Salmon ’ s Herbal. 
Vceks* (baking the Bo: lie once every Day-, and 1 0 unces : mix, digeft in a Bolt Heal dole flop for S 
hen letting it /land till it is fettled, dicant or ]o Days, then decant the dear Tinllure and keep 
he clear into the former lnfitfon, and fo keep it for ufi. It has all the Virtues of the Ponder , 
f aces pal a Pint mare of the fame Wine, digeft 3 Tartar, 3 Pints, or Something money Spirit of Salt 
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the clear into the fc. — . - . . T a , ■ 
it for ule Sixty or eighty Drops may be 1 Infufwn, and Simple Imlture, hut is more potent to 
given of it at a time in a Glafs of Wine, all the faid purpofes and Intentions, and maybe 
a S3 i r, ft Fainting and Swooning Fits-, as alfo ; given in the fame manner and Dole. Take.Hy- 
it may be given in Early Broth , or other pro- \dropiper Water , chafe Canary, of each 2 Ounces-, 
per Vehicle as Aqua . MirabilA , againlt the [Syrup of Pennyroyal an Ounce-, of this Tinllure 
talDs Small Pox Spotted' Fever, and the 2 Drams, or more-, mix them for a Dofe, 
£ 
Plague or Petlilence, as alfo againlt all other 
Malign and Contagious Difeales, both as a 
ProphylaEtick or Prefervative^ and as a Cura- 
tive. It provokes the Terms in Women, and 
facilitates the Birth of Women in Labour, 
bringing away the After-birth , and caufing a 
due cleanling afterwards; but then it ought to 
be given from half a Spoonful to a Spoon- 
ful at a time, in a Glafs of White Port 
Wine Mull’d, and to be repeated according 
at you fee need requires. Dropt into the Ears 
it is good again!! Pain and Deafnefs. 
XIII. The Infufwn in fennel, or Damask 
Rofe Water, or in Milk Water, or in Wo- 
mens Breafi Milk. It cures Difeafes and 
Sorenefs of the Eyes, Blood-fhot, and the 
like; and is of excellent ufe to preferve them 
from being hurt in the Small Pox ot Mealies, 
being dropt into them , defending them from 
the Flux of Humors, which is apt to fall upon 
them. 
XIV. The Tinllure. It is made ly mixing 
an Ounce of the heft Englijh Saffron with a 
Quart of Spirit of Wine in a cold DigeJIion 
for 40 Days , Jhakitig the Bottle once every Day-, 
if half an Ounce of Cochinele be added to the 
Saffron, and 2 Ounces of the beft reSified 
Spirit of Salt, digefting cold , as aforefaii , 
and then decanting the clear Ttnllure ; it will be 
cf double Jlrengtb , and have all - the Virtues 
of the Pouder and Infufwn in a fuperabundant 
manner. It cheats the Heart, refitts Melancho- 
ly, and enervates the Venom of Malign Difea- 
fes : being profitable againlt the very Plague 
or Peltilence it felf, detending the Head, 
Brain, Nerves, Stomach, Heart, and Vital 
’ Powers from the Contagion , and the very 
extream force of the Difeal'e. It may be given 
from half a Dram to a Dram , or 2 Drams, 
according as the exigency requires, in any 
proper Vehicle. You may alfo make it thus, 
Take choife Englijh Saffron an Ounce-, Spirit of 
Saffron, or Tinllure of Salt of Tartar a Quart-, 
put them into a Bolt head , and digeft cold , 
or in a very gentle heat for 8 or to Days , 
then decant the clear Tinllure , and keep it for 
ufe. It has all the former Virtues , betides 
which it is good againlt Hyfterick Fits, Con- 
vulGons , Palpitation of the Heart , Sicknefs 
at Stomach , and other like Diltempers. Take 
Angelica, orBawm, or Borage Water , 3 Ounces, 
Syrup of Citron Peels 1 Ounce ; Tinllure _ of 
Saffron 1 Dram ; mix for a Cordial in Fainting 
and Swooning Fits, Convulfions, (Vc. Take 
Angelica Water , Treacle Water , of each an 
Ounce ; Syrup of ClovegillifoKC/j 6 Drams ; 
'Till ure of Saffron a Dram and half ; mix for a 
Dofe, to be given in Milignant Fevers , Small Pox, 
Meaf.es, Plague, &c, 
XV. Tir.Uura Croci compofita , The Compound 
Tincture of Saffron. Take choife Englijh Saffron 
an Ounce and half-, Cochinele in fine Pouder an 
Ounce-, Clcrvcs, Nutmegs, Virginia Snake Root , 
Winters Cinamon , Mace , of each 6 Drams all in 
Pouder-, Spirit of Saffron , or Tinllure of Salt of 
to facilitate the Birth , or bring away the After- 
birth. 
XVI. Spirit of Saffron. It is made as you make 
Spirit of Lavender , and other like things. It 
ftrengthens and fortifies the Heart, comforts all the 
Spirits, Natural, Vital, and Animal , provokes the 
Terms, and facilitates both Birth and After-birth. The 
Elixir is much better than the Spirit , being the 
Poteftates Croci impregnated with the Saffron it 
felf; but it is a thing rare, or very difficult to 
be obtained, by realon it is fo chargeable a 
Medicine. 
XVII. The Difiilled Oil of Saffron. It is 
Drawn like other Vegetable Oils with Water ; fo 
have you a Water and Oil of Saffron together, from 
which the Oil is to be feparated , with a Sepa- 
rating funnel. It is very colfly, for a Pound of 
Saffron will yield but one Dram of pure Oil. 
It has all the Virtues of the Pouder, Tinllure, 
and Spirit, and may be given from 2 to 6 
Drops in any proper Vehicle. But feme cheat- 
ing People make a Counterfeit Oil of Saffron, 
thus. Take choife Saffron a Pound , impregnate 
it with Oil of Turpentine an Ounce ; Spirit of 
Wine 10 Drams: D iftill from Water with many 
Cohobations , then feparate the Oile from the 
Water. It is ufeful for the purpofes aforemen- 
tioned, and for external DifaffefUons of the 
Nerves, Mufcles, and Joints, as Pains, Aches, 
Gouts, Cramps, Palfies, Ctc. 
XVIII. An Extralf, or EJfence. It is made 
by evaporating the Tinllure to a due Confiftence. 
It has all the Virtues of the Tinllure but 
not fo potent, becaufe many of its Volatile 
and Spiritual parts are loll; but if the Spi- 
rit be evaporated or drawn off in Balneo , you 
may keep it for Spirit of Saffron. Take Ex- 
trail of Saffron an Ounce-, Mithrtiate half an 
Ounce-, Virginia Snake Root, Cochinele in Pou- 
der of each 3 Drams-, mix them. Dofe 1 
Dram Morning and Night , againft Fainting 
and Swooning Fits, Mealies, Small Pox, Plague, 
difficult Labor, 0 c. 
XIX. Oil of Saffron by Inflation or Infu- 
fwn. It is Anodyn, comforts the Nerves, Mufcles, 
and Joints, eafes pains of the the Stomach 
and Spleen , and ripens Apoltems, 0 c. See mote 
of Saffron , in our Seplafium ; Or, Druggifis Shop, 
Lib. 8. Chap. 4. Sell. 4. 
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