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Salmon ’ s Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
in Belly, Stomach or Maw. Gargled in the Month, 
and the Root chewed alfo, it eafes the Tooth-ach 
from a cold Caufe, and fattens loofe Teeth, and 
helps to keep them from PuiWfaEHon. 
XIII. The Fonder of the Root. It warms and 
comforts a cold Stomach, rectifies the Indifpofition 
of the Bowels, expels Wind, and gives eafe in the 
Colick : it is good for fuch as fpit or pifs Blood, 
and prevails againft the Bloody-flux, and other 
Fluxes and Weaknefs of the Bowels proceeding from 
a cold and moift Caufe ^ and has indeed all the Vir* 
tues of the Juice, Effence and Syrup aforegoing. 
Dole from two lcruples to a dram and half in Wine 
or lome proper Vehicle, Morning and Night. 
XIV. The EleSuary. It may be made limply 
with the Pouder of the Root, but it is commonly 
compounded thus: ty. fine Flower of Elecampane Je 
ven ounces , Nutmegs in pouder five ounce j, Flowers 
of Sulphur three ounces , Crocus Martis aperitive 
two ounces , Oil of Anifeeds one ounce , clarified ho- 
ney fifty four ounces : mix and make an Eletfuary. 
Dofe as much as a Chefi-nut , or fomething more, 
walking it down with a Glals of prompt Wine, and 
this to be done Morning and Evening by all fuch as 
have any Obltruff ion of the Lungs, or Ulcer of the 
fame, or fpit or pifs Blood, or have a Bloody-flux •, it is 
of lingular Ule for all fuch Perfons who have a Ca- 
chexia or Leucophlegmatia, and for Virgins who 
have the Green-licknefs, and want their monthly 
Purgations. It ftrengthens the Tone of the Vifcera 
fo admirably, that fuch Perfons who, by reafon of 
vehement ObflruUions, long Sicknefs, or Debilities 
of Age, or fome other Accident, have not been able 
to- go crofs a Room, or up Stairs, have, by the ta- 
king hereof, in four or five days time, been able to 
go three or four Miles, and that fo ftoutly as to do 
it without complaining of any Weaknefs or Weari- 
nefs. It opens Obftru&ions of the Thorax, eafes 
Coughs, and flops the molt profufe Catarrhs, tho’ 
inveterate. 
XV. The Ointment. It is good againft Convulli- 
ons, (Tramps, Aches, Rheumatick Pains, the Gout, 
Sciatica, Weaknefs of the Joints, and other like Di- 
ftempers of rhe extream Parts : if it is made of the 
Tu/p of the Root , or the Juice thickned by boiling 
four pound , mixed with Oil of Trotters , Beef f net , 
of each one pound , Vinegar half a pound , Sal Nitre 
fix ounces , Saccharum Saturni three ounces it will 
be an excellent Remedy for any Scab or Itch in Old 
or Young. It will yet be fo much the better if 
Flowers of Sulphur four ounces be alfo added to the 
Compofition. 
XVI. The Balfam. It is an extraordinary thing 
to cure Wounds and PunUures of the Nerves and 
Tendons : it heals green Wounds at two or three 
times drefling : and it digefts, cleanfes, incarnates, 
drys and heals moift and running Sores, old Ulcers 
and rebellious Filtula’s, fofne good inward Wound- 
drink being taken in the mean while. Applied in 
the Gout, it gives eafe to the Pain. 
XVII. The Cataplafm. It is made of the Meal 
or fine Pouder oj the Root , mixt with white Bread , 
Milk and White Lilly Roots. It fuppurates Tumors 
or Apoftems, eafes in arthritick Pains ; and applied 
to the fide, gives eafe in Pains of the Spleen. It 
difeuffes windy Tumors of the Cods ; and where 
the Swelling is fuch, that it cannot be dilfipated 
without breaking, it quickly brings it to Matura- 
tion. 
XVIII. The difiilled Water. 1 ' is Pefloral and 
Carminative, and good to be ufed as a Vehicle, to 
convey other Preparations of the Root in ; it is 
good to cleanfe the Skin of any common Defcedati- 
on, and to be mixed with white Sugar Candv to 
put into the Eyes, to cleat the Sight of Clouds, 
Films, or any other thing which may cbfufcate or 
dim the lame. 
