1246 Salmons Herbal. Lib. 1 . 
grown loofe and weak, by reafon of Paralytick and 
ConvulfiveDiftempers. 
XXIX. The DecoUion of the Roots in Vinegar. 
Being taken inwardly in the Dijiilled Water , and 
alfo outwardly applyed, it foftens the hardnefs of 
the Liver, Spleen, Mefentery and Womb. 
XXX. The Gargarifm. Take of the Juice 6 
Ounces , of the Dijhl/ed Water 3 Ounces , Roch- 
Alum 7, Drams •, Spirit of Wine an Ounce and half • 
Honey 2 Ounces •, mix and dijfolve. It cleanfes and 
heals Ulcers and Sores of the Mouth, Gums and 
Throat, and other parts of the Body, the parts be- 
ing daily Gargariz’d or wafht therewith warm. 
XXXI. The Ophthalmick. Take of the Juice 4 
Ounces ; Spirit of Wine or Brandy , 2 Ounces } Ho- 
ney an Ounce and half ^ firong TinUure of Aloes 
Succotrina, half an Ounce -, mix and dijfolve. 
Dropt into the Eyes it cleanfes them from Clouds, 
Mifts, and other things which obfulcate the Sight j 
heals Sores and Ulcers in the Eyes, ftrengthens 
them, and flops a Flux of Rheum falling into 
them. 
XXXII. The Pouder of the Seed. It may be 
given to a Dram in any proper Vehicle. It has all 
the Virtues of the Juice and DecoUion, and may be 
ufed Morning and Night, as long as need requires. 
It has been given with Succefs again It the Rickets 
in Children. 
XXXIII. The Oil of the F lowers. It is Dif- 
cufiive and Anodyn, gives eafe in pains of the 
Breft, Reins, Joints, Nerves, Cfc. and is a very 
good thing againft the Gout. 
XXXIV. The Bath. It is made of the whole 
Plant when in Flower, boil’d in fair Water with a 
proportional quantity of Genoa Soap. It is good 
for Women to Sit in, who have a ftoppageof their 
Courfes, or are not well cleanfed after Delivery, 
becaufe it induces the Terms, and cleanfes the 
Womb of putrid Recrements. 
XXXV. The Cataplafm. It is made of the Heads 
of Flowers beaten in a Mortar , adding fome Salt. 
Bound hard no the Wrifts, it is ufed as a Remedy 
to cure Agues. But if made by boiling the fame in 
Vinegar , with the addition of Barley Flower , and 
then applyed warm to places pained with the Gout, 
it gives eafe in the pain, difeufles the Tumor, 
cures the Difeafe, and admirably ftrengthens the 
part. 
XXXVI. The Diftilled Water from the Heads 
of Flowers. It has the Virtues of the Juice and 
DecoUion, but nothing near fo efficacious : mixt 
with a quarter part of Spirit of Wine , and dulcified 
with white Sugar , it is faid to cleanfe the Blood, 
comfort the inward part, eafe pain, and caufe 
Chearfulnefs. 
XXXVII. The Conferve of the Flowers. It is 
given to the quantity of a large Chefnut or Wall- 
nut, Morning, Noon and Night, againft Convul- 
five and Paralytick Diftempers, and Weakneffes of 
the Mefentery, Womb, and other Bowels. 
WALL- PENNY-' WORT, fee Navel-wort, Ch. 
WALL-RUF, fee Maiden-Hair White, Chap. 
WART-TURNSOLE, fee Turnfole, Chap. 717. 
(Sell 5. 
WART-WORT, fee Succory Baftard, Chap. 674. 
The Cutt of the following Plant was over- 
lookt in that its proper place , and therefore 
we thought good to place it here , rather 
than to leave it out. 
Succory Wartwort. 
Belonging to C H A P. 674. S E C T. 8. 
CHAP. DCCXXXIL 
O/WHEAT, Buc\ and Cow. 
I. / “Tp H E Names. The firft of thefe is general- 
J. ly taken to be the ’Egdanov Theophrafti , 
which Gaza Tranflates Trionum j but fome put a 
difference between this Eryfimum and the other, 
calling this Eryfimum Cereale. It is alfo called in 
Greek by fome in Latin Fagotriticum , 
and by Matthiolus and Lugdunsnfis , Frumentum 
Sarafenicum : Dodonaus calls it Fegopyrum , Trago - 
pyrum and Tragotriticum : Tragus calls it Ocymum 
Veter urn ^ but Clufius and Taberntemontanus , Ocy- 
mum Cereale -, and in Englifh Buck-Wheat. 
II. The Kinds. This Plant is Singular is fui 
Generis , and therefore not being manifold, can 
admit but of one Denomination. 
T he Defcriptions. 
III. The Root of Buck -Wheat is fmall and 
thready, and rifes up with feveral round , hollow , 
brittle , reddifh Stalks , a fard or more high , fet 
with divers Leaves , each by it felf on a Foot- 
jialk , which is broad and round , and biforked at 
the bottom , fmall and pointed at the end , fome- 
i what refembling an Ivy -Leaf, but f of ter in hand- 
! ling. At the tops of the Stalks come forth feveral 
i CluJIers of fmall White Flowers , which turn in- 
| to fmall Triangular blackifh Seed , ( ferving to 
1 the fame ufe of other Eatable Grains ) not much 
unlike 
