47 2 
Salmon 4 Herbal. Lib. I- 
Dole according to Age and Strength of the Patient ; 
it effectually cleanfes the Stomach, and prevails a- 
giintt Gout; Sciatica, Rheumatifm, Jaundice, Drop- 
lie, and Epilepfie-, it is alfo faid to expel Sand and 
Gravel lrom the Urinary parts; it dries up alfo Hu- 
midities in Wounds and Ulcers. 
XIV. The Balfam or Ointment. It may be made 
with the green Herb, or with the juice of the Leaves, 
adding lome fineFrankincenle, or Olibanum in Pon- 
der ; it cleanfes and heals Ulcers and old Sores, and 
cures Wounds, whether in the Flefhy or Nervous 
parts, (Lengthens the Joints, gives eafe in the Gout, 
difcufies hard Tumors, and prevails againlt the Hae- 
morrhoids or Piles in Man or Woman. 
XV. The Cataplafni. Made of the frelh Herb by 
boiling, &c. and applied to Womens Breads which 
are fwoln with heat and pain, as alio to the Privy 
Parts ot Man or Woman, and ro the Hemorrhoids, 
or 1 hem in Ano , rho’ much fwelled and inflamed, 
it gives prefent relief-, if Salt is added to it it dif- 
folves Knots or Kernels in any part of the Body, yea 
til o’ proceeding from the Kings-Evil. 
XVI. The Di/IMed Water. It is faid to be ette 
flual againlt all the aforenamed Difeafes, befides 
which it is efpecially good againlt Inflammations 
ot the Eyes, and to help the watering of them, pro- 
ceeding from a defluxion of Rheum, and weaknefs 
of the part. 
XVII. Note. Thirty has a Relation for the Cure 
of the Toothach, which, tho’ it feems Fabulous, we 
(hall here relate. Ton muft dig up the Plant without 
any Iron Tool, and then touch the akmg Tooth there- 
with Jive times , Spitting three times ajter every fuch 
touch , which done , Plant or Set the Herb again in 
the fame place , fo that it may grow , and the Toothach 
Jhall prefently ceafe and be perfelUy cured. 
met Common fort in the hoarinefs and largenels , as 
well of the whole Plant as of the Leaves. 
(Jaiiou -fj'rouniscC, ■ 
CHAP. CCCXXXIV. 
Of GROUNDSEL Cotton. 
pi E Names. It is called in Greek ‘Hcfotw 
( ymtt'dAs, in Latinc Ertgeron Tomentofum , 
Senecio Tomentofus, Senecio Tragi , and in Englijh 
On ton Groundfel , or Woolly Groundfel , alfo Clam- 
my Groundfel , from the Leaves flicking as it were 
unto ones fingers. 
II. The Kinds. There are three feveral Species 
of this Kind, viz. l . Sentio incanus , Erigerum To- 
mentofum , Senecio Tragi, Cotton Groundfel. *. E- 
rigerum Tomentofum alterum , Senecio feetidus, Eri- 
- rum feetidum Tha/ij , Senecio incanus pinguis Bau- 
hini , Jdcobcea Pannonica prima Cluftj , Stinking Cot- 
ton Groundfel. ?. Senetio odoratus, Senecio F lore 
odorata Camerarij , Sweet fmelling Cotton Ground- 
fel. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firji , or Common 
Corton Groundfel , has a Root which is fmall, and 
full of fibres ; it has much larger Leaves, and more 
jagged or torn in on the edges than the former Com- 
mon fort , and of a greyifh or Afh Color, foft and 
hairy, or rather hoary all over -, the Stalks are high- 
er and greater, but with fuch like yellow Flowers 
upon them, and as foon fading and turning into 
Down as the other : this differs chiefly from the for- 
IV. The fecond, or- Stinking Cotton Groundfel , 
has a Root which is very fibrous, yet lafleth not after 
Seed time , but perijhes as the Common does , and 
fprings again oj the Jhed or fallen Seed '. It has many 
fair, large and long Leaves lying next the Ground, 
very much jagged or torn in on the edges, whereby 
they confift of many divifions, fomewhat like unto 
thofe of Mugwort, for which reafon fome have cal- 
led it Arthemefia fostida, but it is foft, and in hand- 
ling very hairy , being alfo bedewed with a fatty 
clamminefs, fo much that the Leaves will ftick to 
the Fingers of thofe that touch them, and one Leaf 
will alfo ftick unto another, fo as with fome diffi- 
culty to be taken afunder ; it fmells fomewhat ftrong, 
and of an ill feent, (tho’ not unpleafantly to fome) 
as Clufius fays, but like Scrophularia , or Ebu/us, as 
others fay ; from among which Leaves rife up hairy 
crefted Stalks, half a Yard high, fpread out into fe- 
veral Ramifications or Branches, but bearing at their 
tops fewer Flowers, leffer, and of a paler yellow 
color than the Common Groundfel, and upon longer 
Footftalks, which quickly fade, and turn into Down, 
as the others do. 
V. The third, or Sweet fmelling Cotton Ground- 
fel, has a fibrous perijhing Root, as the others have, 
from which rije up Leaves and Stalks, like the others ; 
and indeed this Groundfel is fomewhat like the laft 
kind in the foft and woolly Leaves, but not fo much 
jagged or torn on the edges as it ; its fmell is fweer, 
fomerhing like unto Antbrofia, or Oak of Cappadocia, 
or the middle Coniza , or Eleabane ; the Flowers are 
like the reft, and as foon growing old and Downy, 
as the others do. 
VI. The Places. The firft grows by Wood fides, 
and borders of Fields, as alfo upon old Walls, in 
