762 Salmon/ Herbal, Lib. I. 
plyed to the Gout, it gives eafe in a (hort time, 
and in Come reafonable time after cures it-. It is alio 
good to cure Punftures or Wounds of the Nerves 
and Tendons, being applyed very hot to them ac- 
cording to Art. 
- XXI. The Compound Syrup. Take Myrtle Berries 
7 Ounces and half, Sanders white and red , Sumach. 
Ba/aufujns^ Barberries , cf each an Ounce and half : 
Medici's cut half a Found : bruijc and boil all in 
fair Water 8 Founds , till half is con fumed -, then 
jl rain out, and add Juice of Quinces. Juice of four 
Fomgranets , of each 6 Ounces : and with white Su- 
gar 4 Pounds , boil them into a Syrup , adding the 
Juices towards the end. It is good againft all forts 
of Fluxes of the Bowels and Hemorrhages, chiefly 
Spitting of Blood: it is cooling, binding and 
ftrengthning, relilts Vomiting and Nauleoufnefs, 
comforts and ftrengthens the Stomach, and is pro- 
fitable againlt a Catarrh and an old Cough ; it is 
faid to cure Ruptures and flop the Whites in Wo- 
men. Dofe 2 Spoonfuls. 
XXII. The Compound Oil. Take Myrtle Berries 
well bruifed a Pound : Jharp Wine a Pint : Juice oj 
Quinces , and Juice of Mint, of each a quarter of 
a Pound : Oil Omphactne 4 Pounds : mix them well 
and fet all in the hot Sun , or in an equivalent Sand 
heat for a Week, then boil and prefs out the Berries *, 
and repeat this Operation twice more with frefh 
Bernes , infolating , boiling and prejfing out as before, 
and then keep it for life. It admirably flrengthens 
■weak Limbs and Joints, faftens loofe Gums and 
Teeth ; and anointed on the Temples, Cheeks, 
Jaws, and Gums, gives eafe in the Tooth-ach : 
The Hair of the Head being Shaved off, and this 
Oil being anointed thereon, it faftens the Roots of 
the Hair, and hinders the fliedding thereof: it, 
flrengthens the Nerves, Brain, Stomach and Joints, 
flays Vomiting, and flops Fluxes, being anointed 
on the Stomach and Belly, and ufed Clyfter- 
wife. 
NAILE-WORT, fee Whitlow-Grafs. Chap. 
CHAP. DXV. 
Of NAVEL --WORT; 
0 R, 
PENNY-WORT. 
I. 'T' H E Names. It is called in Creek, Kirv- 
X Cotyledon, ab Acetabuli five Umbilici 
figure : in Latine, Umbilicus Veneris , Acetabulum, 
Cotyledon, Scatum Cceli , ScuteUum, Terrse Umbilicus 
Hort m Veneris, Herba Coxendtcum-, in Englijb ’ 
Navel-wort , Penny-wort , Kidney-wort, Hip-wort ’ 
and Venus Navel . 
II. The Kinds. This Plant leems to be a Species 
or fort of Sedum, or Houfleek : and thereof Au- 
thors have given us many Kinds, fome of which, 
becaufe they are total ftrangers in our Country, we 
Itell pretermit, and deferibe to you only thefe fol- 
lowing, which are found to grow either Wild, or 
elfe Nurltup in our Gardens. I. Umbilicus Venc- 
ris vulgaris. Cotyledon , Term Umbilicus, ScuteUum, 
Hortus Veneris , our Common Navel-wort, Wall 
Penny-wort , or Kidney-wort. 2. Cotyledon altera 
Malthioli -, Umbilicus Veneris alter, Spotted Navel- 
wort. 3. Cotyledon altera minor folio fubrotundo-. 
Cotyledon miner Montana altera , Imall Navel-wort' 
with foundilh Leaves. 4 Cotyledon altera f/oribtts 
verjicohribus , fmall Navel-wort with party color’d 
Flowers. 3. Cotyledon feu Sedum lot if. hum j, erratum 
collate fore ; jedum Montanum, vel fedum fera- 
tum Vlore rubente Maculato, fpotted Navel-wort 
with Saw-like broad Leaves, Tire Princes Feather. 
To thele may be added, 6 . Cotyledon paluftris , 
Water Navel-Wort or Penny-wort. Columna and 
Baubine refer this to the Ranunculi or Crowfeer, 
for it has no affinity with the Cotyledons , but only 
in the roundneis of the Leaf; the former of them 
call it Ranunculus aquaticus Umbihcafo folio and 
the latter Ranunculus aquaticus Cotyledonis folio- 
in the North of England they call it lVhite Rot: 
and in Norfolk , F lock-wort. 7. Umbilicus Veneris 
(Mcmirum Loriiceri ; Cotyledon hederaceo folio 
Cymbal, iria hederacea Labe/ij ; Cymbalaris , Cymbala- 
ria, Linaria bedera: folio Columna , Ivy Leav’d Na- 
vel-wort, or Ivy-wort; this is -likewife no more a 
Cotyledon than the former, but Gerard has placed it 
among the Species. 8. Umbilicus martnus, Coty- 
ledon Marina 1 .obeli] fungus Martnus minimus 
Cafalpini , Sea Navel-wort. Neither is this a Spe- 
cies of the Cotyledon, but for the Name lake it has 
a place in this Chapter; but that of Cxfatpinus is 
the more proper Name. Some will have it to be 
the Androfa.ee Diofcoridis , but what plant that was, 
is fcarcely now known. 
T he Defcriptioiu. 
III. The firft , or Our Common Navel-wort, 
Wall Penny-wort , or Kidney-wort. It has a Root 
Navel-wort Common . 
