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Salmon ’ s Herbal Lib. 1. 
Comers of old Church-Walls, and Scone 
Buildings, and other like Places. I have feen 
it grow plentifully upon the Stone Walls of the 
Cathedral or Minjler of Ely, from which I have 
fometimes formerly gathered it. It will thrive alfo 
well enough, when Planted in Gardens bn the 
(hady fide , and where it is moift withall } and il 
a great deal of Stone of Brick Rubifh, and old 
Mortar of Walls be mixed with the Earth, it will 
thrive admirably well} and if it is fuftered to Seed 
and Sow it felf, and then to fpring up ol its own 
Sowing, it will not eafily be eradicated thence 
afterwards. The fecond or lefler Kind is rare in 
England as alfo in Germany , and is not to be found 
growing naturally with us, but as it is Planted in 
Gardens : thefe two fieldom grow together in one 
place: and the latter keeps its green Leaves fome- 
times all the Winter. 
VI. The Times. They both Spring up in the 
middle or end of April md in May } they Flower 
in June and July, and the Seed is ripe in July or 
Auguft, or not long after. 
VII. The Vitalities. Pellitory of the Wall, is 
faid to be cold and moift in the firft Degree. It is 
highly Aperitive, Abfterfive, Anodyn, Diuretick, 
Traumatick, Hepatick, Nephritick, Hyfterick, 
and Arthritick. 
VIII. TJ)e Specification. It cures the Strangury 
and Dropfy } and is highly profitable againft the 
Stone, Sand, Gravel or Tartarous Slime in the Reins 
and Bladder is good again!! Coughs, and pains of 
the Liver, Spleen and Womb. 
IX. The Preparations. From the whole Plant 
of Pellitory of the Wall you may have, i. A Li- 
quid Juice. 2. An Ejfence. 3. A Syrup. 4. A 
Decottion. 5;. A Cly filer.. 6. An Ointment. 7. 
A Cataplafm. 8. A Diftilled Water. 9. An 
Elettuary. 1 0. A Saline Tintture. 
The Virtues . 
X. The Liquid Juice. Given to the quantity of 
6 or 7 Spoonfuls at a time, it gives wonderful eafe 
to fuch as are troubled with the Strangury or fup- 
prelfion of Urine , caufing them very fpeedily to 
make Water, and to expel Sand , (Gravel , and 
Stones or Tartarous Slime from the Reins and 
Bladder, and carries off the Water in Dropfies, 
to admiration, giving thereby a fpeedy cure to 
that Difeafe. The Juice held a while in the 
Mouth, gives eafe in the Tooth-ach * and dropt 
into the Ears it eafes their Noife and Ringing, 
and takes away pricking and (hooting Pains in 
them. The faid Juice cools Infiamations, and is 
good againft Burnings by Fire, or Scaldings with 
Water : it prevails againft Anthonies Fire, or any 
other eruptions of heat, being bathed often there- 
with, and wet Cloths dipped therein being alfo 
laid on. It is very effectual to cleanfe Fittula’s, 
and to heal them, more efpecially if a little Honey 
be mixed therewith. 
XI. The Ejfience. It has all the Virtues of the 
Liquid Juice , and may be given in the fame Dofe •, 
It eafes the pains of the Liver, Spleen, Reins, and 
Womb : and opens all their obftru&ions. Ufed as 
a Gargarifm, it cures Inflamed, Swoln, Sore, and 
Ulcerated Throats: and is profitable being inward- 
ly taken, and outwardly applyed, for thq curing of 
old running Sores, and putrid Ulcers in any part 
of the Body, beyond many other things. 
XII. The Syrup. It is made of the Jpice and 
Honey : It has all the Virtues of the Juice and 
Ejfience , and may be given Morning and Night, 2, 
?, or 4 Spoonfuls either alone, or mixt with a 
Glafs of White Port Wine. It is a peculiar thing 
for the cure of the Dropfy. Therewith my Father 
cured me of the Dropfy Anafarca. , when the hopes 
of Life were almoft paft. I took 3 or 4 Spoon- 
fuls of this Syrup Morning and Night for a Month 
together : It carried off the Water after an admi- 
rable manner , and I became perfectly well , with- 
out fo much as taking one formal Purge. 
XIII. The Decottion in Wine or Water. It has 
the Virtues of the Juice , Ejfience and Syrup , bur 
nothing near fo powerful, and may be given Morn- 
ing and Night, to 6 or 8 Ounces mixt with 
Honey it becomes an excellent Gargle for 
an Inflamed, Sore, or Ulcerated Mouth and 
Throat. 
XIV. The Cly filer. It is made of the Juice or 
Ejfience mixt with Honey. It eafes Pains in the 
Sides, Back and Bowels, proceeding from Wind, 
or the Stone and Gravel in the Reins. It heals alfo 
a Bloody Flux, and Excoriations or Ulcers in the 
Bowels. 
XV. The Ointment or Liniment. It is made of 
the Juice with Oil of Ro/es and Cerufie , or White 
Lead. It is good againft Ignis Sacer , hot Erupti- 
ons in the Skin, cleanfes foul, rotten filthy Ulcers, 
and fuch as fpread or creep •, cures running Sores 
and Scabs in Childrens Heads, and (lays the falling 
of the Hair: applyed to the Fundament, it eafes 
the Hemorrhoids or Piles and quickly cures them. 
Mixed with Goats Suet, or a little Cyprus Turpen- 
tine , it cures the Gout. 
XVI. The Cataplafm. The Green Herb beaten 
up with a little Wine , and applyed as hot as it 
can be well endured to the Belly } it eafes the 
Colick, and pains of the Bowels proceeding from 
Wind. The Cataplafm of the fimple green Herb , 
with a little Salt, cures fimple green Wounds, 
cleanfes old running Sores, and putrid Ulcers, and 
caufes them to heal} and it is fo effeUual to heal 
any fimple green Wound, that being bound thereto 
for three days, it will heal it without any other 
Salve, Balfam, Ointment or Medicine. If the 
Cataplafm is made with Mallows, with Wheat Bran 
and "Bean Flower, adding alfo a fujfiicicnt quantity 
of Wine in the boiling them together , with a little 
Oil Olive, and applyed warm to any bruifed Nerve, 
Tendon, or Mufcle, it does in a ftiort time reftore 
them to their priftine ftate of Health and Sound- 
nefs, eafing the Pain, difeufling the Contufion, and 
diffolving the coagulated Blood. 
XVII. The Dijli/led Water. It has the Virtues 
of the Juice, Efijence and Decottion, but in a much 
Inferior or meaner degree. Mixt with Sugar and 
Drank, it works the fame effefls. Applyed to the 
Face or Skin, it is faid to clear it from Spots, 
Freckles, Pimples, Wheals, Tanning, Sun-burn , 
Morphew, Scurff, Cfc. leaving the Skin clear, 
fmooth and delicate. 
XVIII. The Elettuary. It is made of the Lou- 
der of the Herb , and a Rob of its Juice, mixt with 
Honey. It is a fingular remedy for any old, con- 
tinual or dry Cough, Afthma’s, (hortnefs of 
Breath, Hoarlenefs, Wheezing, and other Diftem- 
pers of the Breft and Lungs. 
XIX. The Saline T Mure. It is excellent to 
cleanfe the Reins, Ureters, Bladder, and Womb, 
helps againft the Strangury, provokes Urine, and 
brings away Tartar, Sand, Gravel and Stones, from 
the Reins, Ureters and Bladder. 
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