals, Pulhes, Itch, Scabs, either fimply ufed, or 
made into an Ointment with Lard. It is good for 
all heat and rednefs of the Eyes, being dropt into 
them * alio put into the Ears warm, it eafes their 
pain proceed/ng from a hot caufe. The Piles bath- 
ed, or fomented therewith, it abates their pain, and 
takes away their heat and fharpnefs, and eafes all 
other pains of the Body proceeding from heat and 
fharpnefs of Humors. It is good againft hot and 
virulent Sores and Ulcers in the Privy Parts, Legs' 
or elfewhere, they being often waffled therewith. 
XII. The Effence. It cools Inflammations of the 
Lungs, without any binding property, and takes 
away the heat of the Stomach and Liver, breaking 
out into the Lips, caufes Appetite, being loft thro’ 
too much heat, is prevalent againft HeUick Fevers, 
as alio the heat and pain in the Back, and the fharp- 
nefs and fcalding of Urine. Dofe from one to two 
or three ounces Morning and Night. 
XIII. The Dijlilled Water. It has the Virtues of 
the Juice, but much lefs effe&ual ; and may be ufed 
as a Vehicle to take the Effence in. 
XIV. The Oil. Made by boiling the Herb in Oil 
Olive, till it is crilp, and repeating it three or four 
times with frefii Herbs, it heals fore Legs, Ulcers, 
Wheals, Pulhes, Scabs, and the like : and being an- 
ointed upon Ihrunk up Sinews, it extends them, 
eafes their pains, and makes them pliable again. 
XV . The Cataplafm. of Chickweed Jour hand- 
fuls: Mar fh-ma! lows , two handfuls ■, mix and boil 
them to a Fultife . , with fenugreek Seed , Linfeed , 
ana, two ounces , bruifed. This applied to Tumors, 
or Apoftems, ripens and breaks them, aflwages the 
Swelling, and eafes the Pain. 
XVI. The Compound Oil. Take green Chickweed , 
frejh Red Rofe Leaves , of each two handfuls : Oil of 
Trotters , two pounds : boil till they are crifp , and 
Jlrain out : repeat this boiling with f ref C/)ickweed , 
and Red Rof e Leaves , twice more : Jlrain out , and 
keep it f or ufe. Being anointed warm, and well 
rubbed in upon Sinews which are ftrained, it is a 
molt excellent thing : Let it be ufed Morning and 
Evening, and in a little time the Patient will be 
cured. 
XVII. The Virtues of the Alfine Baccifera. Some 
Authors fay, that it is no lefs fatal to be eaten than 
the Jleepy Aightjhade : but others fay, of the Cacu- 
b ulum Fhni / otherwile : and that if the Leaves 
thereof be beaten with fome Vinegar, and applied to 
the place ftung with Scorpions or Serpents, it helps 
them : And that the Juice thereof taken, with twice 
as much honied Wine, it eafes the pains of the 
Back and Loins ^ alfo the Head-ach ( from a hot 
caufe ) if it is applied with Rofe Water to the 
Forehead and Temples : and that being bound to 
Wens or Kernels, or they bathed Often with its Juice 
it diffoives them. 
CHAP. CXXVIII. 
O/CHICKWEED, Water. 
I.' | 'HE Names. It is called in Greek, "Arma 
J- ‘iniJ'est ■' In 'Latin, Alfine A/quatica : And in 
Engl iff, Water Chickweed. 
II. T he Kinds. It is fivefold, I. Alfme aquatica 
major , The greater Water Chickweed. 2. Alfme 
aquatica minor , The leffer Water Chickweed. 3 . Al- 
fine aquatica minima , O ferpillifolia Bauhini , The 
fmalleft Water Chickweed. 4. ‘Arm* Al- 
fine marina , Sea Chickweed : Label calls it, Hip- 
pia major ; and Cxfalpinus, Centuncttlus. 5. Alfine 
re 3 a , fore Cetruleo , Upright blew Chickweed. 
There is another which fome account a Sea Chick- 
weed, viz. Alfme Pa/ttftris minor folio oblongo 
which others more properly call, Portulaca marina 
Sea Purfiain, and under that Title you will find 
it. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firfl of theje has a 
creeping Root, footing out with divers Fibres very 
long, and of the thicknefs of a Wheat Straw not 
much unlike to the Roots of Quitch-grafs, ’from 
whence rife up divers upright Stalks, flenier, and 
jointed from the bottom to the top. Jet with pretty 
large Sharp pointed Leaves, /landing by pairs at cer- 
tain diftances, fomewhat like thofe of Pellitory of 
the Wall. At the tops of the Stalks grow fmall 
white Flowers, like to the other Chickweeds, or like 
;» Stitchwortjtar leffer, having many fmall and point- 
ed Leaves in each Flower after which come fmall 
whit iff yellow Seed. 
IV. Thefecond of theft has a bunchy fibrous Root 
from whence jcvcral weak and tender Stalks rife 
up, jointed like the former , and with Leaves at- the 
Joints, as in the other , not much unlike in fhape 
and 
