Salmon ’ s 'Herbal . Lib. L 
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tive, Digeftive, Difculfive, Suppurative and Truu- 
matick ■, Neurotick., Stomatick, Pefloral and hy- 
lderick •, Emmenagogick, Sudorifick, Alexipharmick, 
Analeptick , Galeflogenetick and Spermatogene- 
tick. . , .. 
IX. The Specification. It is peculiar for healing 
Ulcers in the Lungs, helping againft the Strangury, 
and to open Obftrutlions of the Womb and all the 
Urinary Paffages, {Lengthening the Tone of all thole 
Parts. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
i. The whitned Leaves and Stalks. 2. A liquid 
Juice. 3. An Ejjence. 4. A DecoSion of Leaves 
and Root's. 5. A Syrup. 6 : A Ponder of the Seed. 
7. An Oil by Inflation. 8. A half am of the Leaves 
and Roots. 9. A Cataplafm of the Leaves. 1 o. A 
dfiilled Water from the Herb or Seed. 1 1. A Spi- 
rituous Tin flare of the Seed. 1 2. An AcidTinfturc 
oj the fame. 1 3. An Oily Tinflure thereof 14 .A 
Saline Tinflure of Herb , Root and Seed. 15. A 
Spirit. 16. An Oil di f illed. 17. A Balfam. 18. 
Pot eft at es or Powers. 19. An Elixir. 20. A fixed 
Salt. 21. A Liquor of Fennel. 22. The Gum. 
The Virtues. 
XI. Tim whitned Leaves and Stalks. They are 
whitned after the fame manner as you whiten Curl- 
ed Endive , or Sallery or Smallage Stalks, &c. being 
thus whitned, the Italians are laid to take great de- 
light in eating them as a Sallet, for then they are 
very tender, and pleafant to the Tafte : they com- 
fort and warm a cold Stomach, help to digeit crude 
iiegmatick Humors bred from vifeous Meats. Fen- 
nel being thus eaten, it breeds Milk in Nurfes 
Breafts, provokes Urine, and encreafes the Seed * 
opens Obttruflions, expels Wind, and provokes U- 
rine. The conftant eating of this whitned Fennel 
for fome confiderable time, I have known to cure a 
vehemently Linking Breath, and to make it as fweet 
as theirs which never llnelt amifs. 
XII. The liquid Juice. Mixt with a Glafs of 
Wine or Ale, and fo taken by Nurfes, it encreafes 
Milk in their Breafts, expels Wind, provokes Urine, 
eafes the Pains of the Strangury and Stone, expel- 
ling all the preternatural Matter in the Urinary 
Parts. It is faid to break the Stone, more efpecial- 
ly if it is made of a gritty Subftance. Dole three 
or four fpoonfuls Morning, Noon and Night in any 
fit Liquor. 
XIII. The Efjence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice -, befides which, it encreafes Seed, prevails a- 
gainft the Colick, eafes the Torticns of the Bowels 
or Griping of the Guts from acrid or fliarp Humors, 
{Lengthens the Stomach, and caufes a good Digefti- 
on. It opens all the Obftru&ions of Liver, Spleen 
and Gall, and thereby much conduces to the Cure 
of all fuch Difeafes as arife from thofe Caufes, as 
windy Swellings of the Spleen, Hepatick-fiux, Yel- 
low Jaundice. Being dropt into the Eyes, it cures 
almolt all Difeafes affecting that Part. It opens 
Obftruftions of the Womb, and provokes the Cour- 
fes effectually. Dole three or four fpoonfuls. 
XIV. The Decoflion of the Leaves and Roots , or 
Seeds jn Wine. Tho’ this has not altogether fo much 
Force as the Juice and Effence, yet it is very good 
for all the fame Intentions, and is much more ufed 
than either of them, becaufe it is pleafanter •, but 
then it muft be taken in a much greater Dofe. It is 
an excellent thing to open all ObftruClions in the 
whole Body, to cleaDfe the Blood, to ftop the Hic- 
cough, and take away Naufeating, to provoke U- 
rine and the Menftrues , to amend the ill Color in 
the Face after a long Sicknels, and to caufe a good 
Habit thro 5 the whole Body. If fuch as are grown 
over tat lhoukl often drink of it, it would leffen 
their Fat, abate their Flefh, and much remove their 
Unweldinefs, making them more nimble, agil and 
pleafant. 
