1288 Salmon’^ Herbal. Lib. I. 
T bis Golden Herb , has fever al long , narrow , and 
fharp point ed'Lcaves , coming forth from the top 
of the Root , very /ifo to Chirons, or Doria’s 
Woundwort, but not fo great , /fife 
<^/ a darker green color. The Stalks rife not 
to much above a hoot high , having here and there 
narrower long Leaves on them than below. The 
F lowers which Jland at the tops , larger than 
thofe of the former , having many narrow , /0/7£, 
yellow Leaves , wife/? 0/^77, /ife a Star-Flower , 
with Thrums in their middles. 
VII. Tfe Places. The firft is a Native of Syria, 
and was brought from thence to Jra/y : It grows 
in the Kingdom of Naples as Matthiolus fays, on 
the Alpine Hills , and on the Sea Coaft of Siena , 
but with us is Nurft up in Gardens. The fecond 
grows as Lobe l fays, near the Banks of Rivers in 
Provence , and Narbone in France. The third in 
fome parts of Florida in America. The fourth in 
thick Woods near Orleance in France but with us, 
thefe three laft are Garden Plants. 
VIII. The Times. The firft Flowers in Septem- 
ber , and fometimes towards the end of that Month. 
The fecond and fourth Flower in June and July, 
and the third in Augufi , none of them much ear- 
lier or later. 
Hercules’s Woundwort , or AU-beal. 
IX. This Plant, as to its Qualities, Specification , 
Freparations and Virtues , as alfo the Opopanax 
proceeding therefrom, have the fame with thofe 
of the other Hercules’s All-heals , difeourfed of at 
large in Chap. X. of this Hifiory of F L A N T S 
aforegoing * fo that the Properties being every way 
the fame, we fhall fay no more of them here, but 
refer you thither. 
Of Chirons, and Golden W onndwort y 
or All-heals . 
X. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the third 
degree, Abfterfive, Aftringent, Vulnerary and 
Alexipharmick. 
XI. The Specification. Its chief ufe is for the 
curing of Green Wounds, and to expel thePoifon, 
and cure fuch as are bitten by Vipers, Mad Dogs, 
and the Spider Phalangium , and other Venomous 
Creatures. 
XII. The Freparations. You may have there- 
from, 1 . A Liquid Juice. 2. A Decottion in Wine 
or Water , 3. An Infolated or Decoded Oil. 4. A 
half am. 5. A Pouder. Farkinfon fays, that this 
is in a Medium between the Conf ounds , as Saracens 
Confound , and the Golden Rod , and therefore that 
this needed no farther Repetition or Amplification 
of its Virtues. However, we think fit for the 
Publick Good, to add the following Settions. 
T he Virtues. 
XIII. The Liquid Juice. Given inwardly, from 
2 Spoonfuls to 4, or more, in a Glafs of Rod 
Styptick Wine, it is good againft inward Bleed- 
ings, Bruifes, or Ulcers in the Bowels, Reins or 
Bladder -, and continued for fome time Morning 
and Night, it contributes to the healing of all re- 
cent Wounds, running Sores and Ulcers ^ as alfo 
the Bitings of Vipers, Mad Dogs, Phalangium , or 
of any other ^enomous Creature, in what part of 
the Body foever. It is profitable againft Spitting 
and Piffing of Blood, the Bloody Flux, and all 
other Fluxes of the Bowels whatfoever. 
XIV. The Decottion in Water or Wine. It has 
all the former Virtues, but as it is weaker, fo it 
may be given Dulcified from a quarter of a Pint to 
half a Pint. Inje&ed into Fiftula’s, it cleanfes 
them, and induces their healing. Sweetned with 
Honey, and injeUed into the Yard, it cures a 
Gonorrhcea in Men, Ffc. 
XV. The Infolated or Decotted Oil. Anointed 
upon the Bitings of Vipers, Mad Dogs, the Pha- 
langium, or other Venomous Creatures, it cures 
them, provided the Patient at the fame time, 
takes the Liquid Juice , or Decottion inwardly. 
XVI. The half am. It heals fimple green Wounds 
many times at once dreffing ^ it alfo digefts old 
Sores and eating Ulcers, cleanfing, incarnating, 
and drying them, thereby inducing a fpeeedy 
healing. 
XVII. The Pouder of the Herb. It has all the 
Virtues of the Juice and Decottion, and may be 
given from 2 Scruples to 2 Drams, Morning and 
Night, in a Glafs of the Decottion , for all the pur- 
poles aforefaid. Outwardly apply ed in a plenti- 
ful manner, upon old running Sores or Ulcers, it 
cleanfes them, drys up the Flux of Humors, incar- 
nates, and caufes a fpeedy healing. 
CHAP. DCCXLIX. 
Of WRACK-SEA: 
0 R, 
ALGA MARINA. 
I- np HE Names. It is called in Greek pV*«s 
J. Qatsivuv : i n Latin l’ by cos, or P hue us ^ and 
Fucus marinus , to diftinguilh it from Fucus berba 
which is Anchufa , or Alkanet ; and Alga marina 
in Englilh Sea Wrack , or Sea Weed. 
II. The Kinds. Tho’ Authors make near 20 
forts of thefe Plants ; yet we (hall Difcourfe only 
of thefe 6 following, viz. 1. Fucus marinus gra- 
mmars^ Alga manna graminea ; Fucus marinus 
alter Dodomei ; Palea marina by thofe of Montpe- 
lier , being ufed by them for Litter for their Cat- 
tle, and the belt fort of Dung for their Fields ; 
Alga angufttfolia vitrariorum Bauhini : (becaufe in 
the Levant or Mediterranean , they Burn it for 
Pot-afhes , whereof they make Glafs.) Grals 
Wrack or Sea Weed. There is alfo a broader 
fort of it, called Fucus giganteus, and Palmifoli- 
um giganteum , by lmperatus. 2. Fucus marinus 
Crajjus latijolius : Broad thick Sea Wrack or 
Girdle. 3- Fucus marinus latiffimus tenuijolio : 
Broad and thin Sea Wrack, or Girdle. 4. Fucus 
marinus angujhfo/io, vel fecundus Dodonei ; Alga 
marina anguftifolia ; Fucus Zofter Lugduntnfts ; 
fucus longo Angufto & Crajjo Folio Bauhini: Nar- 
row long and thick Sea Wrack, or Girdles. 5. Fu- 
cus marinus Ferulaceus Lobelii ; Mufcus marinus 
Ferulaceus , Alga marina Ferulacea : Long Fennel- 
like Sea Wrack, or Sea Mofs. 6. Alga tinSorta 
LagdunenCts , Fucus marinus tinSoribus Lugdunen- 
fts ; Mufcus marinus tinOorius : Dying Sea Wrack, 
red Dying Sea Mofs; the Dyers Wrack, with 
which they Dye deep Crimfon, or reddilh Purple, 
which will laft long. 
Ths 
