Salmon j' 'Herbal. Lib. I. 
5H 
XV. The Diffillcd Water. It has the Virtues of 
the Juice and Effence , but very much weaker ill all 
refpe&s, but it may be ufed as a Vehicle, to convey 
Lome of the other Preparations in; fweetned with 
Sugar and given to Children troubled with Convul- 
flons it cures them. . 
XVI. The Spirit. It is Cephalick, Neiirotick, 
Hyflerick, and Cordial, and therefore is good againit 
Apoplexies, Epilepfies, Lethargies, Convulhons, ral- 
lies, Vapors, Fits of the Mother, palpitation or the 
Heart Fainting and Swooning Fits, ficknefs at Sto- 
mach Colick , and other like difaffeaions ot thole 
parts’ Dofe from one Dram to four Drams, either 
in the Dittilled Water, or in Wine, orfome Neu- 
rotick, Cordial, or Hyfterick Syrup, it may be gi- 
ven in the Morning falling, and latt at Night going 
to Bed , and alio two or three times befides in the 
day time if need requires. , 
XVII. T he Chymical Oil. It has all the Virtues 
of the Juice, Eflence, and Spirit aforegoing, but o- 
perates in a more ample and powerful manner; in- 
wardly it may be given from five drops to ten, or 
twelve , and that Morning and Evening , you mult 
firft drop it into White Sugar , or into Honey , or 
fome proper Syrup , and mix. them well together , 
then mix it with the Vehicle you intend to take it 
in, for all cold and moift Difeafes, as Palfies, Cramps, 
Gouts, Numbednefs, Trembling, weaknefs of the 
Nerves, ©c. it ought to be taken in a Glafs of Ge- 
nerous Wine; in Vapors, Fits of the Mother, ©V. it 
may be given in the Diftilled. Water, or*Batley Wa- 
ter, or Black Cherry Water; in the Colick it may 
he given in Juniper Water; outwardly forthePalfie 
it is to be anointed on the Back Bone, as alfo the 
parts affeSed ; fo all'o for Convulfions, Cramps, de- 
fluxions of Humors, ©c. 
XVIII. The Acid Tintfure. It is a powerful Me- i 
dicamenr againft the Plague, and all forts of Ma- 
lign and Peliilential Fevers, it deltroys the putrefa-, 
Hive ferment in the Blood and Juices, allays Vapors, 
and riling up of the Mother, cools preternatural 
heats, and refills malignity in its Root, Our. Dofe 1 
from fifteen drops to thirty, forty, or more, accord- 
ing to the quantity of the Vchicuhtm in which it is 
taken. _. , . ' 
XIX. The Spirituous Tindure. It is a kind of 
Heavenly Medicament, and a Noble Cordial, it chears: 
the Heart , revives the Spirits, {Lengthens Nature, 
refills Vapors , Paintings , Swoonings , ficknefs at; 
Heart, and other Difeales of like kind, it takes a- 
vray ficknefs at Stomach , pains there , reifores its 
Tone being hurt or depraved, and admirably {Length- 
ens it. Dofe from one Dram to two , or three 
Drams , in the Morning falling , an Hour before 
Noon , and at Bed time , in a Glafs of Generous 
Wine, or in Syrup, or other proper Vehicle, it cafl- 
•fes a good Appetite and a Itrcng Digeftion. 
XX. The Oily Tintfure. Inwardly given from 
■ten drops to twenty , or more , in fome proper Ve- 
hicle , it prevails againlt the Palfie , Convulfions , 
pains and weakneifes of the Back, the Stone, Sand, 
Gravel, and Tavtarous matter in the Reins, Ureters, 
and Bladder, ©V. for Palfies ir ought alfo to be an- 
' Timed on the Back Bone and parts affected twice a 
■day, and to be applied upon the part and well rub- 
bed in in Convulfions, Cramps, &c. 
XXL The Peuder of the Herb. If it is Bluffed- 
tip the Nofe it provokes fneezing, and thereby pur- 1 
-gesthe Head and Brain of cold piruitous Humors -, 
the Herb being chewed in the Mouth it draws 
-forth much Rheum and Flegm, caufing pains' and 
aches in the Head, Jaws, Throat, ©c. given inward- 
Iv from half a Dram to a Dram in any proper Ve 
hide it ftrengthens the Stomach, expels Wind, ea- 
ks the Coiick, and facilitates the Birth of Women 
in Labor, bringing away, alfo the Afterbirth. 
XXH. The Compound Decotfion. Take Herb Ma- 
fick tvoo Ou/lces , Origanum. Pellilory of Spom , of 
each fix Drams , Acorns , Long Pepper , of each throe 
Drams , White Port Wine twenty Ounces , put all in- 
to a linn A Copper Veftca , or Glafs body, which co- 
ver With a Blind Head, and let it fimmer over a gen- 
tle Lire for an Hour , then let it cool , and decant the. 
dear for ufe. Dofe two or three Ounces at a time 
for the Palfie, Epilepfie, Lethargy, ©c. two or three 
times a day; it is good alfo to gargle the Mouth 
for a Palfie of the Tongue ; when it is taken inward- 
ly it may he dulcified with Syrup of ClovegilliHovif- 
er§, or other proper Syrup. 
CHAP. CCCLXVII. 
Of HERB ROBERT, 
o R, 
Robin’s CRANESBILL. 
I.'T' H E Names. We cannot learn that it lias 
I any Greek Name, the Latinos call it l Jo ha 
Roberti , and Geranium Robertianum , and we in Eng- 
land Herb Robert , and Robin’s Cranesbill. 
II. The Kinds. It is certainly a Species of Gera- 
nium or Craneibif, l\ and hereoI,there is two fpecial 
Kinds, viz. l . ‘.Geranium Rebcct/cnun: vttlgare, Ge- 
ranium Rupert ianum commune , Herba Roberti , vel 
Rupert i communis , Paitax Heracleum Angmltaf\e , 
Sideritis tenia DiofitoriJis , which moll ot out mo- 
dem Authors take it to be, and it is eafilv to be per- 
ceived that they are both one, for Dioj cor ides has 
three forts of Sideritis , vie. one with a He rebound 
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