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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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dicullesHumors ‘.- u -..,t
.-.XX The Oil of the Seed. It is a Specilick againltr
Pains of the Stomach andBowels gives prefent
mfe in the Cholick, as all‘o in the tone,- provokes
the Terms in Women, and has all the Virtues of
the Spirimous and Oil TinElures Given ad gut.
12 or 20 in a Glafs of Vine to a Woman in Travel,
it facilitates the Delivery. It is good againll
Coughs, Colds, Ailhma’s, lhottnefs ot'Brtnth, dif-
ficult of Breathing, Wheezinos, Hoarfnefs and o-
ther like Dillcmpers of the lirell and Lungs. It
encrtnfes Seed, provokes Luli, firengthens the ln-
llrumcuts of Generation, tailores in Confumptions,
breeds Milk in Nurfes, and refills Poyfon: it is al-
fo prevalent againlt the Bitings of Vipers and other
Serpents; alfo the Bitings of Mad Dogs, and other
Venomous Bealls, bein inwardly taken, and out-
wardl up lied to the .p ace.
XXII. J: Spiritual]; Water. It may be ufed as
aVehicle for" any of the fortnet internal reparations,
and has in fome meafure all their Virtues: it is a
very good thing for Nutfes' to take, bemufe it very
much remotes the breeding of Milk. , f
XX 1. ’17): Balfm. It is made of the Chymical
Oil, mix: with fix times its uantity of pure Oil of
Nutmegs by‘Expreflion. Jlt is of wonderful Ufe‘to
anoint the Genitals of a Man, who is gown Impo-
rent either by Age, Accident, or a long ifule of the
El; the Oil of the Seed being in the mean Smfon
taken inwardly. Anointed upon Pairs ail'eE‘ted with
m s and Convullions, it generally cures them;
and rengthens any Part which is much Weakened,
either by theVGout or other Accidents. Anointed
on the Stomach and Side, it comforts them, and
ufes the Pains of the Pleuril‘y. .
4 . XXIII. The Duodiaan the Seed in Wine. If
Figs "are added in the Boiling, it will be the more
PeEloral,. and fo be good for fuch asiare fhort-
‘ Winded, or are otherwife troubled with an old
v Cough, Hoarfnefs or Wheezing, difficulty ofBreath-
ing, and other Difmlhs of thofe Parts; and withal
it ex is Wind from the Stomach and BOWels: and
if it is conllantly drunk for a whole Year together,
it obliterates the very' Roots and Foundation of the
Gout; and by keeping of the Bod - foluble, and
liveetning all the Juices, it carries 0 the Tartarous
Matter which breeds that Difenfe, and that without
either Putgin or any other Medicine. But when it
is thus genera l iufed, the DecoElion mull: be‘made
fometimes in; Vater and .fometimes inzVVine, for
the Stomach‘ Elite, and it mull be ufed as the Pati-
ents'common'Drink. . liilyall this from manifold
'Ex erience. ': ' . ::.4i'..'l 2 . .
‘ XXIV. The Cataplafm. of. the Seed. 1 > If it i:
hruiftd'and ffryed wttb Talk; 'of Egg: til] tbry are
711711,) and 1b”! beaten up with a litrlaDII qf Nu -
meg: gamma, or wrthfme 'qf the XWW" 3;].
fan, and applied to the Had,‘ (the Hair being full
[hated off) it gives wonderful and fpeedy Relief in
an old Hmd-ach, tho’jt be vehement, more 'el'peci-
ally ifitcomes fromaa cold and morlt Caufe; and
i‘pplied- to .the back part of the Hmd,'1t (lo s the
heum which falls into the Eyes, and helps uch as
ate-.Blbod-lhotten , more cl" ecially if’ wrthal It is
. made withWax‘into the. arm of an Emplalter, , -
and appliedlwarm. overthe Eye-lidst The Cata-
Plaiin made only with the Seed and Yolks of E gs,
“51 3P lied to a limple Contulion, difcull'es it :. ut
with; e 011'.of-.Nunnegs,. being applied tovthe
Scrotum, it is: excellent to dilcufs a windy Tumor
ofthat Pate.) t H ‘ , ., .,
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Sc H A P. CLXXXVI.
of ‘c u M I N Wild.
1. H E Nmn. It is called in GITMLKL’IWJ'
”my" :9 at) yer : in Latin, Cambium 5) lvcjlre :
in Englilh, Il’zld Limzim
II. The KinJr. Authors make three kinds here.
of, 0'2. x. Ky'luyeriyswr, Omimmz Sylvajlrc, Clum-
mm primary Dizfm-idir, (according to [llalllviclmj
011mm”)! glahryimz Caitcrarii, Cumimun (hpimlxr
global: Bauhim', alfo erwrwlz Glhilc, Slalimwc, as
it is called in the Ifiile of Ixhznor,I)Vild Cumin. 2.
v'm'my, ‘ tim'my, ' ffalllll and ' a ban”, H ‘ e-
mum vt’sr’um thmgdir, (accordih‘gpto Dadargm
and 'Clujr'ur ) Cumirmm Sylvelie altmmz w] Sili.
gun-[21m Camcrerii, blgdxnnwr, Tabcrzmanmni U
Lobelii 5 Ominum Sylvejire Carniculhtum Gerardi
H pecoum Lrgitimum Bauhirzi, The fecond or Home
l ild Cumin. 3. Cumimmr Siliguzfm alumni! Di-
ajioridir, Lahelii, Pent, Lugdudtnfr, Cumirumz Syl-
'0! re Miriam, U Siliquum Inimit- Tahermnazt:-
m, Hyptwum alrerum Btmbfni, The Rand Horned
or ("mail Codded Wild Cumin.
Ill. As for thefe two latter, tho‘ Camerarim, Da-
dmxur, Label and Gerard with fome others, do ac:
count them as Species Of’cumin,‘ or kinds of Wild
01min, yet they are fcarcely (0 to be accounted, for
that they have neither the Appearance or outward
Refemhlance ofthem,‘ neither yet the MedicalQua-
lities or Virtues anfwerable to them, but rather haw
the Qualities and Properties of Pa pin .- however,
bemule Cullorn has given them t e Name of Wild
gum”, we fubmit, and rank them in the fame Or-
er.
51w: cumin.
1v. . The Dei'cripti’ons. Th; Mtg” will 0"
min, hu’a Run! which irfrmll an] fth‘llt’, 1w MW!
Fibre: ddjoining M ii; and quick!) 17:":th “my I”
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