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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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Leaver, it it ya like to ”reformer, that there '1: no
Difference .- but the‘Form of the Leaves does fo al-
ter the whole Face-of. the Plant, and put 1t out of
Knowledge, like the jagged Elder, that fearcely a-
ny one would think it to belong to the firll kind;
the FlowersffFruit and Smell only making us to
judge ofthe Species, and,wherennto it is to .be re-
ferred ,elb‘rthe‘Leaves are almoll as. much Jagged
and divided as the jagged Elder, Wl‘llCll IS the only
thing ,‘tn‘rwhich thisdili‘ers from‘th‘e firlt before
defcribed.’ ‘ " ‘ ' , 4 .‘ .
V. The Pom.“ The firll growsWild in many
placa oFEzr'glizm’, ‘wheregil' itis once gotterr into
. the Ground,‘ it will (‘0 creep and run, that 1-K Will
be diHicult'to get it forth’ again. .It grows in un-
till’d plates'iaear ‘to Hedges, Ditches and common
Ways, much the Borders 10f; FieldsL" It grows
plentifully’in the Lane at'Killmry Abby by undo”;
as alfo in a‘l-‘ield by StJo‘mr near Dartford in Kent;
and' in the Highway at Old Brando]! Towns-end
'next towards Landau, and inmany otherlilte laces.
The fecend is only nurs’d‘u with us in Gag em. 3
‘ The Time:.:- They; owert in 3310,”. and the
. Berries'ar'e ripe in the latter end of Augu ,‘but for
the molt part in September. 1
VII. The Qualinen‘,“ It is faid to be hot and dry
in the third.Degree-, lAperitive, Ablierlive, Difcull;
lire, Diuretick, ‘IPeE‘toral, Hepatick, Nephritrck;
Hyllerick -Art'hriticlr,:arid Emetick or Cathartrck: 5
VIII: The Spblijmtion. JILlS peculiar, for currn
the Droply. Thee-Rootsand Seed are of reatel
Force to purgeaway watry and pituitous; umors,
and the Lmvesrhav'e the chiefelt, Strength next, to
digeli, walle away and confume: the Juice of the
:Berries are wetkell of all.- ’ a" ‘ f l
. X. The Preparatione. : You may have thetefrom,‘
.r. A ligm'd juice. 2. An Ejfenee. 3.’A'Deeoflion,
or Infufm in (Vine. '4. A. Pom!” oftbe' Grain: or:
. Seed“ . 5-. (ll! Oil or Ointment. 6. “A 01.711141 m qf
- the Ltdver. i .7. Ebyli-Mel, or Haney quall-wort :.
)of all which things we lhall now. treat in Order. ‘
The Vmuee. -. . .
, . X. ,‘171e liquid juice” . This arid all other Prepa-
rations of Dwarf Elder'are more efficacious or ow-,
' ‘erlitl than thofe pre $1er from Commit Elder, in all
,thelDifeafes, and . or all the Pu ofes unto which
' that is applied, but more efpecial y in thole Cafes
in which EA!” is little or nothing prevalent. The
Juice of the Root applied to the Throat, prevails a-
gainll the;Quinl'ey andeings-evil: :The Funda:
‘ ,ment bathed with it, prevents the falling .of it
down; the fame alfo put up the Womb in a'PelEt.
ry, or injetted with a Syringe, brings down the
Terms in Women. It is alfo a mighty Purger of
(Hegmatick and wat Humors, and has een ap ro-
ved as the mofl rhizEtualthing a ainll an.Ana arm
. or Dropfy of the whole Body. ’, ofe from two to
‘ four ,fpoonfuls or more in White Port Wine, Morn-
193 and Night, accordingas the Strength of the Pa-
tientwdlbeatit.. 3 , A ‘- 11...,-
XI; The EJeItce. It has all the former Virtues,
and given before the coming of. a Pit of an Ague,
"7 prevail? f0 etl‘eEluallyagainll; it, that'it will ei-
that put Itiolf or make it much more eafy ;:and at
fecond mkngldOm'fails of perfte .‘cun'ng it.
