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Botanologia
Author
Salmon, William, 1644-1713. Other Author(s): Dawks, Ichabod, 1661-1730, Rhodes, Henry, Taylor, John, bookseller.
Date Added
10 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1710
Publisher
London : Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes ... and J. Taylor ...
Source
Botanologia
Alternate Title
the English Herbal, or, History of Plants : containing ... : Adorned with Exquisite Icons or Figures, of the most Considerable Species, Representing to the Life, the True Forms of Those Several Plants : the Whole in Alphabetical Order
Topic
Botany > Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800. Plants > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
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to tho e o For one, but of a deeper green color,
and feft obit-n thje7 Stalk: by eoupler. The. Flower:
grow uponfmoll, long, tender Footjiolb, rohtrh thruli
thezyi’lver forth from the Bohvn of the Leaver, of o
[Ierjeli blew color, and not much unlike to the Leave:
of the Flower: of the Land Ptmpernel, eonjfhngo]
Jive fntoll round pointed Leaver apiece, which being
gone, in ofhort time after tome: ojbrt offmoll Seed,
IV. The Greater Brooklime; IlJI: difkn nothing
from the former, but in hinting larger and rounder
Leaver, and a paler blew eolored flower. .
V. The Greater long lerv’d' Brooklime -, this dif-
f?” little, or olrnojl nothing from the former, but
in the leaf, Ichi(h is longer pointed, and dented about
the edger; and in the Moment, which are of a pole
whitifh blew c’olbr. . .
VI. The Leller long leav’d Brooklime, thlr hruo
Root eonjijling of afmall bufb‘of White Pibrer, but
not running for, from whence [bring many fmooth,
pale, green Leaver, finallot t e bottoms, but brood
and round at the endr, long and not dented, which
lying upon the ground, are almoji like thrift of the
Commonfield Doifj' .- the Stalk i: roan , about a
Phat, more or lefr high, with diver: finaller Leave:
thereon, fet one by one up to the To , [from whence
come art]? may branched Spike: o unite Women,
eonji mg if one Leaf divided into jive pom, grow-
ing at hr l or it wereiin on mnble, but afierward:
more-[pi fojhion’d.
VII; The Places. They row by River lides, fmall
runnin Brooks, (landing iVaters, and Ditch fides.
The 1 i of them grows in the Mar-[her of Dortjbra
in Kent, alfo between Sandwich and SondownCojIle,
and in the Ditches on this lide Sondwirh.
.VIll. The,Time:. Th all flower in fun: and
'7qu and yield their S in Augufl.
. The Qualitier. The are hot and d in the
fecond Degree, Digeltive, ifculiive, Artra iv: and
Diuretick astqtr'ntick, Hepaticlr, Nephritick, Hy-
Iferick, Alteritivq,Spermatogenetick. ‘
X. ne"SpefWulton. It is peculiar againlt the
Starve , to cleanfe the‘Blood, and open Oblirufti-
ons o the Womb. . .
XI. '17)e."Preparotion.tl You may make there-
from, r. A Di] illed Water. 2. A Spirit. 3 A
[it uid flute. 4.’ An Eyi‘nee. 5. A Sprrituoiu Tin-
ure. 6. Alt Acid TinHure. 7. A Saline Tin-
lIw-e. 8. An Oil)V Tinti‘nre. ‘9. A fixedsizlt.
10. A Complo 2n. ,
, The Virtues.
XII. The Dijiilled Water from the whole Plant.
It is good againft Stone and Gravel in the Reins,
Ureters, and Bladder, opens ObltruCtions of the
Urinary Pallitges, and is ufed as a Vehicle, to con-
Vey the other Preparations of the Herb in. Delta
Eve or fix ounces twice or thrice a day. ’
XIII. The Spirit. It'is made as Spirit of Stur-
U '-gn;f:. It is good for a weak Stomach, reflih'es
rudlries, and removes Naufeoufnefs and Vomiting,
and other Dillem ers of that Bowel, and therefore
rs a very elieilual thing againl’t the Scurvy, which
the Greek: call the Stomach Difnfe, as having its
Root 31nd Foundation there. Dofe thirty or forty
drops 1“ Wine, or fome other proper Vehicle, Morn-
mg 3“? Echng Chieliy‘; but it may be given at
other times 0f the?” Upon any occalion of Sto-
mf’Ch. ficknefs. It 13 an excellent thing in cold Con-
Iiztuuons; but fuch as are of a hot habit of Body
are to lOrbear it, >
XIV. The [food juice. It is. erid to be eil‘eilual
to break the Stone in Reins and Bladder ( if made
provokes Urine, giving cafe in the Strangury, D1.
fury, and other like ailet‘iions of thole parrs.‘ Dole
from two fpoonfuls to fix, Morning and Evening,
in a Glai's of Ale, Beer, Mad, or Wine.
