200 Salmon s Herbal. Lib, I. 
U. ' The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the end 
of the llcond Degree $ Aperitive, Cleanfing, Nar- 
co tick, and Hvfterick. 
VII. The Specification. It is peculiar againft Scabs 
and running Sores. 
VIII. The Preparations. You may prepare there- 
from, I. A Dc coition of the Herb in Red Port Wine. 
2. A liquid Juice. 3. A Decoction of the Mowers 
in Red Port Wine. 4. A Ponder of the Mowers. 
5. A Decot? ion of the Seed in Wine. 6. A Poudcr 
of the Seed. 7. A Peffary of the Seed. 8. A Bal- 
fam. 
The Virtues. 
IX. The Decoition of the Herb in Red Port Wine. 
Being taken inwardly two or three ounces at a time, 
it is good to (top the Terms in Women, as alfo the 
Whites, and to Itop any inward Bleeding ; it is 
good alfo to open Obftruftions of the Reins, Ure- 
ters and Bladder, and ro provoke Urine, and ex- 
pel Stones, Gravel, Sand, and other Tartarous 
Matter. 
X. The Liquid Juice. It has the fame Virtues, 
but is feldom given inwardly : but outwardly ap- 
plied, it Hops all forts of External Bleedings of 
Wounds cleanfes and heals Scabs and running 
Sores, Ulcers, Cankers, Fiftula’s, Cfc. bv correcting 
the putrefaction, and drying up the moift Humors 
which offend them. 
XI. The Deco?? ion of the flowers in Red Port 
Wine. It is good againft all the Difeafes againft 
which the Deception of the Herb is good •, but is 
withal a more pleafant and delicate Medicine, and 
more powerful to ftop the Terms in Women, and 
may be given three, four, or five ounces at a time, 
Morning and Evening. It is a peculiar opener of 
ObftruCtions in the Reins and Bladder : Ufed as a 
Gargle in the Mouth, it cleanfes, drys up, and heals 
Cankers, running Sores, and Ulcers in the Throat, 
Mouth, and Gums, flops the Putridity, cleanfes and 
heals them. It is good againft Poifon, flinging of 
Scorpions, and the bitings of Serpents, or other 
Venomous Beafts. 
XII. The Poudcr of the Mowers. It may be given 
to a dram in Red Port Wine, againft alL forts of 
Fluxes, ( and Bloody-fluxes in fpecial ) of the Bel- 
ly, Reins, and Womb : outwardly applied to Sores 
and old Ulcers, it cleanfes, drys and heals them. In- 
wardly given, it is good againft the Plague, Malign 
and Peftilential Difeafes, and the bitings of Ser- 
pents, or other Venomous Creatures. Outwardly 
applied to, or ftrewed upon Ulcerated Kibes, it ef- 
fectually cleanfes them, drys up the humidities, and 
heals them, tho* the Ulcer has penetrated to the 
Bone. 
XIII. The Deco?? ion of the Seed in Wine. It helps 
fuch as are flung by Scorpions, being inwardly ta- 
ken to two or three ounces ^ and the place outward- 
ly bathed therewith. It has alfo an efpecial pro- 
perty to cure the Itch,, as alfo Scabbinefs, and run- 
ning Sores •, and to correCl the putrid Humors flow- 
ing to any Wound, Ulcer, or Fiftula. 
XIV. The Ponder oj the Seed. Being given from 
a dram to two drams, according to the age of the 
Perfon, and llrength of the Conftitution, it has been 
found to purge the Belly of Cholerick Humors, to 
expel Poifon, and relift the malign force of the 
Plague : Ir is alfo of very good ule in all forts of 
running Sores, old Ulcers, inveterate Cankers, pu- 
trid and malign Fiftula’s, and the like • for it re- 
lilts the putridity, cleanfes and dries up the Moi- 
ftuie, and heals beyond all imagination. Ottavius 
Herat i an us gives the Seed parched, and beaten to 
pouder. to be drunk againft the Yellow Jaundice. 
XV. The Peffary. Made of the Seed with Honey. 
Being put up the Womb, it provokes the Terms, 
as Hippocrates teftifies in his Book of Womens Dif - 
eafes. 
XVI. The Bafam. It is made of the Juice or 
green Leaves and Flowers , by boiling in Oil Olive 
to crifpnefs , framing out , and repeating the boiling 
three times , then mixing with every pound of that 
Oily Decoition , twelve ounces of Venice Turpentine , 
and fix ounces of Wax , boiling to a thicknefs. It 
heals Wounds, Ulcers, old running Sores, Fiftula’s, 
by digefting, cleanfing, incarnating, drying, Cfc. 
CHAP. CXLI. 
Of COCKS-HEAD, 
I. T 1 H E Names. It is called in Greek, ( by the 
X Ancient Herbarifts) ’Orbg§v%{ and is thought 
to be the Onobrychis of Diof cor ides -, in Latin , Ono- 
brychis , and Caput Gallinaceum : In Englifh , Cocks- 
head, Me dick Fetch , and Red Fetch ling. 
II. The Kinds* Authors make many varieties 
hereof ^ Parkinfon makes nine Kinds ; but whereas 
they are not all Natives of our Countrey, we fhall 
only deferibe thofe which are natural to the place, 
and to be had with us, which are chiefly three, 
viz. 1. Onobrychis vulgaris , Caput Gallinaceum • 
Onobrychis Dodonxi, Clufij, 1 halij -, Glaux five Ono- 
brychis GeJ'neri in hortis ■ Caput Gallinaceum Bcl- 
gar um Lobeli • the lelfer fort of which is called by 
Battbinus, in Prodromo , Caput Gallinaceum minus -, 
Cocks-head, the Common Kind, alfo Medick Fetch- 
ling ■, and by the French , Saint Foin : But this is not . 
the Saint Foin fo much talked of for the Improve- 
ment of Land, that we have dilcourfed of before 
in Chap. 135:. where we have (hewed the excellent 
ufes thereof in Agriculture. 2. Onobrychis f picat a 
