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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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fHeaihtzl. 7' , L131.
I' the June arm, and greenneji-, that thereby it may
lint-ha fzfgh: be known to he a Comfrey, by all]
who ha: u‘ell algfi’rveel the Cowman Kind , but more
‘tjjzetinlly when-the top Braheher are m flowers
which being placed after the fine manner, and 0f
the [Inner hollow hrjhion, ‘hat fmaller, are of a 7’11?”
Jul yellawilh color, tohohe Seedfallmzng Ii‘ alfo ltlx't’
Iheoeed (fthe other Kindr. TheyStalh: and heave:
Dye may, or perijh every Tear, a: they do In .Ibt’
when, the Root: abiding and increahng In tbt’ Earth,
and fhooting forth new Stallc: and Leaner every
Spring. . Seinemalce a le‘Jer Speae: of, this Tuber-
our .Kinal, which if there if 'any ach- thing, I an:
apt to believe, arife: only from t 1e.dmjl’rrng gand-
mjf: of the Soil -, a fat and rial) Sail making or pro-
dneing a larger Plant than thatjean do which II pear
an lean. '. , g I .. -
VI. The Plaeer. The tviro firll grow by Ditches
and Water iidec, and in divers low, flit, and mOIR
Fields, Orchards, and Grounds -,'for In fuch they
chiefly delight to grow : The iiril is found general-
ly through all England, The fecondbutm fome
particular laces -. .The third 'grows' With us only .1“
Gardem, ut- is found Wild in Woods and morli
places in Azzfiria, Hungary, and Germany. ,. ,
VI The Times. They Flower in-fane and fuly,
and perfeEl their Seed in Augujiu. .There are feve-
-rztl of the Camlida’r, which have their: different
[times of‘ their‘tlowering and feeding, as, r..The
Syrnphitum, or Carryolirla Pemea, of which DIEM;-
ride: fpeaks. 2. (‘onhrlida Sarzjemca, Saracens on-
found, 3. ,Canfolida Arena, Bugle, or Middle Con-
found. 4.‘ leirla miner, Prunella, or SelEherl.
5. Conleida Media, vel Bella‘s enajar Vulgai‘is, The
Great White Wild Dailie. , 6. ConjELda mnar, vel
lllininza,-Belli: minor S ylvejln's, The Common Small
Field Dailie. But as thefe are all of‘them different
Plants, and not a Specie: of one and the fame Genre,
> nor properly any ofthe Comfreyr, f0 we fhall. fay no-
thing of' them here, but to avoid Confulion'trent of
them in their feveral and refpeaive Chztrpters; our
intention being in this Chapter, to treat 0 that Plant,
wltich‘we properly call Canzfrey, and the Latm:,Synz-
phitnm may“, Which is of feveral forts, as are before
defcribed. ‘1‘, , ,, ,. -. v q: '
VIII. The Qualities. 'It is cold and dry in’ the
iirli: Degree: Allringent, Anodyn, Repercullive and
Vulnerary: Neurotick, Peiloral, and >Arthritick3
Alterative, Antiemtnenagogick, and Analeptlck.
IX.’The'Speetfeatim. .1: is of a‘ Clammy and
Glewing Nature, and is peculiar againll: Furies of
Blood, of what kind foever, whether internal or
external. ' ' - - ,
X. The Preparatianr. Yournay‘ have'therefiom
I. A faiee of the Leaver and Row. 43. 471E -
fence of tbehmle.) 7;. A Syrup of the farce of [he
Raat. 4.74 ,Defeatlian qf'the‘vRoot. 5. A Ponder
lfthe Room, 6. .A Balfang of the 8901, 7. A Cata-
111an of rbe'Raot.r‘;e8.l-A, DifiilletUVater. 9. A”
'Aeid qugbixirTinft'nre. "“' . "‘ ' '
t'J an“: ' "'
The Virtues. .
XL Tl?! fair: of Leave: or Roots. Cnmerarim fays,
(hit two ounces of it being‘drank. at a time, does
“1th 800d in the Lethargy, and Dead Sleep: it is
drying and blnding in a great meafure, and is good
for fuch as. fpit Blood, bleed at Mouth, v or make a
bloody Urine ngyet it opens Obliruf‘tio‘ns of. the
Lungs, and can es eaiie Expeaomtion. ‘ . , -'
XII. The Ejenee. lthasallthefortnerVirtues,but
is much more ell'eEtual to lbp any Flux of Blood,
in any part whatfoever. It prevails againft 311 if)-
,wnrd hurts, bruii'es andwounds,.cleanf5 Ulcers of
the Lungs, drys and heals them; and being taken
Daily, Morning and Evening, it prevails againll Ca,-
x
tnrrhs, and (tops thedeHuxionpf Rheum from the
Head upon the Lungs; fluxes of Blood,'or Humois
by the Belly, and the immoderare or overflowing
of the Courfes in Women : It llops alfo thenover.
