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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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I. A liquid fuic‘e of Ihe Herb and Root. 2. A71
1?me (f the fame. .3. A Poltder of the Seed.
4. An Inflthon afrhe Seed. 5. Al Emma” of Seed
or Root, or both. 6. A Campqu‘m of the Herb and
Root. 7. A Diflilled Water. 8. ASpirimamTin-
flare. 9. An Arid Tini'htre. 10. An Oily Tin-
llure. u. ASaIim’ Tindure. 12. A Spiril. 13.11
dihilled Oil. '14. Polejizuer or vae‘rr. rs. An
Elixir. 16. A Salt. ,
The Wrmer,
XII. The liquid fuire ofthe Herb and Root; It
helps the Strangury, provokes Urine, and theTertns,
and expels both Birth and After’birth, and' is good
for rhofe who have been bitten b the Phalangium,
or any other Venomous Beafl. lvjofe four fpoon-
luls in ,Wine.
Xlll. The Ejfeme. It has all the Virtues of the
li uid Juice, and is llronger, liner, and a much more
ndirle Medicine: It prevails againli Vapors and Hy-
llerick Fits, as alfo the malignity of the Plague, or
Peltilence. Dofe one or. two ounces in generous
Wine,‘ Morning and Night, or three or' four times
:1 Da , as the neceliity 01' extremity may require.
X V. The Pomler of the Seed. ‘This (according
to Authors) has that powerful heat in it, that it
becomes a principal Medicine to help 'the Stran-
,gury, to eafe the pain, and remove all Roppagee of .
Urine. It.provokes the Terms, facilitates the De-
livery, and brings away the Dead‘Child, and After.
birth, and helps Vapors and Hyfterrck Fits. Dofe one
.dram, to one dram and half, in a Glal's of.White
Port. Wine, Morning and Night, and in‘time’of a
Parox fm. ‘ , . . - . '
XV".v The Infujon (fllht’ Seed rn' ll’me.. It has
- all the Virtues of the'Pouder,'but Ifear no: full
out fo effectual. Dofe half a Pint, Morning, Noon,
andNighu; . . .,; j . .
XVI. ,The Daemon ofSeed, orRaot, or hath. It'
ought to be made ,in‘ White‘Port Wine, and fo gi..
ven to drink, two, three or four timesa day, halfa
Pint at atimc 2 It has the Virtues both of the Ef-
fence, and Ponder of theSeed -, and a molt famous
thing againll the Plague, the Patient being put to
Bed, well covered, and (‘0 made to Swert upon
it. . . , a
' XVII.‘The.Caraphfm. ,T he Herb, but more efpe-
cially the Roots made into a Cataplafm, liyapeating
in a Mortar, ‘and ,fo mixed with Hogs. d, and
applied, does eafe,,difcufs, or aliwage Tumors or
Swellingsiin any part. .Made into a Mixture or
‘Cataplalin with Hone , and applied to the Throat, ,.
it cafes an Inveterate ou
. XVIII. The Diji‘illed Mia? :It’ prvevalls againll 3
Stone, Gravel, Sand, Strangury and all Roppages
of Urine, but is weak, inltefpeEillro the‘Juice, Ef- .-
Ience', and. other more :noble‘.‘ Preparations of the
Plant, and therefore is only ufed as a Vehicleto con-
vey other Preparationsrof the fame in. r , '
XIX. The Spiritum: Tintiure. It is an excellent
thing againll the Plague or Pel’tilence, and againii .
all othermrlign Fevers, as Purples, Spotted Fever,
Mealles, Small Fox, and Fevers derived from the
bitings of Serpents, as Vipers, Rattle Snakes, and
others of like kind: It provokes Sweat gently, and
defends theHeart after an admirable mannerr Dofe
two, three. or four drains in the Dillilled Water, or
rather in Wine,“or Tome other tit Vehicle.
