7’ 8 
Salmon s Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
ablorbing the preternatural Acid winch a fillets them : 
is good agiinlt Surfeits^ Gluttony and Drunkennefs, 
and gives eale iii the Strangutv. cleaning thfe Reins, 
Ureters, and Bladder of Scones, Gravel, Sand, or 
Tartarous Mucilage, which may any ways obftruft 
them. Dole From ic Grains to 20 or ?o in a Glals 
of Par fly Water. It carries oft' the Recrements ot 
the Blood and Humors, and the caufes or many 
Dil cafes by Urine, for which reafon ic is of extra 
ordinary Ufe in Fevers. 
XXXI V'. The Mixture. Take Powers or Elixir 
of Mint 6 Drains -, Powers of doves ? Drams •, 
Powers of Angelica 2 Draws-, At id 'find u re oj 
Car awaits r Draw-, mix them. Dole fiom 60 tc 
80 Drops in any proper Vehicle again!! theCholick 
obftru&ions of the Terms in Women, Hylterick 
Fits, Vomiting, and weak-nefs of the Stomach. It 
is profitable alfo againft ConvuUions, Fainting and 
Swooning Fits, Sicknefs at Heart, and a Ccfnlump- 
tive habit of Body. 
XXXV. The Sauce cr Ballet. It is made of the 
green Herb fhred Imall, and made grateful with the 
belt White Wine Vinegar, a little Salt, and a fuffi- 
eienc quantity of double Refined Sugar. It is 
acute and grateful to the Stomach, caufes an 
Appetite, and is ufed as Sauce for Lamb, when 
in Seafon, and Lome other Meats. 
XXXVI. Obfervations. In ancient times , the 
ule of Mint was forbidden to Soldiers, not tor any 
hurt it did them, but becaufe, it did too much in- 
cite to Venery, and thereby took away, or abated 
their Courage and Valor. It is alfo farther obfer- 
ved, that a Lotion made of the Juice , Effence , or 
Decothon , by mixing with them a little of the 
Acid Tmilure, and honey of Rofes , that it cures 
the Scurvy in the Gums and a Sore Mouth and 
Throat. And a Gargarifrn made with the Effence , 
Juice, DccoQion, Powers or Elixir , by mixing 
with either of them, the Spirituous or Acid Tintture 
of Coriander Seed and Rue, or by infufing thofe two 
things in them , is an admirable remedy againft a 
Stinking Breath, by gargling the Mouth and 
Throat therewith , and alfo oftentimes holding ic 
in the Mouth : and it caufes the Uvula or Palate 
of the Mouth when down , to return to its place 
and ftrength again. And an Errhine made with 
the Juice or Effence, two parts mixt with the Di- 
fhlled Water one pa/t, and the Acid Tintlurc half a 
part, is an Excellent thing againft the Megrim, 
Head-ach, Vertigo, Lethargy, Vc. by purging the 
Head of cold grofs Flumors. Being Snuffed up the 
Noftrils, and held in the Mouth, ic is good againft 
a Stinking Breath , which proceeds from iotten or 
corrupted Teeth. 
Merit ajl rum : ill Enghfh , Wild. Mint and Horfe 
Mmt. 
II. The Kinds. There are {event forts of this 
Wild Mint, as, 1. Mem ajl rum HoAte/fe, Mentha 
Sy/vejlns Hortcnfis, Sijymbna Mentha agrcjhs Lo- 
be! /) , Our Garden or Manured Wild-Mint. 2. 
Mentajlrum niveum Angliam, Our white or party 
colored Wild Mint, or Horfe Mint. 3. Alen- 
t ajl rum folio Long 10/ e -, Merit ajl rum aliud Lobelij * 
Me/It ajl rum Carnpenfe l.ugdune/is- Sifymbrium Syl- 
vejh e Maithio/i, Long Leav’d Wild Mint, or Horfe 
Mint. 4. Mentajlrum Monlanum • Merit aflr urn 
Pannonicum Clufij , Mountain or Hungarian Wild 
or Horfe Mint. >. Mentajlrum 'Luberofum Clufij % 
Mentajlrum Radice Tuberofa-, Tuberofe or Knob- 
bed Wild or. Horfe Mint. 6. Mentha gc mcul at a 
Radice , Wild or Horfe Mint with Kneed or 
Jointed Roots. 7. Mentajlrum hr r fit urn -, Aleut a- 
jlrum minus Spiral urn Lit gd tine. nfis • Alcntajlrum 
aliud hi r jut uni Came ran) t, Me n I ajl ri folia aqua tic a 
hirftta , U Ca/aminlha tertia Diofcoridk Lobelia , 
Mentha pa! u jlris folio oblongo Bauhini, Hairy Wild 
or Horfe Minr. 8. Mentajlrum rot undifolium 
minus, U Mentha rotundifolia Pa/ujlris Minor 
Bauhini , Small ronnd Leav’d Wild or Horfe 
Minr. 
chap: ccccxciii. 
Of MINT Wild } 
O R , 
Horfe MINT. 
1 . f ~r^HE Names. It is called in Greek, 'HJW- 
X fwf ayer©-, x) (AvQ w xj a be**-’ 
in Latine, Mintha Sylvefiris, Mintha agreflis , 
’The Defcriptions . 
111 . The firft , or Out Garden or Manured 
Wild Mint. Its Root is creeping , and much like 
to that of the Garden Kind. From whence fpring 
up fquare Stalks, which are hoary and a little hairy 
alfo, on which -grow larger and rounder Leaves than 
thofe of the Garden Kind, of an hoary white 
color , and covered as it were with down. The 
Flowers ftand at the tops of the Branches in fpiked 
Heads of a pale pufplilh color, the fmell of which 
is heady and ftronger than thofe of the Garden 
Kind. 
IVilcl MINT. 
