lO 46 
Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. 1. 
XV. The Injufion in Wine . It is made of 
the Root being Bruifed, and fteepei all Night 
in the Wine. It has all the Virtues ot the 
Juice, Effence, and DecoElion : taken to a quar- 
tet of a Pint or more, morning and night, it fod- 
ders and glews together broken Bones very fpeedi- 
ly and Itrongly, thu’ the Bones be but Bender- 
ly and unhandfomly placed; a Cataplafm or 
the Juice, or Root, being applied alfo to the 
fame. T . 
XVI. The Pouder of the Root. It is given to 
a Dram or more, morning and evening, in Drink 
or Broth, againll Ruptures, broken Bones, Wounds 
and Inward Bruifes, and being alfo made into 
a Catapktfm with the Juice, and outwardly ap- 
plied to the parts affefted. 
XVII. The Ointment »{ ; Balfam. They won- 
derfully dry, heal and conglutinate fimple green 
Wounds, and Knit, and join together fimple ira- 
ftures of bones, eafe pains, and ftrengthen a 
weak Back whether in Men or Women. 
XVIII. The Cataplafm of the Root. It is ap- 
plied outwardly in fimple Contufions ot Bruifes, 
Falls, Blows, Ruptures of the Peritonarum, Fraftures 
of the Bones, Dillocations, Defiuicions of Hu- 
mors, and weaknefles in any part. . It has been 
found by late Experience, to be incomparably 
good to knit and join broken Bones in any part 
of the Body, and is profitable for thole which 
by any weaknels, have their Bones often out ol joint, 
or will not flay long in when they are fet ; 
being applied for fome confiderable time. 
XIX. The Apopblegmatifm of the Root. The 
fimple raw Root being chewed in the Mouth, 
draws away much Flegm and Vifcous Humors 
fram the parts adjacent, and gives eafe in the 
Tooth-ach. , , , , „ , 
XX. The Diflilled Water of the whole Herb 
and Root. It is faid to cleanfe the Skin from 
Scurff, Morphew, Tanning, Sunburning Spots, 
Freckles, and other Marks and Defcedations, 
leaving the places foft, frefh, and fair after 
it has been for fome time ufed; and is ufed alio 
as a Vehicle to take the other preparations in. 
XXI. The Spirituous TinOure. It has all the 
Virtues of the Juice, Effence, Decoftion and In- 
fufion, being inwardly taken to a Spoonful at a 
time in any proper Vehicle, and outwardly ap- 
plied to the parts affefled. It alfo Hops all 
Fluxes of the Bowels after an admirable man- 
manner, chiefly the Bloody Flux. 
CHAP. DCXXXVIII. 
Of SOLDIER-WATER. 
j '-r-'HE Names. It is called in Greek 
JL IV irmVfuO - vet • in La- 
tine bv Matthio/us, Stratiotes aquaticus , and fo 
alfo’ by Lugduncnfts , it is the Stratiotes five 
Mi/itaris Aizoides Lobelij ; Stratiotes potamios 
Sedum aquatile Dodonei : in Englifh Water- 
Soldier, t'rejh Water Soldier, and Water Houf- 
,CC \i. The Kinds. It is a finglar Plant of the 
fort' but Bauhinus accounts it among the forts 
of Aloes , and calls it, Aloes pa/uftris, Water or 
Matlh Aloss. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. At the bottoms of the Leaves there is a 
fmall Jhort head , broadcfl next unto the Leaves 
and fmallcft downwards , from whence proceed 
fevcral long Strings like fmall Worms ( where- 
with as Dodonxus fays, Jomc Crafty Sfuack Sal- 
vers, putting them into Glaffes , with water , to 
make them fhew the greater, make others believe , 
that they are Worms which came out of the Bo- 
dies of their Patients:) thefe Strings having 
fever a l fibres at their Ends , take Root in the 
Water Soldier. 
Mud under the Water, from the aforefaid head 
upwards, fpring forth many long narrow Leaves, 
Jharp pointed, and fet clofc together, fomething 
like to the Leaves of Aloes , for the form : but 
much left, and Jkarply toothed about the Edges 
like it alfo. from among thefe Leaves rife up 
Jhort Stalks, not much higher than the Leaves, 
and fometimes not fo high, bearing one green 
threeforked head only at the Hop, much like a 
Lobfters Claw, which is the husk-, out of which 
comes a white flower, confifting of three Leaves, 
with fevera! yellcuifh hairy Threds in the 
middle. 
IV. Gerard deferihes it thus. Injtead of Roots 
there are long Strings round and 1 Chile , very 
like to great Harp-firings, or long Worms , which 
falling down from a Jhort head, (which fends 
forth the Leases) go to the bottom of the Wa- 
ter, even to the Mud, and yet are feldom faflned 
there, from whence come forth alfo other Jmaller 
Strings or threds aflope, by which the Riant is 
Multiplyed, after the manner of frog-bit. The 
Leaves are like thefe of the Herb Aloes, or fern- 
pervium, but Jhorter and lejfer, fet round about 