, XX. Tl)e'Acid TitrIIm‘eLgIt has,all the Virtues
of the Spirituous TinEiure, and if the Fever is very Ca
high or intenfe, is much the, better, Medicament;
behdes the Acid, deflroys the Malignity much more
P9Werfully. Dofe to one dram, or more, in the Di-
llllltzl Water. , ' . , .
XXL The Oil; 'lim‘lm'e. In an exrremity or the
Strangury this is the molt powerful Preparation,
being given to thirty drops, or more, in a Glals of
White Port Wine: It is powerful to dilculs Gri-
ping Pains, and T orments of the Bovvels, to facili-
rate the Birth, and bring away the Dead Child: It
eafes Convullions, and heals Wounds in the Body or
Bowels.
XXII. The Saline Tingle”. It clmnlbs the Reins
and Urinary Pallages, being taken to one dram, or
more, in White Wine -, but heals not like the Oily
TinEture. It digells humors, and provokes Urine,
and the Terms in Women. .
XXIII. The Dijiilled Oilafthe Seed. It has all the
Virtues of the Juice, ElTence,Pouder of the Seed, De-
coQion, Spirituous, Acid, and Oily TinEiures : and
therefore may be given from eight drops to' lixteeu;
being Full: dro r into Su at, and then mixed with
the Diltilled Vater, or ome other tit Vehicle: It
helps the Srrangury upon the fpor, cleanlES the
Reins of all Tattarous Matters, and all other the
Urinary Parts, provokes the Terms, refills Vapors,
and Hylierick Fits, mics the Cholick, produces the
Birth, expels watry Humors in Drophes, and rehl’ts
the Poifon of Mad Dogs, or' any. other Venomous
Creature 5 and cures intolerable Pains of the Sto:
mach proceeding from Cold, Weaknel's, and other
like difaffeaions. , ' .
XXIV. The Pongam- or Pmerr. ,They have all
the Virtues of the 1!, and are alfo more fubtil and
penetrating, and more plmf‘ant‘to be taken, being
more ealilyD mixed with Wine, or any other potable
Li uor. ol‘e from two to four drams.
XXV. The. Elixir. This is yet 'more excellent
and noblejthan'the Powers, being the TinEture of
the Seed or Root extraaed by the fublimiry of the
Poteltates -, by which you have all the" noble parts
of the 'Plant concemrated in one Medicament : and
fo has all the Virtues of the Juice, Ell‘ence, Poudet,
Thames-Oil, and‘PoteRates, in the ,lii'ghefi'exal-
tatiOn. ’Dofe one dram to two ‘drams irra Glafs of
Wine, Morning and Evening. . ,'
XXVI! The hated 5411. Silt is [liongly Diuie’tick,
litengthens the Stoinachg‘being iven in the Acid
TinEture, mixed'with the Dillill 'Water, or fonre'
other lit Vehiculum. Being taken for fome time in‘
White Port Wine, it dellroys all Przrternatural
Acids, in what part ,of the Body foever, and dil‘-’
folves the Stone, if it is ofa gritty, friable, or brir-‘p
,tle fubliance. The Dofe is from a fcrupleito hall
'a dram, or two fcruples, Morning and Evening.
C H, A P.- CXVIL
,of can A w‘ A Y.
i.’ HE Nam. I: is called in amber, Kanjhl;
Kerwin, and Cami : In Greek, “99: In
Latin, Carma; alfo Cami, as the Apothecarres call
it r'.SimaIl Serbitcalls it Carnahadwn -. It took its
name from the Countrey of Caria, from whence it
came: Some call it Careum, fome Cannon, as in me
She s : and in Enghjb, Caraway.
l. The Kinda We ihall here enumerate but
two Kinds, 1. Carma Vulgate, our Ordinary or
Common Caraway. 2.Carmlz prmzzfe, Meadow
tawny. . .- . ‘ 4 ‘ -.
III. The Defcriptions. The fir ha: a‘Roh! wh-
zifh,fmall, and long, hmwbm 11' e unto a Parfnep,
but with a more wrinkled Bark, and much le r ba-
uing a 'Iirtle hol, 4711 vitk refit, jirangrfcatr‘hfilnrfa
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