1 1 1 ^ Salmon 's HerbaL Lib* L 
x. The Times. The Leaves are Laid to conti- 
nue Green all the Year: In the Spring they fpread 
farther with their Strings, and Flower in Me}, the 
Berries being lipe in June and July. The Barren 
one Flowers in April and May, but never bears 
any Edible Fruit. 
XI. The Qualities. The Roots , Leaves and 
Berries whillt green, are cold and dry in the firft 
Degree, but the Roots more than the Leaves. 
Abfterfive, Ailringent, Arthritick and Vulnerary. 
The ripe Berries are temperate in refpefil to heat or 
cold, and modi: in the firft Degree : Cool the 
Blood, Liver and Spleen, Comfortative and Cor- 
dial. 
XII. The Specification. The Leaves and unripe 
Berries flop Fluxes and Catarrhs, cool the heat of 
Fevers, heal Ulcers in the Mouth, Throat, and 
Tonfilsj and flop the Courfes in Women. 
Xlil The Preparations. Of the Roots, Leaves, 
and Green Berries are made, i. A Liquid Juice. 
2. A Decoffion in Wine or Water. 3. A Lotion 
or Gargarifm. 4. A Difiilled Water. 5. AnOph- 
thalmick. 6 . The Ripe Berries. 7. A Syrup of 
the fame. 8. A Difiilled Water from the fame. 
T he Virtues . 
XIV. The Liquid Juice. Taken to the quan- 
tity of 7, or 4 Spoonfuls or more, either mixed 
with the Svrup of the ripe Berries, or with a little 
Mutton Broth, Morning and Night, it cools the 
Blood and Liver, allays Incarnations of the Reins 
and Bladder, provokes Urine, takes away the heat, 
fharpnefs and Raiding thereof*' (tops Womens 
Courfes and the Bloody Flux, and di Ruffes the 
Tumour or Swelling of the Spleen. Applyed to 
the Gums it fattens loofe Teeth, Hops Catarrhs, 
or Defluxions of Rheum to the Mouth, Throat, 
Teeth, and other parts •, and is Angular good for 
hot, red, and inflamed Eyes, being dropt into 
them: As alfo to repeil hot, red, and fharp Hu- 
mors or Eruptions in the Skin, whether Face, 
Hands or other parts ^ and to take away rednefs 
of the Face, Spots or other Deformities of the 
Skin. 
XV. The Deco ft ion of Roots , Leaves , or unripe 
fruit in Water and Wine. It has all the former 
Virtues, being ufed in the fame manner, and may 
be taken to half a Pint at a time Morning and 
Night. 
XVI. The Lotion or Gargarifm. Take of the 
Liquid Juice or DecoUion a Pint , Honey three or 
four Ounces : Spirit of Wine two Ounces , mix and 
dijfolve. It cleanfes and heals foul Hirers in the 
Mouth, Throat, Privities or other parts, heals 
Ulcerated and fpungy Gums, and fallens loofe 
Teeth. 
XVII. Tf)e Difiilled Water of the fame Roots , 
Leaves and Berries. It is good for hot and infla- 
med Eyes, rednefs of the Face and Skin, and other 
Deformities of the fame* hot Eruptions of the 
lame, Anthonies Fire, Lfc. 
XVIII. The Ophthalmick. Take oj the former 
Difiilled Water a .Pint, Honey three Ounces , 
Spirit of Wine two Ounces •, mix and diffolve. 
Dropt into the Eyes 3 or 4 times a Day, it is 
good againfl: an Ophthalmy, rednefs, inflamation, : 
and hot Rheums in the Eyes. 
XIX. The Ripe Berries. They cool a hot and 
choferick Stomach as alfo the Blood, Liver and 
Spleen: quench Thirft, and refrefh weak and ; 
Fainting Spirits. 
XX. The Syrup of the fame Berries < It has all 
the lame Virtues, and may be given two or three 
Ounces at a time upon Occafion. 
XXI. The Difiilled Water of the ripe Berries. 
It is a Cofmetick for the Skin, good againfl Fe- 
vers, and Inflamations of the Eyes * Anthonies 
Fire, and other like hot Eruptions * Melancholy, 
Faintings and Palfions of the Heart. 
CHAP. DCLXXIII. 
Of SUCCORY Garden 
and Wild. 
I. qp/ZE A .me:. It is called in Greek by That 
_L ophraftus , Ktyafir, : alfo Sian 
(which lafl Greek Name fignihes Endive as well 
as Succory : ) in Latine, Cicbonum , alfo Ciehoreum 
or Ci char ea, as Horace has it Lib. 1. Ode 31. 
Ale pajeunt Oliva, 
Me Cicborea, levefque malvs. 
It is alfo called in Latin Intubum, but that is the 
mote proper Name (in my Opinion) lor Endive : 
and in Englifh Succory and Cicbory. 
II. The Kinds. There are i. K 
Cicborium Hortenfe , Garden Succory. 2. Cicbonum 
flore nibcl/o. Red Howered Cichoiy or Succory. 
3. Cicborium Sylvejlre, £ EsewWfi Cicho- 
rium agrcfle , vel crraticum ; Ambugia , P/inij 
Lib. 22. Cap. 8. or rather Ambubeia according to 
Celfus , and fome truer Copies ; Wild Cichory or 
Succory. 
T be Defcriptionf. 
Ill The firft, or Garden Succory. Its Root is 
tough, long and white,, continuing many Tears ; from 
which, as alfo from evety part, does ijfue forth 
when cut or broken, a bitter Milky Juice, It is 
Succory Garden , Broad Leaved. 
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