ioi 2 Salmon ' s Herbal. Lib. 1. 
der, the Pleurifie, Colick, obltruftions of the 
Terms, Worms in Chilftien, &c. 
X. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from, I. A Juke, or Eftence of the Leaves. 2. A 
De cod ion of the fame in Water or Wine. 3. A 
Pouder of the Leaves. 4. A Fume. $. A Decoded 
Oil. 6 . An Ointment. 7. A Cataplajm. 8. A 
DiJiil/edWater. 9. An Oil Difiilled. 10. Oleum 
Sabin<£ Crocinum Mynfichti. 11. Pot eft cites or 
Powers. 12. An Elixir. 13. A Fixt Salt. 
The Virtues. 
XL The Juice or Effence of the Leaves. They 
are of thih parts, and by realon of their ftrong 
drying and heating Qualities, they have no confo- 
lidating or glewing property in them^ but by rea- 
fon of their great acrimony, they digeft more, and 
refill putrefa&ion as powerfully as thofe prepara- 
tions of the Cyprefs ^ mixed with Honey and ap- 
plyed, they cleanfe the filth of Ulcers, and take 
away their blacknefs, and break or dilfolve Car- 
buncles, or Plague Sores. They provoke the 
Courfes, and force aw3y both Birth and After- 
Birth. They are alfo profitable againlt the Kings- 
Evil. Dofe one or two Spoonfulls or more 
Morning and Night, in a Glafs of White or 
Rheniffi Wine. 
XII. The Decotfion in Wine or Water. It has 
all the Virtues of the Juice or Effence, but much 
weaker, taken to half a pint, it expells blood by 
Urine, and is profitable againft the Stone, Sand, 
Gravel, or any Tartarous Mucilage in the Reins, 
or Urinary parts. Given with 30 Drops of Spi- 
rit of Hartfhorn, or Tartarifed Sal Armoniack it 
is a prefent help againft the Pleurifie, and Wind 
Colick, Efc. 
XIII. The Pouder of the Leaves. It has the 
Virtues of the Juice, Effence and Deco&ion, and 
may be given from hall a Dram to a Dram, 
in any proper Vehicle-, feme give it as a Spe- 
cifick to Kill Worms in Children. Take Savine 
in Pouder a Dram: Nitre finely pondered 3. 
Ounces: Honey 2 Ounces , mix them. It wonder- 
fully helps fuch as are Afthmatick and fhort 
winded, being taken upon a Knives point morn- 
ing and night. 
XIV. The Fume. It is made of the Green 
Herb cut fmall and Hung upon live Charcole -, 
received up the Body with or without a Funnel, 
it induces the Terms, and Loches ftopt, haftens 
the Birth, and Facilitates the Delivery. 
XV. The Decoded Oil. It eafes pains , is 
good againft Tumors, and King-Evil, Swellings, 
and is laid to Kill Worms in Childrens Bellies 
being anointed therewith, 
XVI. The Ointment. It is made of the Green 
Herb , as is ufual after which , to every pound of 
the Ointment x Ounces of the fine Pouder of the 
Leaves is added . It has all the Virtues of the 
aforegoing Oil, and is more powerful than it to 
all intentions ^ anointed on the' heads of Children 
which are vehemently Scabby, commonly called 
Scald Heads, it throughly cleanfes them, flops 
their running, drys, and perfeUly heals them, 
and is good againft Anthonies Fire. 
XVII. The Cat aplafm. It is made of the Green 
Leaves by bruifing them in a Mortar. Laid up- 
on Old Ulcers, running Sores, and fretting Can- 
kers, and fuch like, it digefts, cleanfes, deftroys 
their malignity, drys and heals them, being firft 
Bathed or Wafhed with a ftrong Deco&ion of 
the Leaves. 
