934 Salmon ’ s ‘Herbal. Lib. I. 
exa&ly in the fame manned as you make Spirit oj 
Wine. If it is well done, it .is full as ltrong and 
as good as Spirit of Wine , and as pure: and when 
it has Age upon it is fcaicely to be known from true 
Spirit of Wine. It ferves to all the fame ufes which 
Spirit ef Wine does, both in Chymiltry and Phy- 
fick, and is full as good and as Cordial, being taken 
as a Dram. 
CHAP. DXCII. 
Of RATTLE-GRASS' Red: 
OR, 
Red L O U S E - W O R T. 
I. Names. It is called in Greeks * 9 sie/oy -• 
X in Latine , Pedicularis , and Fijiularia , alfo 
Crifia Gallic or Gallinacea rubra: in Englifh , 
Rattle-Grafs , Red. Rattle Grafs , Red Cocks-Comb , 
and Red Louf e-wort. 
II. The Kinds. There are three Species here- 
of, viz. i. Pedicularis Pratenfis rubra vulgaris , 
Or if} a Galli altera , five Pbtbirion -, Our Com- 
mon red Rattle. 2. Pedicularis major montana •, 
Pedicularis Alpina filicis folio major Baubini 
Alefforolopbus major Clufij , The greater Mountain 
Rattle-Grals, or greater Red Cocks-Comb. 3. 
Pedicularis montana minor ; Pedicularis A! pint 
Filicis folio minor Baubini Alefforolopbus minor 
Clufij h The leffer Mountain red Rattle-Grafs. 
There is alfo Fellow Rattle-Grafs , or Rattle-Grafs 
with yellow Flowers, called generally Cocks-Comb , 
and under that Title we have already treated of it 
in Chap. 142 aforegoing, to which you are referred. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. The firfi, or Our Common red Rattle. Its 
Root confifts of two or three fmall whit iff) Strings 
Rattle-Grafs red , or, Lonfe-wort. 
with fome Fibres adjoining to them. It has (eve- 
ral reddijh hollow Stalks , which are fometimes 
green alfo, rifing up from the Root , lying for the 
mofi part on the Ground , yet fome growing more 
upright, with many fmall reddifh greenifh Leaves 
Jet on both fides oj a middle Rib , finely denied 
about the edges. The Flowers jiand at the tops 
of the Stalks and Branches , of a fine purplijh red 
color, like fmall gaping Hoods after which come 
flat blackijh Seeds in fmall Husks , which lying loofe 
therein , will Rattle by Jhaking, whence came the 
Name. 
IV. The fecond, or Greater Mountain Rattle- 
Grafs, or Greater Red Cocks-Comb. Its Root is 
long, thick, and black. It rifes up near half a Tard 
high, with a thick crefted hollow Stalk, Jet fome- 
thing thick , with long Stalks of Winged Leaves 
made after the manner of Feme, notched about the 
edges, one above another. The Flowers are like 
the former , but of a whitijh color, growing in a 
long Spike-, after which follow broader Husks 
containing therein flat Seed much like to Mad- 
wort. 
V. The third, or Leffer Mountain red Rattle- 
Grafs. Its Root is long and white , of the thick- 
et ejs of ones Finger , with fome great Fibres ad- 
joining to it. This f mailer kind grows much lower 
than the la ft, and with fewer Leaves on the Stalks 
which are fender, but hollow alfo like unto them. 
The Flowers like wife are fmaller and grow on a 
for ter Spike, but of a delicate fhining red Color . 
The Husks which follow, are greater than the firft, 
with long beaks at their ends , having corner'd Seed 
within them. 
VI. The Places. They grow the firft in our 
Meadows, the fecond and third in our Woods and 
Mountainous and Hilly Grounds, in many parts 
of this Land ; and are rather a Plague and Annoy- 
ance to the Land, than of any good ule for the 
Cattle. The firft delights in moilt and moorifh 
Meadows, where it encreafes and becomes hurtful 
to the Grafs. 
VII. The Times. Gerard lays the firft Flowers 
in May and June. Parkin fon lays, they Flower 
in June, and fometimes till Auguli is palt. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are cold and dry in 
the firft degree •, Aftringent, and Vulnerary. 
IX. The Specification. It heals the Bloody Flux, 
flops the overflowing of the Courfes in Women, 
or any other Flux of Blood •, flops all other Fluxes 
of the Bowels, as alfo any Flux of Humors to any 
old running Sore, Ulcer or Filtula , and is profi- 
table for the fpeedy healing them up. 
X. The Preparations. You may have herefrom 
1. A Liquid Juice of the Plant. 2. H Deco than 
oj the fame in rough or Styptic k Red Wine 3. A 
Ponder of the Seed , and Leaves. 
Tbs Virtues. 
XI. The Liquid Juice. Taken from a Spoon- 
ful to two in Red Styptick Wine, Morning and 
Night, it flops the overflowing of the Courfes in 
Women, and all other Fluxes of the Bowels, as 
alfo Catarrhs or Fluxes of Rheum into the Mouth 
and Throat, and all forts of fluxes of Humors 
upon the Joints and other parts, and thin Diltilla 
tions upon old running Sores, Ulcers, Fiftula's, Lie, 
caufing them fpeediiy to heal, more efpeciaily if 
they be daily wafhed with the fame Juice, mixed 
with an eighth part of Common Spirit of Wine 
or Brandy. Inwardly taken alfo as aforefa.id. i; 
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