Howin of the Whites; and ( univerl'als being pre-
mil‘ed it 'cures a Gonorrhzm, or Runningof the
Reins in Men , coming'from what'caui'e foerer.
Dole two or three ounces in Red Port Wine.
' XIII. The Syrup of the fair: tfthe Root. It has
theVirtues of the Elience, but caufes :1 better and
more eaiie Expet‘loration out of the Lungs, is good
againl’t Coughs and Cold Wheelmgs, and other
like Dillempers‘of'thofe” arts. It isihid to be
00d for-fuch as have broken Bones, bemufe it has
hens the breeding of the Callom’; and‘for the fame
Reafon, it is faid alfo to be good to cure Ruptures
in Children; It is is powerful to Confolidate or
Knit together, whatl'oever needs knitting, that if
the Roots be boiled with fleih cut into pieces, or
veryldeeply llafh’d, in a Pot, they will join them
to ether again." ‘ , . . . p .
V.;’1he Dreamer: in Wine or Witter. It is
good againit inward Bruifes and Wounds, inward
Bleeding, Spitting, Vomiting, or Filling Blood, as
alfo‘the Bloody or Hepatick Flux ;.and has indeed
all the Virtues of the Juice, Ellence and 3 mp,
( but not full out fo effeEiual as they are) eing
drank to fix or eight ounces, Morning, Noon, and
Night. ., It is alfo ood to clmnfe,>dr'y, and heal
external Wounds, lcers, and Running Sores, they
being waihed therewith once or twice a day. ,
XV. The Ponder of the Root. , Being taken in-
wardly to one dram in a little of the Syrup, it flops
inward bleeding, heals Wounds in the Stomach and.
Thorax, as alfo Ulcers in the Lungs. 'If it is‘ap4
plied to green Wounds, .as- ibon as the Wound is
made, it conglutinates or 'oins the Lips thereof to-
gether, and caulizs it fpe ily to.be healed : mixed
with the Syrup, and applied to the Hemorrhoids or
Piles, it cools the Inhammation,"and repreil‘es their
over muchbleedingand alloys the her: of the
Parts adjacent, taking away, and aling all the
pain. . , ‘ , ‘ :2; - '
XVI.” The Balfam tftl)! ‘fttiee qftl): Root. it is
a lingular Vulnerary, and cures limple green Wounds,
generally at one drelling, It is digellive, and clean-
ling, and dries up and heals running Sores, and old
Ulcers, in any part of the Body, bur chieli in thofe
parts which are not depending, refilling angrenes,
Mortifications, Ue.‘ ‘ ‘ " v ‘ ,
XVII, The Cataplxjm of the Roof. If it is made
of the limple Root, beaten into a Mucilage‘raw,
and then iprezd upon Leather or Linnen Cloth, and
applied to parts pained with the Gout; it gives
prefent gall: to the pain, and fo admirably, lireng-
thens the part, as that the Difmli: never returns
any more from the old Caui'c , and this I have fe-
veral times‘proved. If it is made of the Root boil-
ed tillit is foft in Water, and then beaten into a
VPulp, adding to it the Ponder of the Root, enough
to bring it to the Confidence of a Cataplafm, and
it is prefently ap lied to any limple Green Wound,
or Cut, it uteri; heals it by confolidating, or con-
joining the ‘ps thereof together : Apply’d alfo up-
on broken Bones, it facilitates and fpeeds the Cure,
by preventing a flux of Humors, inducing the Cal-
111:, and llrengthening the Part, and applied, is al-
fo profitable againll Ruptures in Chi ten. 1!. 15
good alfo to be ufed to Worriens Breal’ts, which
fwell and grow hard and fore by [the abundance 0
Milk flowing into them, which it does by a repef'
cullive Virtue :' It' alfo cools 'the Inflammation, 8‘
hates the Swelling, and cafes the Pain ‘of the Flies)
as experience has fuil‘iciently proved. It is nlfo
very profitable againll moill and running Ulcers,
. vs 5 “W‘Gangreneb