XVIII. The Difiilled Water. It is a proper Ve- 
ivyiuu vi mv. lujiuci mcuiciries m : 
it is alfo of Angular good ufe to cleanfe the 
Skin, and dear it from difcoloring, fpots, marks, 
and other like deformities ; 'and is profitable fir 
the Vertigo, or a Giddinels of the Head and 
Brain, being taken inwardly morning and night 
to 4 Ounces or more, fweetned with double re- 
fined Sugar. 
XIX. The Difiilled Oil. It powerfully provokes 
the Terms, haften and facilitates the Birth forces 
away the After-Birth, and dead Child, provokes 
Urine, gives eafe in the Stone, Gravel, Stran- 
gury, ot any Obftruaion of the Urine, gives pre- 
fent eafe in the Colick, and is profitable againft 
the Pleurifie, as alfo the Gout proceeding from a 
cold caufe, being anointed thereon. Dofe from a 
Drops to 10, Dropt into fine Sugar, and lb drank 
with a quarter of a Pint of the Difiilled Water 
or fame other proper Vehicle. 
XX. Oleum Submit Crocinum Mytt/lchti, Myn- 
fichts Oil of Savin with Saffron. Take if the 
former Difiilled Oil of Savine a Ounces . Orien- 
tal Saffron , or the befi Englifb Saffron a Drams 
relhfed Spirits of Mugwort , Cenlory the left 
and Cinnamon , of each one Ounce ; digeft i 0 days' 
then abfiraCt the Spirit and keep the Oil far ufe’ 
It has all the Virtues of the Difiilled Oil and 
much more powerful for all the intentions Ir 
may be given morning and evening (after due 
purging) from iij. drops to x. in Rhenifh Wine 
or fome appropriate Water or DecoElion. ’ 
XXI. Pot eft ares. Or the Powers of Swine 
Thefe are poffibly one of thegreareft Hyllericks 
in the whole Vegetable Kingdom, for fuppreffing 
Vapors and curing. Fits of the Mother. They 
are admirably Nervous, and cure cold difeafes of 
the Head, Brain, Nerves and Womb, proceeding 
from too much moifture. They are of thin and fub 
til parts, provoke Urine and the Terms halten 
the Birth, force away the After-Birth, and expeit 
the dead Child if any be. They open and cleanfe 
the Womb fo powerfully, that they are not to be 
taken by Women with Child, left they caufe Abor- 
tion or Mifcarriage. And yet they have this Ex 
cellent quality (it a Woman is not with Child) 
as well to comfort and fttengthen the Womb as 
to open and cleanfe it. Tho’ they potently pro 
voke the Terms when Stopt, yet when they 
How too much, they will as well flop them a 
gain becaufe they warm, comfort, and ftrengthen 
the Nerves ; and the Womb being very Nervous 
it receives the fame advantage thefeby They 
famoufly eafe pains, in what part of the Body 
foever, efpecially thofe of the Colick, of th* 
Stone, and after-pains; and all fuel, as proceed 
from Cold, Bruifes, Strains, Blows, or other 
Contingent caufes. They are of extraordinarv 
force in Curing Barrennefs in both Sexes but 
chiefly in Women, for they warm, comfort re 
ftore and ftrengthen the lnftruments of genera 
non, acuate and enliven the Seed, making it 
brisk potent and fruitful, aijd that in both Men 
and Women. They cure Cramps and Convulfions 
as alfo a cold Gout and Sciatica, and ftrengthen 
all the parts weakned by thofe difeafes of anv 
external Violence. They cure the Palfie, trembling 
of the Hands, Arms, or Feet, and the benummedf 
nefs of any part, if taken inwardly in due dofe 
and be alfo outwardly applied to the parts affeFled’ 
as alfo bathed on the back Bone, as often and’ 
as long as the Vehemency of the difeafe re 
quires. They become a cure for the Palfie if 
diligently ufed according to thefe direflions The 
Dije. They may be given from 40 to 80 or an 
100 Drops, yea to half a Spoonful or more 'if 