XV. The Syrup. It is one of the greateft of Pe 
florals ; for as it is a powerful Opener of Obllrutti- 
ons of the Lungs, and Diifolver of their Tartar, fo 
it iamoufly caufes Expectoration , and gives eafe 
in Atthma’s, Coughs, Colds, Hoarfenefs, Wheez- 
ing, Shortnefs of Breath, Difficulty of Breathing, 
and other like DiffaffeClions of thofe Parts. If here- 
with you fweeten well either the Juice, Effence or 
Decoflion, and let the Patient take two or three 
ounces three or four times a day, it cures Ulcers of 
the Lungs,or any Sournefs of the Stomach, and much 
reflores in Confumptions : in which laft cafe it is 
good for the Patient to ufe a Milk-Diet, and to 
drink a quart of Milk warm from the Cow, well 
fweetned with this Syrup, every Morning falling •, 
as much Milk fo fweetned at Eleven before Noon •, 
another quart at Five in the Afternoon ^ and laftly, 
another quart at Bed-time in like manner. If the 
Patient cannot drink a whole quart, let him drink 
as much as he can ^ and continue this Courfe for 
ieveral Weeks, or till he recovers * by this Method 
I have known feveral perfectly reltored out of very 
deep Confumptions. 
XVI. The Ponder of the Seed. It (Lengthens the 
Stomach, gives eafe in the Colick, opens Obftrufli- 
ons, and helps Shortnefs of Breath. You may give 
it Morning and Evening from half a dram to two 
drams in any convenient Vehicle. The conftant Ufe 
of it wonderfully (Lengthens the Sight. 
XVII. The Oil by Infolaiion or Boiling. It is A- 
nodyne, and eafes all forts of Pains in any Part of 
the Body , coming from a cold and moift Caufe. 
It gives eafe alfo in Inflammations, by gently dif- 
cuffing fome part of the thinner Matter. If it is an 
Apoftem, which will come to Suppuration, it ba- 
ttens it, and brings it as much as may be to a point. 
It eafes the Gout and other Pains of the Joints and 
Nerves. 
XVIII. The half am of the Leaves and Roots. It 
is one of the greateft of Vulneraries, and cures Am- 
ple Wounds at one Intention, for the moft part at 
one Drelhng. I am apt to believe, that this Balfam, 
for the Curing of Wounds and Ulcers, 0 V. is not 
inferior to any Balfam made of the greateft Wound- 
Herbs, as Sanicle, Self heal ', Clowns Wound-wort, All- 
heal , &c. It digefts fordid and eating Ulcers, clean- 
fes, incarnates, dries and heals after a very admira- 
ble manner. 
XIX. The Cataplafm. It gives prefent eafe in the 
Gout, being applied, as alfo difculfes and heals any 
fimple Contufions * and applied as hot as can be en- 
dured to the Sides or Hypochonders, it eafes the 
Pains of the Sides, takes away Stitches, and gives 
Relief to the Diflempers of the Spleen and Parts 
adjacent. 
XX. The dfiilled Water. It is of good Ufe, as 
a Vehicle, to convey other Preparations of this Planr 
in, and has all the Virtues of the aforegoing Prepa- 
rations, but in a much lower degree : it is ufed to 
be dropt into the Eyes againft Ophthalmies or In- 
flammations and Blood-fhot, as alfo againft hot and 
fharp Rheums, with which the Eyes are commonly 
afflicted, which caufes Clouds, Filins, Pearls, &c. to 
breed in them * but it is better for all thofe Pur- 
pofes, if white Sugar-Candy or clarified Honey be 
diffolved therein ; then if ulcerated, it cleanfes the 
Ulcer or Sore, prevents the Afflux of Rheum, dries 
and heals them. 
XXL The Spirituous Tinflure of the Seed. It is 
famous againft Pains, Aches and Sicknefs of the 
Stomach, Pains of the Spleen and Womb it gives 
eafe 
