572 Salmon s 
half a Dram, boil to the confumption of three quar- 
ters of a Pint , ft rain out y and keep the Decottion for 
a Gargle , which you may dulcifie , or not , as the oc- 
cdfion ; requires. Ic is an excellent Remedy for the 
cure of a Quinfie, being ufed as hot as can be endu- 
red, as alfo for any other Tumor of the Almonds, 
or parts adjacent, and cures all lorts of Sores and 
Ulc^s of the Mouth, Jaws, Gums, -Throat, or Al- 
monds of the Ears •, it fo ftrengthens the Ifvula , or 
Palate of the Mouth, that when it is down it re- 
ftores it to its proper tone and ftate; it alfo takes 
away vehement inhumations of thofe parts, they 
being often gargled therewith. 
XI. The Cataplafm . It is male by cutting the Au- 
riculae or Fungi into very fmall bits , and then boiling 
them in JV/ne, or in Vinegar , adding d little Barley 
Flower to bring it to a confiflency. Applied out- 
wardly to the Throat as hot as can be endured in 
a Quinfie, (whiift the Deco&ions are ufed inwardly 
as a Gargarifm) it much contributes to the abating 
of the Inhumation and difeufiing of the Tumor; ap- 
plied to any other recent Inhumation or Tumor 
whillt in begining, in what part of the Body foever, 
it cools, abates the inhumation, alleviates the pain, 
and difeuffes the fwelling. 
CHAP. CCCCV. 
Of JOHNS W O II T Great Common, 
0 R, 
HYPERICON. 
l.'TT'HE Karnes. It is called in Greek , T«e«wi'» 
l in Lat/ne Hypcricon , in Englijh Hypericon 
alfo, and Johnswort ; the Arabians call it Reafricon , 
Reiojaricon , Henfericon , Nelifricon , 
II. The Kinds. There are two generick Kinds of 
Hypericon , or Johnswort , viz. I. Hypericon vulga- 
re , which feme have called Fuga D.emonum , i. e. 
Drive Devil, and fome Androjxmum , becaufe the 
Flowers yield a bloody color, and others Chamcepy- 
tis , becaufe of the refinous fmell of the Seed, but 
thefe are the proper Names of other Plants, this our 
Hypencon (Treated of in this Chapter) is the True 
Hypcricon of Diof corides , or Common Great Johns- 
wort , as both the bloody color of the Flowers and 
refinous fmell of the Heads and Seed do declare, 
which are two principal Notes thereof. 2. Hypcri- 
wn minus , The Leffer Hypericon, or Johnswort, of 
which in Chap. 406. following. 
III. The Defcription . Common Great Johnswort, 
or Common Hypericon, has a Root which is bard 
and woody , with divers Strings and Fibres at it , and 
of a bre wnifh color, which abides in the Ground ma- 
ny Tears, fhooting forth afrejh every Spring ; from 
this Root (hoots forth brownifii, hard, upright, 
round Stalks, about two Feet high, fpreading many 
Branches from the fides up to their tops, having 
two fmall Leaves fet one againft another at every 
place, which are of a deep green color, fomething 
like to the Leaves of the Leffer Centory , but narrow- 
er, and full of fmall holes in every Leaf, which can- 
not be fo well perceived as when they are held up 
to the light-, at the tops of the Stalks and Branches 
ftand yellow Flowers, confifting of five Leaves apiece, 
with many yellow Threads in the middle, which 
being bruifed do yield a reddifti Juice, like Blood, 
Herhal. Lib. I. 
after which do come fmall round Heads, in which is 
contained fmall blackifh Seed, fmelling like Rofin, 
Johnswort the Greater. 
IV. The Places. It grows in Woods, Groves, 
and Copfes, as well in Ihady places as in fuch as 
are open to the San, in many parts of this King- 
dom. 
V. The Times. It Flowers about the latter end 
of June , as alfo in July , and the Seed is ripe to- 
wards the end of the lame Month, or the begining 
of Augufl. 
VI. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the fiift 
degree, thin, and of fubtii parts, Anodyn, Digeftive, 
Aperitive, Abfterfive, Diuretick, Difcnffive, Trau- 
matick or Vulnerary, Neurotick, Stomatick, Ne- 
phritick, Hyfterick, Arthritick, and Alexipharmick. 
VII. The Specification. It is peculiar for curing 
Wounds and Ulcers, Spitting, Vomiting, and Pil- 
ling Blood, Bitings of Venomous Creatures, Stone 
and Gravel in the Reins, Strangury, and heat of 
Urine, ftoppage of the Terms in Women, Tertian 
and Quartan Agues, the Sciatica, Palfie, Epilepiie, 
and other Difeafes of like kind. 
VIII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from thefe following Medicaments, viz. 1. A Juice 
of Leaves ani Flowers, i. An Ejjcnce. 3. An In- 
fufion or Decottion in Wine of Herb , Flowers, and 
Seed. 4. A Pouder of Herb or Flowers. 5. A Pon- 
der of the Seed. 6 . An Oil Simple. 7. An OH Com- 
pound. 8. An Oil Magifral. 9. A Difti/led Wa- 
ter. xo. An Acid Tintture. 11. A Spirituous 
Tintture. 1 2. An Oily Tintture. 
The Virtues. 
IX. The Juice. It is a good Vulnerary, whethet 
inwardly taken or outwardly applied, and given to 
two, three, or four Spoonfuls at a time mixed with 
a Glafsof Wine it heals inward Wounds, Hurts, or 
Bruifes; it is of fubtii parts, opens oMiiuflions of 
the Vifcera, diffolves Tumors, confolidares the lips 
