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Salmon j Herbal. Lib. I. 
eree Aftringent Anodyne, Emphraftive or Obftru- 
ttive (and yet fome Authors will have it to have 
an Emollient property) Traumatick oi Vulnerary, 
Arthritick, Hylterick, and Alexipharmick. . 
XIII. The Specification. It is prevalent againlt 
Catarrhs, Coughs, AftKma’s, green Wounds, old 
Ulcers, and Sores arifing trom the trench rox. 
XIV. The Preparations. You may have there 
ftom, I. T he green Leaves, a- The Root- %. A 
Juice. 4. An Effencc. 5 - A Decofhon in Wat, tr 
or Wine. 6. APouder. 7. Pi*. 8. A Balfam. 
<j. Anointment. 10. ACataplaJm. n. A Lotion. 
1 2. A Viftilled. Water. 
The Virtues. 
XV. T he green Leaves. Bruifed and applied 
they cure the tailing away of the Hair, which comes 
of hot and iharp Humors, they are good alio to tie 
applied to any place fealded , or burn d with Fire, 
and laid to any green Wound they heal it quickly ; 
the fame is profitable alfo againft Anthonies Fire, 
and other Inhumations. 
XVI. The Root. Being roafted under tmbeis, 
wrapped up either in Palte, or double wet Papers, 
and then a‘Suppofitory made thereof, and applied 
to or put up the Fundament, it is effeftually good 
againlt the Hemorrhoids, or Piles; and applied as 
a Caraplafm to the Gout it cafes the fame. 
XVII. The Juice oj Roots or Leaves. Made into 
a Syrup with Honey it is good againft vehement Halt 
Catarrhs, old Coughs, Colds, Althma s and all 
(harp and thin defluxions of Rheum which tall up- 
on the Eyes, Note, Ears, Stomach, or Lungs cau- 
fing wheezing, fhortnefs of Breath he. Dofe one 
or two Spoonfuls, (according to Age, Gel) Morn- 
"VviIL The Effcnce. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice and more powerful, and miiy ibe given in the 
feme Dofe in a Glafs of generous Wine; i t is good 
alfo (inwardly taken and outwardly applied) againlt 
the hi tings of mad Dogs. 
XIX. The Ponder of Roots or Leaves. It has all 
the Virtues of the Juice and FfTence, and may be gi- 
ven trom a Scruple to a Dram, or Dram and halt, 
in any convenient V ehicle; outwardly applied to 
green Wounds it quickly heals them, and Iftewed 
very thick upon old moift Sores and running Ulcers, 
it admirably cleanfes them, dries up the flux of hu- 
mors, and difpofes them to healing. 
XX. The Dccottion in Wine or Water. It has all 
the Virtues of the Juice, FfTence, and Pouder but 
mult be given in larger quantities, as Irom an Ounce 
to two three, or four, as the Patient is in Age and 
Condition; it cleanfes, dries, and heals Wounds and 
Ulcers; if the Patient is of a hot Conftitution, the 
Decoction ought to be made in Water, after which, 
(if you think fit) a little Wine may be added. 
XXL Pilul-t de Cynogloffo , Pills of Houndttongue. 
Take the dried bark of Houndflongue Roots , White 
Henbane Seed , Opium prepared , (I. e. ex traded with 
fair Water , and reduced to ponder) of each one Ounce 
Hvrrh an Ounce and half O/ibanum ten Drams , Saf- 
fron , Cajloreum , Storax Cal omit a , of each three 
’ Drams ; Id the Roots of Hound (longue and Henbane 
Seeds be pondered together , the Myrrh, Olibanum , 
and Saffron , each by themfelves , then mix altogether , 
and with Syrup oj Starlets, (or any other proper Sy- 
rup) make a Maps for Pills. They were defigned 
to ltop Catarrhs, or defluxions of Rheum upon the 
Lungs, Stomach, or other parts, to alleviate Coughs, 
cure Afthma’s and Pleurifies, which they perform 
beyond other Medicines; they flop Loofneffes, all 
forts of Fluxes of the Bowels, and fluxes of Blood 
or Humors in what part of the Body foever ; they 
cure the overflowing of the Terms in Women, as al- 
fo fluxes of the Whites, and a Gonorrhoea in Men, 
( Univerfals being premifed ) they give eafe in and 
cure pains and Hitches of the Side, Pleurifies, the 
Colick, and all manner of internal pains ; eafe and 
cure the Toothach, and are one of the molt abfolute 
things againlt the Gout in the World. Dofe from 
fix Grains to fifteen Grains, every Night going to 
Bed. 
XXII. The Balfant. The green Leaves and Roots, 
or Juice, made into a Balfam with Beef Suet and 
Turpentine, and applied, is good againft an Alopecia , 
draws out the fire in any place which is turn’d, and 
applied to the biting of a mad Dog, draws out the 
poyfon, and heals it; it digefts and cleanfes old Ul- 
cers, and is profitably applied to Venereal Sores, as 
alfo the Gout in Hands or Feet. 
XXIII. The Ointment. It has the Virtues of the 
Balfam, but does not draw nor cleanfe fo powerful- 
ly ; it is excellent for fuch Ulcers as are old, and 
deep, or fpread much in the Legs, or other parts of 
the Body, and takes away the inhumation, which 
may any ways by accident happen to them. 
XXIV. The Cataplafm. Applied to the Piles, 
whether broken or not, it gives eafe to the pain, and 
in a fhort time difeuffes the Tumor; it eafes alfo 
the Gout arifing from a hot caufe, and allays infla- 
mations in what part of the Body foever. 
XXV. The Lotion. It is the fame with the Sa- 
line TinUure, and is of excellent ufe againft Scabs, 
Scurf, Morphew, Dandtiff, Pimples, or other break- 
ings out in the Head and other parts of the Body ; 
it alfo takes away Tanning, Sunburning, Yellownefs, 
black and blew fpots, and other difcolorings of the 
Skin. 
XXVI. The Dijiillei Water of Herb and Roots. It 
is good for all the purpofes'aforefeid, to be ufed as 
well inwardly to drink , as outwardly to vtafh any 
fore place, lor it heals all manner of Wounds and 
Punfilures, as alfo foul Ulcers arifing from the 
Trench Pox. 
CHAP. CCCLXXXIV. 
0/HOUSLEEK, 
O R, 
SENGREEN. 
I.'T' H E Names. It is called in Arabick Bcjaha- 
1 lalem , and Hajalhalez, in Greek ’Asi (an, in 
Latine Sedum , Sempervivum , and as Pliny fays, 
Buphthalmon, Zoophthalmum , Steigethron , and Hy- 
pogefon ; fome call it Oculus, and Digit elites-, and 
Apuleitts calls it Vitalis , and Jovis Barba , but Sedum 
and Sempervivum are the ufual Latine Names; in 
Englijh Houjleek , and Sengreen, or Evergreen. 
II. The Kinds. It is divided into three principal 
forts viz. 1. ’Ael£»oi> 7 d («}*, Aizoon magnum, or 
majm, Sedum majm, The Great or Greater Houfleek. 
Sedum minimum. The Smalleft Houileek. 3. Ai- 
zoon, vel Sedum minus , The Smaller Houfleek, 
which is Prickmadam, and Stonecrop, of which we 
lhall Treat (God willing) hereafter in their proper 
places. 
III. The Kinds of the Greater Houjleek. There 
are three forts hereof, viz. I. Sedum majus vulgarc, 
Sempervivum TbeophrajU , Aizoon magnum, K-.mitlS r 
altera Diofcondes, as Clufius has it , Sempervivum 
