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Salmon’^ Herbal. Lib. I. 
larger , or greater, and higher than the former, 
riling to he tive or fix Feet in height, or 
more. The Stalks are full of Joints with long 
large Leaves at them. The Juba or Tuft (lands 
upright * not boding down its Head. as. the 
other, on which grows the Seed, which is. as 
big , but not as flat as Lent ills •, fomething 
round, either whitifh, yellow, red, or blackUh 
colored, hard and (hining. 
VI. T be Places. All thefe Grains came firft to 
us out of the Faltern and Southern Countries, as 
Turkey , Bar bury, Syria , the Eajl-lndies , Spain , 
Italy , &c. and now they grow plentifully through 
all the Wejl-lndtes , and in moil of our Englifh 
Plantations. They delight to grow in a light and 
loofe Mould, provided it is fat and well watered, 
for they foon empoverifh the Ground, and they 
thrive heft in a moift and Rainy Seafon. They 
grow as Columella fays, in great plenty in Campa- 
nia in Italy. 
VII. T be Times. They are to be Sown in April 
or May, and not before, for they cannot endure 
the Cold: and in the hotter or more Southern 
Climates, the Grain will be ripe in Augujl or Sep- 
tember. 
VIII. The Qualities. The Grain is temperate 
in refpeft to heat or coldnels, and is drying in the 
fecond Degree. It has a tenuity of parts, Ab- 
ft er five , Aftringent , Diuretick , and Antifebri- 
tick. 
IX. The Specification. It reftores in Confump- 
tions and abates the heat of Fevers : Stops Fluxes 
of the Bowels and of the Womb. 
X. The Preparations. You may have here- 
from, i. The Grain, and its Meal. 2. The parch- 
ed Crain. 3. A De'cotfion or Syrup , called Sy- 
rupus Ambrofij. 4. An Emplafler. 5. A Dijhlled 
Water. 6 . AJhes of the Stalks. 7. A Ponder of 
the Flowers. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Grain , and its A'leal. Made into 
Bread or Cakes , or Puddings , and eaten, it reftores 
in Confumptions , and Strengthens the Stomach 
and Belly : Milk thickned with its Flower and 
given daily. Hops Diarrheas and other Fluxes of 
the Bowels: Broth made of choice Beef, and 
thickned with the fine Flower hereof reftores 
the Tone of the Stomach and Intrails admi- 
rably. 
XII. The parched Grain : eaten alone, it flops 
Vomiting : being applyed in Linnen Bags as hot 
as it can be endured, and applyed to the Stomach 
and Belly, it gives eafe in the Belly*ach and 
Cholick, and helps the Griping of the Guts, 
Stitches, Pleurifies, and other Illnefles of like 
Kind. 
XIII. The Tec oil ion , or Syrup of Ambrofe- 
Take Millet a Pound , Boil it in Water 2 Qiiarts , 
till it breaks , and then Jirain out by pr effing : to 
4 or 'y Ounces hereof add White Port or Lisbon 
Wine 2 Ounces : mix them. Let it be given to the 
Patient as hot as it can be endured: it prevails 
againft Fevers and Agues, chiefly Tertians-, is 
Diuretick , and yet ltrongly provokes Sweating , 
and quenches Thirft, the Sick being well covered 
down in a Bed ^ but it ought to be given in the 
declination of the Fit. 
XIV. The Emplafler. It is made of a mixture 
of the Flower and Tar , to a jufl confiftence. 
Being applyed to the Bitings of any Venemous 
Berlt, it draws forth the Poyfon, and fecures the 
Life of the Patient. 
XV. The Dijhlled Water from the green Plant, 
vohileft in Flower. Being taken to 4 or 6 Ounces at 
a time , it is a lingular prelervative againft the 
Stone, Sand, Gravel, and Tartarous Mucilage 
in the Reins, Ureters, and Bladder. 
XVI. The AJhes of the Stalks. Being drank, 
or rather the Lixivium of them , they are good 
againft Kernels under the Ears, and in the Throat, 
and to abate Strumous or Scrophulous Swellings. 
The AJhes mixed with an equal quant iy of the AJhes 
of a red Sponge , and with an eighth part of Pepper in 
fine Pouder , and made up with Wheal Pajle into a 
Cake , and Baked under hot Embers , and eaten, two 
or three Ounces at a time, is an excellent thing 
againft the Kings Evil-, efpecially being taken in 
the Wane of the Moon. 
XVII. The Pouder of the Flowers. The red 
Flowers in Pouder , given to a Dram in red 
Stiptick Wine Cures rhe Reds in Women, fo alfo 
the Pouder of the white Flowers given in the 
fame Dofe and Vehicle Cures the Whites } and 
they both of them, or either of them , cure all 
forts of Fluxes of the Belly. 
MILLEFOLLE, fee Yarrow, Chap. 
MIL-MOUNTAIN , fee Flax Wild, Chap. 268. 
MILT-WASTE, fee Spleen-Worr, Chap. 
CHAP. CCCCXCII. 
Of MINT Garden. 
I. np H E Kamel. It is called in Arabic k ^ 
JL A ' aha n ah a -, in Greek t by the Ancient 
Grecians , but by the latter Greeks , 
'H McfpQ- (from VuV, Suavis vel jucundus-, and 
orujf, odor , fmell ) becaufe it has a fweet or 
pleafing Scent : in Latine , Mentha : and in Eng - 
lifh , Mint. 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral principal 
Kinds of this Plant, as 1. Mentha Hcrtenfis , 
Garden Mint, of which in this Chapter. 2. 
Mentha Syhejlri* , Wild Mint, of which in 
Chap. 493. 3. Mentha Aquatic a , Water Mint, 
of which in Chap. 494. 4. Mentha Montana , 
Mountain Mint, or Calamint, of which we have 
already Treated, Chap. 104. and io?. $. Mentha 
Cat aria vel he Una, Cats Mint, or Nep, of which 
we fhall tread (God willing) in the Chapter of 
Kep, following. 
III. The Species of the Garden Kind. Authors 
have* given us many of the Garden Production, 
but thefe following are chief, viz. 1. Mentha Ro- 
man a Anguflijoho , five Cardiac a , Mentha Hor- 
tenfis. Our Common Spear Mint, called alfo Heart 
Mint. 2. Mentha fufea , Mentha rubra vulgaris. 
Our Common Red Garden Mint. 3. Mentha Cruci- 
ata, & rot undifolia altera Flore Spicato, Crofs Mint. 
4. Mentha Crifpa , Balfamita Camerarij. Sifymbrium 
hor ten- 