XIX. The Spirituous TinSure. It warms, com- 
torts and ftrengthens the Stomach and other Vifce- 
ra, refills Poyion, and the Venom of Serpents and 
mad Dogs helps Digeftion, and reprefles Melan- 
choly ; kills Worms in Children, and provokes the 
Terms m Women, where they have been long ftopt • 
and is a fingu at thing in all Coughs, Colds, Ca- 
tarrhs and Defluxions of Rheum upon the Joints 
and extreain Parts of the Body. Dofe two or three 
drams ina Glafsof generous Wine, or in the diitil- 
led Water dulcified. 
Xy. -The Acid TinSure. It has all the Virtues 
ot the liquid Juice and Effence, powertully opens 
all manner of Obftruftions, and fortifies the Sto- 
mach and Bowels to a Miracle. It creates a good 
. ppetite caufes a good Digeftion, incides or cuts 
tartarons Humors which breed the Stone and Gout 
diilolvmg and expelling them : it opens all Obftru- 
Ctions of the Lungs and Urinary Paffcges, caufing a 
tree Breathing and Expeaoration, and cleanfing fhe 
Rems and Bladder from Gravel, Sand and tartarons 
Mucilage, which cattles the Strangury and Difficul- 
ty of Rifling. Do.e fo much as to make the Vehi- 
cle pleafantly ftiarp, three, four, five or fix times a 
day. 
x °“ ' y TMm ’- It is an admirable thing 
againlt Puifetures and Contufions of the Nerves and 
Tendons: it gives eafe in Convulfions, Cramps and 
Contraaures of the Nerves, Tendons and Mulcles- 
and is a mighty Relief in a cold Gout, if it is dili- 
gently anointed therewith, and well rubbed in It 
gives eafe in the Stone and Gravel, and in the Stran- 
gury, from what Stoppage foever : it expels Wind 
m the Bowels, and gives eafe in the Colick, and 
tms it d° es in this latter cafe, whether it is given 
by the Mouth or exhibited Clyfterwife. If you give 
it inwardly by the Mouth, you may give it from ten 
drops to twenty or thirty, according to Age and 
Strength : if Clyfterwife, you may give it to a 
dram : outwardly anointed upon Paralytick Mem- 
be v’v i i t r W ^! derfuU> ' and reitores them. 
XXII. The Saline TinSure. It is ufed for the 
molt part outwardly to bathe all fuch Parts and Places 
as are affected with Scurff, Morphew, Spots Ble- 
milhes, Yellownefs orTawninefs of the Skin Herpes 
Tettars, Ringworms Scabs, Leproly, or any other’ 
Deicedarion of the Cutis. 
XXIII. The Spirit It is highly Cordial and Pe- 
ctoral, good againft fainting and - fwooning Fits 
Sicknefs at Heart and Stomach, and gives eafe in the 
Colick and Griping in the Guts. It ftrengthens 
a weak Stomach, and caufe a good Appetite and 
Digeftion. It gives eafe in a Cough, exterminates 
Colds and conduces to the flopping of Catarrhs. 
It rehits Poyfon and the Venom of Serpents and 
mad Dogs * as alfo the Malignity of the Plague 
and all forts of malign and peftilential Fevers. Dofe 
a lpoonful or more at a time. 
XXIV. The difiilled Oil. It has all the Virtues 
of the liquid Juice, Effence, Pouder, Eleauary and 
Spirit, and may be given in place of all or any one 
of them, being much more powerful than them all. 
I have had great Experience of it in facilitating the 
Birth, and bringing away the After-birth. It pow- 
erfully provokes the Terms in Women where they 
are ftopt ; cures Vapors and Hvfterick Fits. There 
is nothing better againft Coughs, Colds, Catarrhs 
Hoarfeneis, Wheezing, Shortnels of Breath mid 
Difficulty of Breathing; as alfo the Colick in Sto- 
mach or Bowels, than this Oil. You may give it 
from fix drops to fourteen or twenty, dropping it 
rirft into white Sugar, and mixing them well ; and 
then mixing all with a Glafs of good generous Wine, 
and 
