1284 Salmon ' s Herbal. Lib. i. 
Wormwood Iviarih, 
Belonging to Se£l. III. 
former. 
Wormwood Sea or Marfh, white. 
V. The Places. The firft grows in the Sait 
Marfhes in many places of England- I found it 
growing in the Salt Marfh by the Rivers fide, run- 
ning along the South fide of the Town of Lyn 
Regis in Norfolk , on theSouth of that Field called 
the Fryers ; and in feveral other Salt Marlhes near 
that Town. And is plentifully found in the Salr 
Marfhes in Holland , Flanders, and other of the 
Low Countries. The other is found on the Sea 
Coafts of Germany and Italy-, and in fome of the 
Sait Marfhes of England : Thole Salt Soils over- 
flowed by the Sea, are their Native places of 
growth; but beingTranfplanted into our Gardens, 
they thrive as well as if they wete Natural to 
them. 
VI. The Times. They Flower and Seed in the 
fame Times, in which all the other Wormwoods do. 
VII. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in 
the fecond degree, Aperitive, Abftetfive, Stoma- 
tick and Alexipharmick. 
VIII. The Specification. They have all the Vir- 
tues of the Common and Roman Wormwoods, but 
not half their ftrength and force in their EffeQs. 
But by reafon they are not altogether fo bitter, 
they are more acceptable to the Nicer fort of Pa- 
lates. They refill and expel Poifon, and gently 
Purge the Belly. 
IX. The Preparations. All the Preparations 
which are made of Common Wormwood, may be 
made of the Marjh Kinds ; yet thefe three are the 
moll ufual, viz. 1. A Liquid Juice. 1. A De- 
codion in Wine. 3. A Cataplajm. 
The Virtues. 
X. 7 be Liquid Juice. Taken to 2 or 3 Ounces 
in Veal Broth in the Morning, it gently loofens 
the Belly, and kills fmall Worms in the Stomach 
and Guts. 
XI 'The DecoJion in Wine. Taken from a 
quarter of a Pint to half a Pint, it refills and ex- 
pels Poifon, chiefly rhat of Hemlock : but the 
Juice given in Wine for that purpofe, much ex- 
ceeds the Decofdion : But the Decoction is good 
againll all Pains of the Stomach and Liver -, for 
which purpofes the Marjh, exceeds even the 
Common Wormwood. 
XII. The Cataplajm. The green Leaves made 
into a Pultife by beating them with Figs, Nitre 
finely poudered, and Darnel Flower; and applyed 
to the Belly, Sides, and Flanks, are faid to he good 
for fuch as are Splenetick, or are troubled with 
the Dropfy. 
CHAP. DCCXLVII. 
O/WORMSEED. 
I. <-p H E Names. I find not by what Greek 
X Name it has been called ; but in Latin it 
is called Sementina, Semen ad Lumbncos ; Semen 
Lumbricorum ; and in Englilh Wormfeed. 
II. The Kinds. We make two forts hereof 
viz. 1. SemenTranfmarinum, Foreign Wormfeed; 
and this is called Santonicum ; Semen SanQum ; 
Semen Santonicum , Abfmthij Santcnici Semen ; 
Sementina ; Abjinlhium Santonicum Alexandrinum, 
Abfmthij peregrini Semen , Shop Wormfeed, and 
Wormfeed Wormwood. 2. Sementina Anghca ; 
Semen ad Lumbricos Anglicum ; Camelina-, Mya- 
grum alterum amarum , Englilh Wormfeed. To 
thefe 