‘It opens OblttuEhons of the Breli and ungs, in-
?1ch and .dlll‘lees pituitous and tartarous Matter
in thofe Parts, or the Urinary VelI‘els carrying of?
the morbinck Matter of- Catarrhs, Sione Gravel
Gout, Kings-evil, Jaundice,'Dro fy, and titherlike
il'mfes. 'Dol‘e two' or'three Igoonfuls in White
Wine, Morning and Night. - . . 'f.-. ,
. and does the lime things. .. , . u
. wife: the Tumor : and
SlnHH bib ‘1.
Xll.‘ The Decogion orv Infigfz‘an in White Port
Wine. They have all the Virtues of the liquid Juice
and Ellence, but much fweaker in Operation, and
therefore much better and fafer to hc'givcn to Chi].
dren,'Women kind, and weak People. It cures A-
gues in Children inAtwo or three Dofcs, given two
hours before the coming of a Pit. . And being taken
to' nve,'lix or eight'ounces in the Morning, falling,
and fometimes allb at Night going to Bed, it pre-
vails againlla Cachexia and Lcucophlcgmatia; and
has had a good Efl'efl in curing the Kingsevil and
Dr)o(pfy;: . - w w
‘ Il.':Tl)e Puzzler 1f the Grain: 'MJ Rod. The
Pouderfof the drycd Berries or Semi,i.given toa
dram in White Port Wine falling, has the Virtuts
of the liquid Juice, Ellence and Decoaion , for it
mightily provokes the‘Terms, and attics off the
Water. in Dro lies, and cures Struma’s.f - 'Being gi-
ven-in Dec ion AGECIMIMpiI)‘: orgGrade Pine,
withra .little Cirmmm,‘. it is an ap towed Remedy
for all Joint-Aches, Rheumaril'ms, outs, Sciatica,
Drophes, and even the French Difml‘c it fell, for it
ales the Pains, by withdrawing and expelling the
Humors which are fluent, peccant and ollenlive. The
Pouder of the Roor'works after the lame manner,
XIV. The Oil of Oinlmenr ma e of the grml
Leaver, ”Roots in May. ' It is faid to be an admi-
rable Remedy for all external Aches, Pains, Cramps,
Goats, fhrinking of Nerves or Tendons, and Lame-
nels mufed. by Blowsgfalls, Cold or other Acci-
dents; and to warm, comfort and lirengthen all the
external Parts ('0 alTeEled; to mollifyithe‘ Hardnel‘s,
to open the Pores, and cafe the Spleen, the grieved
Parts:being therewith anointed : 'it'alfo. cures the
Files or Hemorrhoids by anointing.
. XML“): Cataplafm' f the LeaverU .Itvis Dif'cuf-
live and'Arthritick ;wand offingular life to be ap-
plied: to the Throat iria Quinfey, and to dill‘olve
lrumous Tumors in theNeckL A plied to the Re‘
gion of the Reins or Bladder,.it is held to give cafe
3 in thole Pains. Applied to the Teflicles which are -
fwoln and hard, it quickly cafes the Pain and dif-
utlto the Fundamenr, it
lirengthens the SphinEler lul'cle ther'e'oEg ' -
XVl.- EbuIi-mel, or Haney if Dwarf Elder. 'Ol:
ten taken to two or three drams or more; as Age and
Necemty require, it dill‘olves the Tartar of the
Lungs, opens their:0bliru&ions,-'as alfo>the Ob-
flruEtions of the. Reins and Ureters, purging away
gently Choler, Flegm and watery Humors, is good
againlt the Bitings of. Set cuts, or of'a mad Dog;
prevails againfl the Colic and Stone, as alfo the
Strangury or other Difficulty of makinglVater. It
helps Coughs, Catarrhs, Hoarl'en‘efs, Shortnefs 'of
Brmthpnd Dilliculty ofBrmthing. ; . And outwardly
ap lied, is 00d againll‘ old running Sores, putrid
an liltulous lcers: and dill'olved in Wine, itcureS
Sores and Ulcers inthe Mouth; ;, ,, .
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Of ELECAMPANE.
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I. H B Names. It is called in Greek, 'F’WM :
in Arabict, fafn E7 Rafm ; in Latin, 1?"
[Mfum-illlulm-Enula, Emela Gm: am .‘ in 577314;),
Elee‘ztmpam‘; but in'fome parts of England it is 531‘
led, Scab-roar! and Hcrfe-beal. ' " '
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n. m Kim. It is a fingulat pi... grits raga;
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