260 Salmon’ j- Herbal. Lib. I. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
1. A liquid. Juice. 2. An Effence. 3. A Decofti- 
on in Wine. 4. A Ponder. 5. A Cataplafm. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The liquid Juice. Taken inwardly to an 
ounce or more, mixed with a Glafs of .Red Port 
Wine, or in fome other proper Vehicle, it flops a- 
ny inward Bleeding : it cleanles old and filthy Ul- 
cers, and caufes them quickly to heal. Taken in 
Wine, or in Milk, it is (as Pliny fays) a foveraign 
Remedy againft Heat and Swellings in the Throat, 
and that which is vulgarly called the Quinfey : and 
he farther fays, Thar whofoever (hall take it (hall 
never be troubled with that Difeafe again. And for 
the fame Reafon Country People give it to their 
Swine, with this Obfervation, That whichfoever of 
them will not take it, will affuredly die. 
XII. The Effence. It has the Virtues of the li- 
quid Juice, but more powerful ; and over and above 
in the curing of old running Sores and Ulcers, it is 
of admirable Excellency. It flops and cures all 
Fluxes of the Bowels, tho’ of long ftanding, and 
reftores their Tone again to Admiration. It cures 
the Whites in Women, as alfo the overflowing of 
their Terms, is lingular againft rebellious Catarrhs, 
and diicuftes Ample ContuAons ; kills Worms in 
Children, and heals Ruptures. 
XIII. The Decoflion in Wine. It has the Virtues 
of the Juice and Effence, but in a lower degree, and 
may be given from 4 to 6 or 8 ounces, according to 
Age; 1 . In the Morning falling. 2. Half an hour 
before Dinner. 3. At Night going to Bed. Poffi- 
bly this may be heft for weak Stomachs. 
XIV. The Pouder. It drys, binds and aftringes, 
and therefore is profitable for Defluxions of Rheum 
from the Head upon the Lungs, as alfo to flop 
Fluxes of Blood wherefoever. Taken from 1 to 2 
drams in Red Port Wine, it prevails againft the 
Bloody-flux, and eafes the Tortions of the Bowels 
coming thereby : it rtops the overflowing of the 
Terms, and heals Wounds whether inward or out- 
ward, being made into an Elect wary with the liquid 
Juice, and fo ufed. This Pouder being either drunk 
or injected up the Inteftinum Rdhtm , mixed with 
Red Port, cures the Difeafe called Ti enafmus, which 
is an often Provocation of going to Stool and doing 
nothing. 
XV. The Cataplafm. It may be made either of 
the green Leaves bruifed with a Anal! quantity of 
Wine, or elfe of the Pouder of the Herb made into 
the Confluence of a Cataplafm with the liquid Juice. 
Being applied, it immediately ftops the Bleeding of 
Wounds, and in a ftiort time afterwards cures them : 
it alfo cleanfes, drys and heals all old and filthy 
Ulcers. 
CHAP. CLXXXI. 
Of CUDWEED Wicked. 
I.np H E 'Names . It is called in Greek. , Tta.$tL>Jw 
JL cZvorior, yvetife.\iov piK&Ttefv • in Latin, Gna- 
phalium impium , Gnaphalium minus : in Englijh , 
Wicked Cudweed, Wicked Herb , Cudweed the lejjer. 
II. The Kinds. Of thefe there are two forts, i . 
Gnaphalium minus , Herba impia , Gnaphalium F'uf- 
cbii , Matthioli , Lobelii , Lugdunenfis , Aliorumque, 
Yilago ( a foliorum inufitata fuperbia ) and Cartajila- 
go Anguilane, The lefler l'oit of the leffer Cud- 
weeds, Wicked Cudweed the lelfer. 2. Gnapbah- 
um majus generis minoris , Yilago major , Herba im- 
pia major , Gnaphalium impium major , The greater 
fort of the lefler Cudweed, Wicked Cudweed the 
greater. 
III. The Defcriptions. T be Jirfl of thefe has a fi- 
brous Root , from whence Jhoots up a low or fort 
Stalk , fet with Jhorter Leaves than the former , but 
fome what more white or hoary , and a little broader 5 
at the tops whereof Jfand a larger and more open 
Flower than in the two others , and of a paler yellow 
color •, from the fides of this Stalk /firing forth di- 
vers Jhoft Branches , fet with fuel? like , but f mailer 
Leaves than thofe which grow below, with fuch a like 
yellow Flower as the other -, which Branches , with 
their Flowers, do always rife higher than the middle 
Stalk, and the Flower upon it : fometimes alfo the 
Branches will have other fmall Branches fpring from 
them, bearing Leaves on them, and Flowers on the 
top of each ■, thefe alfo rifing above the Branches, 
with their Flowers in the J aid manner, that the fir ft 
Branches did unto the main Stalk : the Seed follows 
the Flowers in a downv Bed, and is carried away with 
the Wind, as the rejt are. 
IV. The fecond, or Larger Wicked Cudweed, has 
a large Root with fever al pretty thick Branches , and 
many Fibres fpringing from the fame ^ from which 
fometimes Springs up but one Stalk, and fometimes 
two , three or more principal Stalks, very much, in 
their Magnitude, way of Growing, Shape or Form of 
the Leaves and Flowers , like the former, but much 
larger ~, and for the mojl part thofe Flowers which 
appear fir ft, are the loweft and bafejt , and are al- 
ways overt opt by other Flowers which come on younger 
Branches, and grow higher, as Children feeking to 
overgrow or overtop their Barents, (as many wicked 
Children do -, ) for which Giufe it obtained the Name 
of Gnaphalium impium, and Herba impia, Wicked 
Cudweed, or Wicked Herb, and not for any evil or 
malignant Quality in the fame. 
V. The Places. They both grow in dry, barren, 
fandy, gravelly and defert places in many parts of 
England. 
VI. The 
