1 290 ; Salmon s Herbal Lib. I. 
XII. The specification. Being Applyed whilft 
they are frefti, they allay Heat and Incarnations, 
eafe the Gout, flop Vomiting, and ftrengthen 
the Stomach; and to cleanfe, dry, and heal, old 
tunning Sores, and old Ulcers. 
XIII. The Preparations. You have, I. The 
Sea Wrack in fubfiance, either green or dryei. 
2. A DecocTwn of the Dying Sea Wrack. 3. A Pon- 
der of the Jame. 
the Virtues * 
XIV. The Sea Wrack in [ub fiance of the firfi 
five Kinds. Whilft frelh and green, being Ap- 
plyed as a Cataplafm to the Gout, they abate the 
Inflamation, eafe the Fain, and remove the Difeafe, 
and withal ftrengthen the Part ; but when dry, 
their chief ufe, by the Venetians , our Selves, and 
others, is, inftead of Hay or Straw, to pack up 
Glaffes, and other tender Wares, to keep them 
from breaking : they are alfo ufed as Litter for 
Horfes. And being made into a Compoft, are an 
excellent good Manure for Barren and worn out 
Lands. The firfi of them , which is found in the 
Mediterranean Sea, is alfo of ufe to make a kind 
of Pot AJhes , of which Glafs is made in tbofe 
Countries'^ ; as alfo Soap: But the fame Wrack, 
found in our Northern Seas, will do no fuch thing ; 
as not containing fo excellent a Salt, nor fo large 
a quantity of it, as that does which is Gathered 
in the Levant. 
XV. The Decotlion of the red Dying Sea Wrack , 
or Sea Mofs. It llrengthens the Stomach, is good 
againft the Poifon of Vipers, mad Dogs, and 0- 
ther venemous Creatures, and to refill the Longings 
of Women with Child : It cools, dtys, binds, and 
is good againft all Fluxes of the Belly, and alfo 
kills Worms in Children and in the Gout, being 
fomented therewith hot, it eafes the Pain : dropt 
into the Eyes, it eafes their Pain, and allays their 
heat and inflamation. If it is made with Wine, it 
flops Vomiting, and admirably llrengthens the 
Stomach. In jelled up the Womb, it is good a- 
againft the Overflowing of the Terms, and the 
Whites in Women ; and after due Purging, cures 
a Gonorrhoea in Men ; and injected into the Bladder 
in Men, it is good to cleanfe and heal Ulcers in 
the Neck thereof : dofe from a quarter to half a 
Pint, Morning and Evening. The Decotfiot in Wa- 
ter, makes an admirable Dye, whereby Silk, Lin- 
nen, Leather, and many other things, may be Dy- 
ed and Stained of a moil glorious deep Crimfon, 
or a lingular reddifh Purple, which will not eafily 
fade, or become dull, but abide in its Beauty for a 
long time. 
XVI. The Ponder of the red Dying Sea Wrack, 
or Sea Mofs. It has all the Virtues of the aforego- 
ing DecoUion, being taken inwardly Morning and 
Night, from half a Dram to 2 Drams; mixed 
foil with a little Syrup of C/ove Gillifloviers , or 
of Citron Peels , or fome fuch like, and then mix- 
ed with a Glafs of Red Port Wine, and fo drank. 
Taken alfo with Wine mixed with Vinegar, or 
Syrup of Limons, it is a lingular thing againft 
Vomiting, Loathing of Food, and weaknefs of that 
Bowel, for it llrengthens it after a lingular man- 
ner : Applyed alfo outwardly, to old running Sores 
and putrid Ulcers, it cleanfes them, drys up the 
Afflux of Humors, and induces their healing. And 
given in Wine, it is faid to be good againft the 
Stone in the Reins : Injefted with RedPort Wine into 
the Yard and Bladder, it is good to heal Ulcers 
in the Neck thereof, and to cure a virulent Gonor- 
rhea, Univerfals being full Piemifed. 
CHAP. DCCL. 
O/YARROW Land, or Milfoil. 
I. 'f' H E Names. The Arabians call it Egi/os : 
X but in Greek it is called x-rgnuriti l x«jj- 
<pvhk©-, Stratiotes Cbiliophyllos : ’a^aaH©- aiSnetvs 
Diofcoridis ; Achillea Siderilis ot Diofcorides : 
in Latine, Millefolium ; Millefolium Milttaris ; 
Achilea, Achilet Siderilis : and in Englifh, Tar- 
row, Milfoil , and Achilles Woundwort. Many 
Authors fay that Millefolium and Achillea, are one 
and the fame Plant, and the fame Herb which one 
Author calls Millefolium, another calls Achillea : 
Others lay, that Chiliophyllus, or Millefolium, is 
the general Name, and that Achillea is the proper 
Name to one of the particular Species ; but be that 
how it will, it is certain that all the Tarroios have 
been called by many Authors, by both the Names 
indifferently ; the/ the Name Achillea , has by late 
Writers, been chiefly applyed to our fifth Species 
following. 
II. The Kinds. It is not our bufinefs here, to 
enumerate all the Kinds of Tarrtms, entreated of 
by Authors, for as much as the greater part of them 
are perfect Strangers here, we lhall only difeourfe 
of fuch as are familiar with us, molt known, and 
which are only or chiefly ufed in Phyfick, which 
are the five following, viz. 1 . Millefolium album 
vulgare , Millefolium album minor ; Stratiotes Mil- 
lefolia , Stratiotes terrejiris, Achillea, Achillea 
Militarise Our Common White Yarrow. 2. Mil- 
lefolium album snajtts Baubini, Litgdunenfis £> 
Matthio/i : The Greater White Yarrow. 3. Mil- 
lefolium rubrum vulgare. Our Common Red Flow- 
ered Yarrow. 4. Millefolium flore rubro maxi- 
mum Clufij ; Millefolium maximum ; The Great 
Red Yarrow, y. Millefolium Nobile Tragi ; Stra- 
tiotes vera ; Stratiotes, & Stratiotes Mil lo folia 
Gefneri ; Alillefolium Nobile, ty Achillea Taber - 
nemontani ; Achillea Cordi , Lacuna, Alatthioli ; 
Achillea Nobiles odor at a ; Achilles’s NobleWound- 
wort, fo called from Achilles the General of an 
Army, who applyed it for the Curing of his Soldi- 
ers Wounds. 
T be Descriptions. 
III. The firft, or our Common White Flowet’d 
Yarrow. Its Root confifts of many long white fibres 
or Strings , fpreading far about and deep. It has 
many Leaves fpread upon the Ground. , which are 
long and winged, finely cut into many fmall parts, 
exceeding the fine Leaves of Tanlie. from among 
which, rife up 2 or 3 round green Stalks, with 
fuch like winged Leaves upon them as grow below, 
but [mailer and finer as they approach up to the tops ; 
where come forth many fmall flowers which are 
white, and fet in a Tuft or Umbel dofe together, 
each flower confifting of y fmall round pointed 
Leaves, with a little yellowtjh Thrum in the mid- 
dle, f melting fome what firong being rubbed in the 
Hand, but not unpleafant. Where Note, That, 
there is fome Varieties obferved in the f lowers, 
fome being more white than others ; fome alfo 
thicker fet together ; and fome either greater or 
[mailer than others. , 
