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Salmon s Herbal. 
The Defer ipt ions. 
III. It has a finally bnjhy , Fibrous Root , from 
whence fpring up jiiany fmall grajfy Leaves ( for 
which reafon it might have been placed, as well among 
the Grafles) which Leaves are very Jbort , rough 
and hard : from among which fpring up fever al 
fmall , fender Stalks , with fmall, long, blackijh 
green , f piked Heads, like unto a fmall Plantain 
'flCoufe fad- 
too hot and unfeafonable, it is fometimes found in 
June. 
VII. The Qualities. It is cold and dry in the 
firft Degree : and of an Aftringent or Binding qua- 
lity : much of the nature of Plantain. 
VIII. The Specification. Country People apply 
it for the flopping of Hemorrhages, whether of 
the Nofe or Wounds, and find it a very excellent 
thing. 
IX. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from, T. A Juice or EJfence. 2. A Dec oil ion 
in JVine. 3. A Louder of the Herb and its 
Heads. 
The Virtues . 
X. The Juice or EJfence. Syringed up the 
Noftrils it flops an Hemorrhage, or Bleeding at the 
Nofe : and given inwardly from a Spoonful to two 
Spoonfuls, it ftopsany inward Bleeding, Spi'iing 01 
Vomiting, Pilling Blood or the Bloody Flux: it 
may be given in Alicant, or fome ftrong Bodied 
Styptick Wine. 
XI. The Decotfion in Wine. It has the fame 
Vertues, but much weaker, and may be given 
Morning, Noon, and Night, from 4 to 8 Ounces, 
fweetned with Syrup of Comfrey. 
XII. The Louder. Blown up the Noftrils thro’ 
a Quill, it is faid to flop the Bleeding of the Nofe : 
given inwardly in Styptick Red Wine from a Dram 
to two Drams, it performs all that the Juice and 
EJfence will do: Applyed outwardly upon Bleeding 
Wounds it flops the Hemorrhage ^ and being made 
into a ftiff Cataplafm with the Juice or EJfence , 
it fecures them againft their future bleeding. 
CHAP. DV. 
Of M U G W O It T. 
Head, but f mailer , having white Flowers on them, 
which quickly fade and fall away -, after which there- 
is found very fmall blackijh Seed in the long Heads , 
which then in fome are a little crooked, and in 
others ftraight , refembling a Moufe Tail, from 
whence it took its Denomination or Name. 
IV. Gerard thus deferibes it. It has a fmdll and 
thready Root , from whence fpring up many fmall 
grajfy Leaves fpread on the Ground , an Inch long , 
or Jomewbat more : among which does rife up fmall 
tender naked Stalks , about two Inches long, bearing 
at their lops, a little blackijh Torch , or f piked 
Knob, in Shape like that of the Plantains, refem- 
bling very notably the Tail of a Moufe. 
V. The Places. It grows in many fertile Paftures 
and Medows, asalfoondry Banks, and by the Path 
fides in many places of England. It has been found 
growing upon a barren Ditch Bank, near unto a Gate 
leading into a Pafture, on the right Hand of the 
Way, going from London to Hamftead : and in a 
Field as you> go from Edmonton in' Hartford-Jbire, 
unto a Houfe near to it, called Pirns, by the Foot 
Path fides. Alfo in Woodford Row in Waltham 
Forreft , and in feveral places in EJfex, and other 
parts of the Kingdom. 
VI. The Times, k Flowers often in April, and 
isalmolt gone in May - 7 but if the Weather is not 
T H E Names. It is called in Greek, 'Apruuolct : 
in Latino , Artemifia ( from Artemifia the 
Wife of Mai Joins King of Cana:) formerly it 
was called Par then is, quafi, VirginalU , i. e. Maiden- 
wort : and as Apuleius fays, was alfo called Partbe- 
nium, which is indeed the proper Name of another 
Plant, viz. Fetherfew. But fome think the Name 
came" from (one of the Names of Diana) 
becaufe it is chiefly applyed to Womens Difeafes: 
and in Englijh, it is called only. Mug-wort. 
II. The Kinds. There are four Species of this 
Plant, ufual with us, viz. i. Artemifia vulgaris , 
called by fome Mater Herb ar urn , Our common 
Mugwort: and this is common almoft in all 
Countries. 2. Artemifia minor. The leffer or fmall 
Mugwort. 3. Artemifia Montana, Artemifia tenui- 
folia Montana, Fine Mountain Mugwort. 4. Arte- 
mifia Virginiana, Virginian Mugwort. 
T he Defer ipt ions. 
Hi The firft , or Our Common Mugwort, hem 
a Root which is long and hard, with many fmall 
Fibres growing from it, whereby it takes firm hold 
