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Salmons 'Herbal . 
Lib. I. 
llkcis. Applied ro Parts airlifted with the Gout, 
it quickly eafes the Pain, and in feme meifure at- 
trafts forth the Iharp Humors and morbid Matter 
thro 1 the Pores of the Skin. 
XVI. The di filled Water. It is a good Vehicle 
to cpnvev any of the other Preparations in : it is 
Diuretick( opening the Obltruftions of the Urinary 
Parts. 
XVII. The Spirituous Tinflure of the Root. It is 
Alexiphurmick, good againft Pov Ion, Plagm; and all 
forts of peftilential and malign Lillies iJKgRuas 
and comlorts the Bowels, reilores the 'Tone, e>fth€ 
inward Parts ^ and is Angularly good againft Fluxes 
of the Bowels of all iorts, and forcvS 'awa ,r the 
Birth of a Woman in Travil. Dofe from V o drams 
to four in any proper or fpecifick Vehicle. It pow- 
erfully expels Wind, correfts (harp and acrid Hu- 
mors in rhe Stomach and Guts, and gives prefent 
eaie in the Cholik. 
XVIII. The AcidTinUure . It is a high Stoma- 
tick, warms, comfits and ftrengthens it, caufes 
Appetite and a good Digeition ^ diifolves crude and 
tartarous Humors, and makes them fit for Expulfi- 
oii ^ cleanfes the Urinary Parts, and promotes 
the breaking or diffolving rhe Stone in the Reins or 
Bladder. It ilrikes at the Root of thofe Humors 
which are the Caufe of the King's-evil, and of Tu- 
mors or Swellings in the Throat or other glandu- 
Ious Parts, cutting and diffolving them, preventing 
their Encreafe or Generation, and making thofe 
which are prefent to be fit for Excretion. Dofe fo 
many drops as to make the Vehicle pleafantly 
(harp. 
XIX. The Oily Tinllure. It is good againft 
Cramps, Convulfions, Numbnefs, Pally, 0V. being 
bathed well in twice a day upon the Parts affefted. 
Given inwardly to twenty or thirty drops in the di- 
ftilled Water aforefaid, or in fome other appropri- 
ate Vehicle, it is an admirable thing againlt all man- 
ner of Obilruftions of the Reins, Ureters and Blad- 
der, expels Honey and tartarous Concretions, and 
carries off the morbifick Caufe of the Yellow Jaun- 
dice by Urine. It alfo prevails againft Lethargies, 
Vertigo, Apoplexy, Convulfions, Epilepfy, Paraly- 
fis, ar.d all other cold and moift Difeafes of the 
Head, Brain and Nerves •, and provokes the Terms 
in Women. 
XX. The Saline TinUure. It is dedicated to Di- 
feafes of the Reins, Bladder and Ureters-, prevails 
againft rhe Strangury, and diffolves the Matter 
breeding rhe Stone. Outwardly, it is good againft 
Scurff, Morphew, Scabs, Itch, Tettars, Ringworms, 
and other Defoliations of the Cuticula, being bath- 
ed therewith twice a dry. 
XXI. The Spirit. It is a lingular Cordial, chears 
the Heart, revives the Spirits, ftrengthens the Sto- 
mach, and fortifies the whole univerfal Frame. It 
is good againfminting and fwooningFits,Sicknefs at 
Heart, Wind, and the Cholick Tortions of the Bow- 
els, occafIone#thro J either Flatulency or Iharp and 
acrid Humors. Dofe from two drams to four, ei- 
ther alone or mixt with a little Glafs of Canary, as 
oft as occafion requires. 
XXII. The fixed Salt. It is a ftrong Diuretick, 
opens all the Urinary Paffages, and expels large 
quantities of watry Humors in the Dropfy by Urine, 
and the morbifick Caufe of all Fevers. Dofe from 
twelve grains to a fcruple or half a dram, in thedi- 
ltilled Water -above-mentioned , or in White Wine. 
CHAP. CCXXXII. 
Of DROfWORT Narrow-lcav’d. 
I- / UP H E Karnes. Authors aferibe the Greek Name 
-L ’O imvQn to this Plant, tho 1 it is not the true 
Oe numbe Diofcoridis : and therefore it is called in 
Latin , Oenantbe recepta hertpiriorum , or Filipendu- 
la anguf folia : in Englijh / Kti/tt^w-leav'd Drop- 
icon. ^ 
II. The Kinds. It is the fecotld gineral Species 
of Dropicorts and is threefold ffcnsJ i . (fe /bin the 
Apii foliis major ^ F/lipcndulp folio Jlpti we for A The 
common or ordinary great Parftyjcav’d Drojftort. 
2. Oenantbe vcl Filipendutfl Apii foliis fnnonmua^ 
rum fpecierum , Two fmalTer fopts of Partly or Smal- 
lage leav’d Drop worts. 3 . Oenantbe anguf folia 
Lobelii , LobelV Narrow-leav’cjDropvvoff. 
X 
/larron/O^cwcd- 
III. The Defcriptions. The fir [l, or Great Parfly- 
leav’d Dropwort, has for Roots many round , white, 
and fome what long Afphodil like Clogs , joined toge- 
ther at the tops , making one Head of a Root , and 
ending inf mall Libre s : from this Root rife many 
green winged Leaves , made of many parts , cut into 
the Form almofi of Parfly or Smallage Leaves , but 
much final let\ even as final l as Garden Crels Leaves 
and^ from among them l'pring forth two or three 
ftiff, round Stalks, a foot and half high, and fome- 
times two feet high, bel’et with fuch like Leaves as 
grow below, but as they grow higher on the Stalk, 
grow much fmaller, leffer and narrower, to the per- 
teft looling of the Form of thofe below. At the 
tops of the Stalks grow Umbles of white Flowers, 
which being pafs’d away, there follows Fennel like 
Seed, but fmaller, and of a dark whitilh color. 
IV. The fecond , or Small Smallage-leav’d Drop- 
wort, which is twofold. The Roots of thefe two kinds 
are much alike, but only differing in Great nefs , each 
