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Salmon s ‘Herbal. Lib. 1. 
Rue Goats. 
this place, having largely treated of the fame in 
Chap. 520 aforegoing: laving, that whereas we 
were fomething defective in that Chapter as to the 
leveral Preparations of them , and their refpe&ive 
Ufes and Applications ; we Ihall endeavour to add 
and make amends here, for what we were deficient 
in there. 
IV. The remaining Preparations. To thofe ten 
in the laid Chapter , enumerated ^ we add the fix 
following particulars, vis. i. The Green Herb. 
2 . A Rob of the Juice. 3. A Syrup of the Juice. 
4. An Oil of the Flowers. 5. A Spirit , from the 
whole Plant. 6. A Wafh . 
ful in Wine or fome other proper Vehicle to kill 
Worms in Children. 
VII. The Syrup of the Juice. It is of good ufe 
in the Plague, and all forts of Peftilenrial Difeafes 
being taken in Treacle Water, or fome other Anti- 
dotal Vehicle looming and Night, both as a pro- 
phyla&cik and as a Curative : if the Perfon is In- 
ie£led it will be good to put them to Bed, and 
caufe them to Sweat two or three Hours thereupon. 
Dofe 3 or 4 Spoonfuls at a time. It is given alfo 
again!! the Mealies and Small Pox, with the fame 
Succefs. 
VIII. The Oil of the Flowers by Infolation or De- 
cotfion. Anointed upon the Navel it is faid to kill 
Worms in the Belly. Anointed on the Stomach, 
Back Bone, Crown of the Head, and Temples, it 
has been found profitable againft the Epilepfie or 
Falling-ficknefs. Anointed all over the Belly, ic 
gives eafe in the Colick, gripings of the Guts, and 
Convulfions of the Bowels. 
IX. The Spirit from the whole Plant. It is 
Angularly Cordial, and profitable againlt all Pelti- 
lential and Infe&ious Difeafes, having all the Vir- 
tues of the Juice , Effcnce , lnfufion , or Tinctures , 
and may be given to a Spoonful at a time mixed 
with the Syrup. It preferves and defends the Heart 
againlt Palpitations, Faintings, Swoonings, Sick- 
nefs at Stomach, and other like Difeafes of the 
Precordia , and is an Antidote againlt Melancholy 
Vapors opprefiing the Spirits. 
X. The Wafh. It is made by a mixture of the 
Spirit , Juice , and Wine Vinegar in equal parts. 
Being applyed very hot to the part, it defends it 
againlt Gaogreens, and prevents their running far- 
ther ; is profitable to cleanfe and heal running Sore£ 
and Uicers, to deltroy their Malignity, to prevent 
their fretting and fpreading; and to defend the Vi- 
tal Powers from danger , more efpecially if it be 
bathed alfo upon the Region of the Heart, and 
over the whole Belly. 
CHAP. DCVII. 
Of RUPTURE-WRORT. 
The Virtues. 
0 R , 
BURST - WORT. 
V. The Green Herb. It makes good Food or 
Fodder for Sheep, Goats, Cows, Oxen, and other 
Cattle whom it Feeds and Fattens very well : being 
chopt lmall , and mixt with Bran and Barly Meal, 
and given to Hens, is faid to fatten them alio, and 
to make them to lay Eggs plentifully. Reduced 
into Pouder , and taken ro a Dram Morning and 
Evening in a Glafs of choife Canary, it is a prefer- 
vative againlt the Infection of the Plague or of any 
other Malign, Contagious, Epidemieal or Peftilen- 
tial Difeafe, and to kill Worms in Children. 
V I. The Rob of the Juica^ Take the Expreffed 
Juice, Qurifie it with Wfifles oPfeggs^ then Eva- 
porate it to the thicknels or new Honey, or fome- 
thing thicker : to every l&und r of which add, half 
a Pound of double Refined Sugar : melt, mix, and 
keep it for Ufe. It has the Virtues of the Juice 
and Effence , tho’ not altogether fo powerful, be- 
cause many of the Volatile Particles are loft in the 
abfumptionj but is of great ufe in making the 
Elettuary, and in that Cafe much tranfeends Honey, 
it may be taken from half a Spoonful to a Spoon- 
I. 'T 'HE Names. It has no Greek Name that 
X we know of, unlefs you will allow of 
v E(X7nrejv Empetron , which Tragus and Lonicerus 
give it, yet can fcarcely be admitted of, becaufe 
it is more peculiar to Sampire: in Latine it is 
called Herniaria, and Herniola : in Englifh Rup- 
ture-wort, and Burft-wort . 
II. The Kinds. The Chief Sorts which are molt 
ufual with us are, 1. Herniaria major , Herniaria. 
vulgaris Empetron Tragi & Tonic erh, Polygonum 
minus Matthioli , who calls it alfo nv 
Nonnullis, Millegrana Sfuibiifdam, Herniola • Epi- 
pahUs Anguilane Herniaria multigrana ferpilli 
folio Pence in adverfaria Herba Turca Lobelij & 
Qcefalpini •, Herba Cancri minor Cordi, in his Scboli- 
odes-, & Millegrana, in his Hi fioria Plant arum ■ 
Polygonum minus , feu Millegrana major Baubini \ 
but generally Herniaria by Came ran us, Dodoneus 
Gefner, Gerard, Lugdunenfis , Tabernamontanus 
and Th alius. Our common Rupture- wort, or the 
greater Rupture- wort. 2, Herniaria major Afri- 
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