1172 
SalmonV Herbal. Lib. I. 
The Virtue*. 
The Descriptions. 
XX. The Liquid Jdice or Effence. Taken to 
5 or 6 Spoonfuls, they open ObltruUions of the 
Vifcera, cleanfe the Bowels of flimy Humors which 
ltick to them ^ help againft the bitings of Vipers, 
and other Venomous Creatures •, provoke Urine, 
give eafe in the Strangury, Hop the Whiles in 
Women, as alfo Fluxes of the Belly, after it has 
cleanled it. It heals Wounds by walhing with it, 
cools Informations, and eafes Pain. Dropt into the 
Eyes, it allays the hear, takes away theBlood-fhot, 
and clears them of any Film which begins to grow 
over them. _ 
XXI. The Decollion in Wine or Water. It has 
all the former Virtues, but as it is weaker, mult be 
taken to half a Pint or more, Morning, Noon, and 
Night. 
XXII. The Louder of the Seed. Pena fays it is 
of fo powerful a drying and binding lUculty, that 
it will wonderfully Hop the Running or the Reins . 
Dofe from a Dram tb two Drams, Morning and 
Night. It is alfo profitably ufed in all foul and 
hollow Ulcers, (being firR el'eanfed) to_ incarnate, 
and then to cicatrize or heal them. It is alfo faid 
to be good againft Ruptures, and cure fpitting of 
Blood. 
XXIII. The Dccotffd Oil. It is made of the whole 
Plant It is good ag?lnfl recent Contufions, the bi- 
tings of Serpents, or of any Other Venomous Crea- 
ture ; abate Inflammations, eafe pain, and difeufs 
Tumors being applyed. 
XXIV. The Cataplafm. Applyed to the Share, 
it allays Inflamations thereof and eafes Pains in 
any part. The Herb being bruifed, and heat be- 
tween two Pewter- plates, and applyed hot to the 
Share, it is faid to caufe them to make Water in a 
Strangury. It dilcufles T umors and recent Comu- 
fions, and cures them. Alfo applyed to the biting 
of a V : per, or other Serpent, Mad Dog, &c. it is 
laid draw out the Poifon, and prevent farther 
mifehief. 
XXV. The Alb* of the Heads. They are good 
to apply to the Hemorrhoids or Piles, to Hop their 
Bleeding, and eafe the Pain : And have alio been 
found profitable, being applyed to a Procedcatia 
Ani , or falling out of the Fundament. 
CHAP. DCCVI. 
Of TREFOIL Codded : 
O R , 
Peafe Cl aver. 
1. '~f~'HE Names. It is called in Greek, TVVa- 
X ao y, a oCuAs: in Latine, Trifolium Siliatto- 
f um : and in Englifb, Codded Trefoil , Peafe Tre- 
foil , or Peafe Clover. 
II. The Kinds. Of this Plant we fhali take no- 
tice only of thefe following, vis. r. Trifolium 
Siliquofum majusj The greater Codded Trefoil 
2. Trifolium Siliquofum minus , The lefler Codded 
Trefoil. 
III. The firfl, or greater Codded Trefoil. Its 
Root is long and reddifh , branched and fibrous. It 
rifes up with a Stalk a Loot or two high , which is 
fpread out into many Branches , thick Jet with Tre- 
foil Leaves upon fhort Loot folks , fimall and Jharp 
pointed , very little dijfcring from the Common 
Trefoil Codded, Greater. 
Meadow Trefoil, ( with leffer Leaves growing at 
the bottom of the Eootftalk) but in their Magnitude , 
thefe being very much lefs , and of a grayifh green 
color. The F lowers are in J mail Tufts or Heads , 
of a fair yellow color , not much unlike to thofe of 
Broom, but leffer after which come fever a l Cods , 
four or five , more or lefs , in which is contained 
round Seed. Both the Stalk , Branches and Leaves , 
have a little foft Downinefs upon them , and the 
F lowers grow cluftering together on the -tops of the 
Stalks , which being paft away , the Cods fucceed. 
IV. Thefecond, or lefler Codded Trefoil. This 
in its Stalks ' Branches , and manner of growing , is 
very much like to the left defenbed, but the Leaves 
arc much lefs , the former being four times larger 
than thefe. Thefe Leaves at they are fo much lefs , 
being alfo jhdrper pointed , fo they grow alfo upon 
Jhorter Loot folks , having two fing/e Leaves grow- 
ing out below them , at the bottoms of their Eodt- 
flalks , they all of them having a little foft Downi- 
nefs upon them. Their Elcwers come out of the 
tops of the Stalks andBranches in a Tuft or Clufier , 
being of a yellow color , and almofi like thofe ajorc- 
going , faving that they are leffer , and fewer in 
number \ having generally but 2, ?, or 4 Cods fuc- 
ceeding them , in which is contained the Grain or 
Seed , not much unlike the former. 
V. The 
