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Salmon s Herbal . 
Lib. 1. 
Knees or Joints, four or five together, and fome- 
times fewer. From thefe Joints the Stalk divides 
it felf towards the Top into many parts, on which 
grow many Flowers , each Flower having four 
Leaves, fomtimes white, fomtimes of a flelh 
color, and every Leaf of thefe flefh colored 
Leaves is artificially ftreaked in the middle, and 
near the fides with three lines of a deeper red, but 
of no pleafant fmell. After which comes the Seed, 
lorn thing round, growing two together like Hones, 
or as it is feen in Goofe Grafs. 
Villi The fixth , or Great Ballard or Mountain 
Madder. The Root is black without , Fibrous , and 
abiding all Winter . From this Roor (hoot forth a 
Great Ballard or Mountain MADDER. 
number of (lender and weak Stalks, but yet fuch 
as have fo much flrength in them, as that they 
need no propping, but will Hand upright of them- 
felves, which diverfly branch forth themfelves into 
many parts, fo that it leems to be a pleafant bulhy 
Plant, well fpread ; and having many Ihorter and 
broader fmooth greeii Leaves fet at the Joints, than 
either the Common, or red, or white Flowered 
Ladies Bed Straw. The Flowers are very fmall 
and white, Handing at the tops of the Branches, 
pretty thick or plentifully, which being paR away, 
turn into fmall, black, round Seed. 
IX. The Places. The firfl is only Manured either 
in Gardens or Fields in many Countrys of Europe 
for the profit which is made thereof : and is very 
Common, in moR places of England. The fecond 
grows in moiflMedows and Moorilh grounds, and 
under Bufhes almoR every where : it is faid to grow 
alfo in Fields and Hedge fides near to Spire, and in 
many other places of Germany. The third alfo 
grows in many places in England , as at a place 
called hod-hill in Dorfetfhire , on the fide which is 
next the River , in the farifh of Stompaine , two 
miles from Elan ford , and at IVarham like wife in 
the fame Shire, on a Mud-wall in the fame Town, 
and at a place called Sommcrptll near to a Chapel by 
the Landing place, coming from Af ferry to Ghefell y 
in great abundance. The fourth grows by the Sea 
fide in moR places •, as alio by the Sea fide in Pro- 
vence, and near Montpelier in France , and in Spain 
alfo as Clufius fays. The fifth grows in dry 
chalkie Grounds abundantly , being found Wild 
in ma^y places ; it has been found in great plen- 
ty on the Hill beyond Chattam in. the way to 
Canterbury. The fixth is found on divers Hills 
in Germany-, and grows in Hedges and among 
Bufhes in many places. 
X. The Tithes. The firR , lecond , and third, 
Flower towards the end of Summer, and the Seed 
is ripe quickly after; but Gerard fays, they Rourifh 
from May unto the end of Auguji-, and that the 
Roots of the firR are gathered in Autumn for the 
ufe of the Dyers, and for Phyfical purpofes. The 
fourth or Sea Kind, feldom gives ripe Seed in our 
Climate. The fifth Flowers all the Summer long. 
The fixth Flowers in May, June, and July, and 
the Seed is ripe in July and Auguji. 
XI. The Qualities. Madder is Temperate in 
refpeft to heat or cold, but is manifefily dry in the 
end of the firR, or beginning of the fecond 
Degree : it is Aperitive, and alfo ARringent, and 
admirably Traumatick or Vulnerary. 
XII. The Preparations. The firlt Kind is moR 
in ufe, arid of that the Root, chiefly-, and alfo 
the Seed: From the Root are prepared, 1. A De - 
cotfion in Water or Wine. 2. A Decotfion in Mead 
or honied Water. 3. A Bath , or Fume , or Fomen- 
tation. 4. A Pouder. $. An Eclegma or Electua- 
ry. 6 . A Cataplafm of the Roots and Leaves. 7. 
A Pouder of the Seed. 8. A Decotfion in Wine of 
Quinfey Madder. 9. A Pouder and Cataplafam of 
the fame. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. The Decotfion in Water or Wine. It opens 
obflructions of the Vifcera, and cleanfcs the body 
of tough Flegm and grols Humors ; it provokes 
Urine plentifully, as alfo the Courfes in Women, 
and expels the dead Child and After-birth. It 
makes the Urine red like Blood, but it is from the 
Tin&ure of the Root, like as Rhubarb makes it 
yellow by virtue of its TinUure : and opens and 
aRringes, as Rubarb purges and binds: infomuch 
that it is faid to be good againR Ruptures, and to 
Hop the flux of the Whites in Women: It is pro- 
fitable againR the Hemorrhoids or Piles by Fomen- 
tation: and taken inwardly to fix or eight ounces, 
it is faid to flop a Diarrha:a. 
XIV. The Decotfion in Mead or Honied Water. 
It opens obflruUions of the Gall, Liver and Spleen, 
and is profitable againR the yellow Jaundice, Hy- 
pochondriack Melancholy; and is good for fuch 
as have the Palfie, numnefs, and trembling of the 
Limbs: being alfo often taken it is effectual for 
the healing of inward Wounds. 
XV. The Bath , Fomentation or Fume. It is made 
by boiling a great quantity of the Green Herb, 
Stalks, and Roots in Water. Being fat in, as hot 
as it can well be endured, it is good againR the 
Palfie, Gout, Sciatica and Rheumatick Pains: It is a 
good Fomentation for Women to fit in, to pro- 
voke their Courfes, and to cleanfe the Womb 
from filth, or any putrid Matter. 
XVI .The Pouder of the Root. Given inwardly 
to one Dram it Hops Fluxes of the Belly* The 
Grofs Pouder is often times ufed in Vulnerary Diet 
Drinks, for the curing of Wounded Perl'ons, and 
fuch as are affliUed with running Sores, old Ulcers, 
Fiflula’s, and the like; and is of excellent ufe for 
fuch 
