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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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in a Glafs of Wine, Morning, NOOn and Night, in
all cold and moiit Confiitutrons.
XX. 77;? Acid Tint'lure. It admirably helps Di-
gel’tion,”cre;1tes' a good Stomach, repreifcs Vapors,
and is good againIlFits of theMother. Dofe thirty
or forty drops. in any Liquor the Patient drinks, or
in a Glafs of Wine two or three times a day.
XXI. The 0i? Tint’lure. It is Diuretick, eafes
pains of the Bac and Reins, being taken inwardly
to twenty or thirty drops in any proper Vehicle:
outwardly bathed upon the part, it gives cafe in
Pains of the Gout, proceeding from a cold Caufe,
and is eminently good 'againft Cramps in any part,
Convullions and the Palhe, if it be well anbinted
0n the” Paraliticlt part before :1ng fire, and rubbed
in for an hour together, and fo continued daily for
twelve, fifteen, or twent days, till the Patient
Ill. The Det'criptions. The hr]? if thele [m it
Root which grow: to lie more than rm f: l t'lwae, ml
or large a: o reajonahle great Porjneprm, [inn-Jain
on the outfde, (1an jontetmg if n reddilb yellow with:
in, aliiding many yeorr, and fending forth jrefl;
Leave: roe'ry Spring, thw’ dying jbr the no]? for!
whirl; were green all the Summer 5 which Leaner
are many, large, long, and jM’, deem out in on the
edger, of o pole green color on the 1470‘ fide, rind
whiiilh underneath, without any thing of the great
lIitlernefr which it in the lrfer C'entm‘y, which 15 no
Sfetie: ofthls Plant. The Stalk is long and round,
and three or four feet high, divided at the tap into
many Braneher, on which jland large, round, ji'aly
green headr, jhooting flrlll at their 1017!, nninyjinall
Thread: or Thrmnr, a] a pale hlewilh [Uh-color. In
which, afier: they are fallen, do grow, large, whitilh,
finds he comes to the eeling lhcngth, and ufe frttooth,jbining Seeds, not mueh unlilt‘e Tbijile Seeds,
of his Limbs, fie.
XXII.‘ The Spirit drawnfroni the Seed. It revives
the Spirits, chats the Heart, comforts Nature, re‘
reEes Melancholly, warms and fltengthens a cold
Stomach, and is good: againit lfainting and Simon-
ing Frts.‘ Dole half an ounce, or more, at a time,
bein dulcified, upOn occalion.
X III. The Difiilled ngronz the Seed. It has all
the Virtues of the Juice, E, ence, Decot‘tion, Ponder,
TinEtures and Spirit, but much more powerful to
all the faid put ofes and intentions. Dole fi'om
eight to iixteen tops, dto t into Su at, and then
dili'olved in any proper ehicle the atient likes
belt, and is alfo agreeable to the Medicament in re-
train the Difmfe. 7 ' . ' . ' "
XiIV.‘Tbe Pawn. Th have all the Virtues
of the Oil, but much more uhtii and penetrating,
and more plafant and eaiie to be taken by delicate
and Weak Stomachs.. Doll: two or three drains in
a Glafs of enerous Wine, Mornin and Night.
XXV. ’Ighe Elixir. It provokes tine, ( having all
thc'Vittues of the Spirit, Tinfture, Oil and Powers
exalted) and breaks the Stone, ifit is fof't and gritty, ,
expellin Gravel, Sand and Tattarous Matter from
all the rinary Velfels. It opens Oblttuttions of
the Liver and Spleen, cleanfes the Blood (tom cor-
rupted Rumors, and is commended againll: the Ca-
thexia, or evil difpolition of the whole Body, ari-
fmg from a cold, moill, and watry habit of the fame,
and therefore, in the going off of a Dropje, when
the Bowels are much weakned, and the Tone of
them extrearnly hurt, it fo comforts and llrengthens
them, as to make the Body to withltand the return
(if the Difeafe, into which if the Patient [hould Re- ‘
lapfe‘, it.is genetall fatal. The Doll: is half a
fpoonfirl m Sherry, nary, or Modern Wine.
C H A P. 7 cxvnr.
CEN T ORYtheGreater‘.
1- H E Nana. It is called in Greek, Kmuu'wy
13113;“: In Latin, Centaurium magnum .- of
Theophrafln: Kamila“: and in Englifh, Centory the
Gum, or Greater Camry.
II. ’I’he‘Kinrlr. There are four Kinds of this
Centory, I. Centauriuni ninjur vulgore, Centurion:
magnum,frhe Common GreatCentory. 2. Centau-
"m ”1‘11“ drama, The” other Great: Centory, or
Whole lmv’d Centory; F g: Centurion: majur Ant;
manure, ot Canadanwn, Centauriuzn folii: Q'norx,
“WWW”! Pyn’mm, The Anerimn Centory, with
[Choak’ Leaves. '4. Centauriunt major luteunr,
lint larger, and lying arnongji a great" deal if Downy
Matter.
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IV. The [wand Great Cento hat a Root growing
to he a: great or greater than 1 M farmer, and hltmf
on the out hole, but yellowijb within, yielding a yel1
lowijh red juice, which i: a little hitter, but more.
Arwnatical than the former. Frorn the head (1' Ihir
Root earner forth many Leave: lying alnwjl upon the
ground, which are long, and (to large almali a: the
former, but without (my Zggedntft or divifon at all
in them, yet deeply dent: about the edger, and a
a deep green color. The Stalk it round and great,
but rife: not up fa high or the other deer, nor di-
vider it felf a! the top into n; many Branrher, hot
bearing only two or three head: on a Stalk, which
artfully, in the jinn: manner and in it fut-h like
Thrmnr or Thready Element, 0 a ale uhiti’h color,
which being paji, there come: fut) lilte Seed in the
headt, lying in a Rocky or Doicny Sultjianze, and
may one bearded in the [me manner, but a little‘
blather. . . '
'V-. The third, which is the Ametic'a’n, or Floridian
Great Centory, ho: a R00! gm; and Mark on the
outfide, but longer than Mejia, and (if the hignef:
of one: Wrifl. 1t ho: larger ave: tron the f1! jl,
The great yellow Centory. '
and more logged or" in! in deeply or: the Edges,
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