1148 Salmon ' s Herbal. Lib. L 
IX. The Specification- It opens Obftruftionsof 
the Spleen and other Vifcera , eafes pains thereof, 
and is laid voCure Hypochondriack Melancholy. 
X. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from, 1. A Liquid. Juice or Ejjence. 2. A Dc- 
coGion in Wine. 3. A Spirituous TinGure. 4. An 
Acid TinGure. 5. An Oily TinGure. 
The Virtues . 
XI. The Juice or Fife rice. They potently open 
Obftru&ions of the Spleen, Liver, Reins and Womb, 
give e.ife in pains of the Spleen, Sides, Reins and 
Mefenterv, allay Vapors* aie good againft Fits of the 
Mother, provoke Urine and the Terms, and po- 
tently repreis Melancholy, carrying off the Mor- 
bific!* matter by the Urinary parts. Dofe from 
two to to .1 SpoonfijJs, in a Glafs of White Port 
or Lisb in Wine, or any other tit Vehicle, Morning 
and Night. 
XII. The FecoGion in Wine. It has all the for- 
mer Virtues, but is not fo ftrong in Operation, 
and therefore is to be given from a quarter to halt 
a Pint at the times aforefaid. If a good Draught 
of it be given every Night at Bed-time, for fome 
confiderable Sealon, it cures the Incubus , or Night- 
Mare, as has been feveral rimes proved by Expe- 
rience. 
XIII. The Spirituous TinGurc. Taken from 
half a Spoonful to a Spoonful or more in a Glafs 
of Wine, it is not only good againft all theDifea- 
fes before fpecified, but is a good Cordial againft 
Sicknefs at Heart, Fainting and Swooning Fits, Va- 
pors, and withall makes the Patient Chearful and 
Merry, wonderfully exhilerating the Spirits. 
XIV. The Acid TinGure. It opens ObftruUi- 
6ns, reprelfes Vapors, (Lengthens a weak Stomach, 
and provokes Urine. Dole fo many Drops in a 
Glafs of Ale or Wine, as to give it a pleafing 
Acidity. It may be taken feveral times in the day, 
vie. as often as the Patient drinks. 
XV. The Oily 'TinGure. It is fingular againft 
the Chc-.ick, provokes Urine flrongly, eafes the 
Stranger.-. elves wonderful relief in the moft 
profound M; \ ncholy. It has aft the Virtues of 
the Juice and filence, but ought not to be given 
to iu’ch as are of a very hot Conftitution, unlefs by 
a Skilful 1 Du ’ It isgood againft Convutfionsand 
Palfies in cold Habits olBody-, potently provokes 
the Terms, cleanfes the Reins and Womb, caufes 
Conception, and at time of Travel eafie Delivery. 
Dole from ro to 20 or ?o Drops, which may be 
dropt into Sugar, and then mixt with a Glafs of 
Canary, whire Lisbon , or any other Vehicle the 
Phyficianlhall moft approve of, and lb drunk up. 
CHAP. DCXCII. 
II. The Kinds. We have but two fpecial fort 8 
of this with us, viz. 1. Carduus LaGeus vulgaris 
Lobeli] -, Carduus a/bus Brunfelfij • Carduus Ar- 
gent at us -, Carduus Mari a Tragi , Loniccri,Fuchftj , 
Gefneri , Ef Camerarij • Carduus Mari anus Cordi 
Et Taber namontani Carduus Lcucographus Dodo - 
nai who with Lacuna , Mat thiol us, Cornarius , 
Fuchfius and Lugdunenfts , took it to be the Leuco- 
gr aphis Plinij ; Si/ybum Anguilare Ef Lobehj 5 
Car dui Sylvejlris aliud genus Cafalpini \ Our Com- 
mon Ladies Thiftle, or Milky Thiftle. 2. Si/ybum 
ntajus , Carduus Spine us, vcl $ pi no Jus, Spina alba , 
Lcucacantha , The white Thorn Thiftle. 
The Descriptions. 
III. The firft, or Our Common Ladies Thiftle, 
or Milky Thiftle. Its Root is great, fpr ending in 
the Ground, with many Strings and Jmall Fibres 
jafned to them ■, from whence rife up many large 
and very broad Leaves lying on the Ground, cut in, 
and as it were crumpled, but fome what hairy on the 
Thiftle Milky : 
0 R, 
Ladies Thiftle. 
Of T H I S T L E Milky: 
0 R, 
Ladies Tbijlle. 
L TP H E Karnes. It is fuppoM to be that 
which the Arabians call Bedeguar : called 
in Greek, ^.'tuuGov: and in Latine, Si/ybum , Carda- 
ns lotleus, Cardans Maria, & SunlU Maris; ; in 
tnglifh, The Milky Thill/e , and Ladies Thiftle. 
edges, and of a white green /hiving color, wherein 
are many Lines, Strokes or Veins, of a Milky color 
running all over the Leaf, Jome very / mall fome 
larger, and other fome very large : Thejc Leaves 
arefet with many Jharp and fiiff Prickles all about 
among which nfes up one, anijemenmes more Stalk 
or Stalks , round and full of Prickles, Jet fan 
the like Leaves up to the Tops, where at the end of 
every Branch, comes forth a great prickly ThiR/e 
head Jirong/y armed with Trickles, which contain 
rn thetr middle bright Purple Thrums or 1 bread! 
winch being paft away, there follows the Seed, which 