XV. The Ejence. It has all the Virtues of the
Liquid Juice, belideswhich it is profitable againlt
Ulcers of the Bladder, to provoke the Terms in Wo-
men, and expell the Dead Child. It is a Iingular
thing againlt the Droplie Smiter, il'its‘impregna.
ted with the Fixed Salt of the Plant, 'and be duly
given inall the Liquor the Patient-drinks. It puri.
ties, or cleanfes the Blood from all ill humors, and
Eerfetllv eradicates the Scurvy in a cold habit of
Ody, Univerfals being alfo remifed. It is belt
taken in the S ring rim and all of the Leaf, be-
caufe then the lood and umors are thin and liuxile,
and more apt to pafs a depuration; Dol'e from one
ounce to three ounces Morning and Evening. >
XVI. The Spirituom Tinllnre. It has. the Vir-
tues of the Spirit aforementioned, at Sea. XIII. a-
foregoing, but much more powerful; and may be
iven from twenty dro s to forty in any proper
tomatick Vehicle, or I ine. . '.
XVII. The mid TinHure. It is a potent Anti-
fcorhutick, and may fafely be given as well in a hot
as a cold Conliitution. It powerfully opens 0b-
IiruElions, provokes Urine, and the Courles, breaks
and diffolvts the Stone, expells TartarousMatter
out of the Body, helps in Rheumatifms‘and the ,
Gout, and gives cafe in wandring pains running
over the whole Body. Dole fo many drops at a
time, as ma make a Glal's of Ale, Beer, Mead, or
Wine grate ully lharp, fo as if the Juice of an 0-
range was f ueezed into it. a , I. . 1"
XVIII. . e Saline TinHure. .This,’ tho’ given
inwardg, powerfully provokes Urine,.and ’opens
Obftru ions, yet it is mollly ufod in outward a
plications, as to difcufs Swellings‘ in the Legs 1n
the Droplie, by fomenting them therewith; to eafe
pains of the Gout, and to prevent an incipient Gan-
greene. It clears the skin of Scarf, Mo hew, and
met; other like dehlements, if often wal edthere-
Wit 1. t . . ' . ,. :
XIX. The Oibv‘TinJure. It is good againfi the
Palhe, and Convullions of the Nerves, being often
anointed upon the Parts aileaedr. It are: all‘forts
oi Pains in any Part, proceeding from a cold Caufe;
and being a plied to moiil Wounds, it defends them
from ‘Acci cnts. Being well anointed upon any
Tumor or Part inclining to a Mortihattion, it pre‘
vents it, and conduces much to the Cure
XX. The fixed Salt. It is Deobltm&ive and
Diuretick, bringing away much Water in H dro.
pick Perfons, and carrying all much of the orbi-
nckcaufe of the Scurv , by Urine, being given in
White Port, or Rhemfh Vote, or forne other rope:
Vehicle, three, four, or five times aday. Do e from
fifteen grains to half a dram. x , n ': ,
XXI. The Calapqunz. It is made of the Leaves
or Herb, boiled, and beaten in a Stone or Wooden
Mortar. Applied to Swollen Legs, oranylother'
part TumiEed with the Droph‘c, it is faid to difcuE;
or abate the Tumor. If it is made into a Cata-
plafm, tqith the addition of Hog: Lord, the Pulp of
Illarfh-mollow Rootr, and the ponder: of Fenngreek
feed and Linfeed, and be applied Warm, it takes
away an Swelling in Arms or Legs, and is alfo
powerru in defending Wounds,lb as to prevent their
Apoliumaring, and to prevent any Other ill accident
which ‘may happen to them. r'mim fomctimes
ufe rt alfo in caring Horfes, to remove Tumors, and
hqu their Stabs, with other like Difeafes incident to
them. . . ’ , t '
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