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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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Chap. 243: 9'Elzglll72 not;
,But Anguiltro and Carla: took it to he the Parmx
Chironiwn 'Ilzcopltrttjli. There is another Plant
which is called Heleninm, or Helenium alterum Di-
zgroridir, which is Helitrtll‘mum or Dwarf Cijiur,
‘ ut: it is not akin, ‘nor llLlS any Relation to this, the
which you may fee (with all its kinds) in Chap. r31.
aforewoing.
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V."Tbe Timer. Isl’lowers in 7.1;]: and 7111' and
the Seed is ripe in Angeli. The Roots (lit: gither-
ed for Ufe as well in the Spring, before the Leaves
come forth, as in the Autumn or Winler.
l’l. The onlitirr. The R00: is the chief thing
which is ufed, and is hot and dry in the third De-
gree -, full of Memory and Sulphur : it is Aperitive
Ahllerlii‘e, Allringent, Anodyne, Carminative, DiI
geihve, Relaxirfe, lncarnative and Vulnerury, high-
I.yml’etftoral,. Stomatickt Neurotick and Hvlletick;
menagogrck, Suaorihck, Alexiphutmiclt, Sper-
muto enetick and Anileptick.
VI . The Sperijimtt‘on. It is peculiar aguinll old
Cou hs, Catarrhs, and tartarOus Mutter otllrueling
the ungs.
VIII. The Preparation. From the Root of this
Herb you may make the following Preparations, viz.
r. A juice. 2. An Ellen“. g. A Syrup. 4. A
Decollton or lnfufon. ;. A Ponder. 6, An Ele-
Ennry. 7. An Oinnnent. 8. A 84th 9. A Cn-
titplo tn. 10. A dilltlletl Water. 11. A Spirittmur
mllure. 12. An Acid Tinllttre. 1‘2. An Oily
Tingure. r4. ASoline Tinlluro. 15.1 A Spirit.
16. Aniliilled Oil. r7. Potejlnm or Powerr. r8.
An Elixir. 19; A he'd Sell. 20. Sungtzir or Blood.
21.717): Prdbrve or Confer-tie. 22. Elude-ml or
Honey of Elcmtnpone. ‘
The Vernier.
IX; Tl): lignitljnire. It expels Wind in the
Stomach and owels, and takes away pricking Pains
and Stitches in the Side, mufed by the S leen : it
is ,alfo good againll‘ Coughs, Colds, ll heezlngs,
Shortnefs of Breath, and ObllruEiious of the Lungs
by tartarous Matter. Dole two or three l'poonluls
in a Glafs of generous Wine, Morning and Night.
X. The Eyente. It has all the Virtues oi the li-
. III. The Del'ctiption. It bar aRoot whirl: is great,
thick and long, bronrbed forth event! wayr, black-
t'fb an the waffle and white wt: in, of a vefry bitter
.Ta e but ood Smell when 1: u dryed, o .2 very
targill andgjolid Subllance wing? it is frejl; and new-
gatbered. ‘ From this Root oat forth many large
ever, lying near the Ground, which are long on!
bf 041, firm]! at barb emit, pmewbatfofl tn handling,
ye! rough withal to look upon, and very full of Vans,
4 a whitijb green on the upper file, and grey under-
marl), [lightly nicked on the. edger, each of them
flailing upon a firm Foot-jialk. Front among ”up:
Leaver rife upfeveral great 'and hairy Stalkr, three
' or four feet high, with patneLetwe: thereon, rom-
pa ng them about a! the lower entlr; and are bramb-
: toward: the to .r bearing feoenzl large Flowerr,
like unto tbofe oftite Corn Marigold, boll) the Bor-
der and Letzver, the middle Tbrum .lzeing yellow,
which a mwardr turn inlo Down, with jome long,
fwd”, raumijl) Seed among it. all which tr earrted
. awqy witlttlte Winl. , t .7 .
IV. ”21’1“”. It grows in moiil Ground and
fhado places, more than in the dry; in the Ho;-
‘ ders 0 Fields and. Lam, and in other wall: laces
almoft every where, but more efpecrally in t and
fruitful Land : it is fometimes found alfo u on
‘ Mountains, and lhadowy places which are not a [o-
quid ]uice; behdes which, it lireugthens the Vifce-
ra much more, and fecures :1 Perlbn lately cured of
a Dropfy, ‘that the Difeafe (hall not return again
upon the old Foot. It is good agalnlt the Obl‘ttu-
Rion of Urine, Brovokes the Terms in Women, anl‘
facilitates the elivety of a Woman in TravaJ
brings forth bath Birth and After-birth; it is good
againlt Vapors and Fits of the Mother, refills Pov-
fon, and prevails againl‘t the Venom of the Viper,
Rattle-Snake, and orher Serpents, as alfo the Bi.
tings of mad Dogs -, it dellroys the Putridity ot mu‘
lign and pellilential Ferrets, contending even with
the Plague or Pellilence it feltl Dofe t'tvo fpoona,
fuls Morning, Noon and Night, in a Gluls ofgene-‘
twice a day may be enough.- ‘ A 3
XI. The Syrup of the ]utre. It IS highly PeElo-
ral,.. and mules ExpeEtoration to a Mimic, being
Hoarfenefs, Wheezing, Shortnefs of Breath, Dill-i-
culty of Breathing, and all other Stoppages and 0p-
ter lodged there, as alfo in the Reins, Uteters and
Bladder: it gives ale to fuch as are pained with
the Stone, in the Reinsor Bladder : ‘in :t‘ word, it
has all the Virtues of the Juice and Ell‘ence, but
mull be taken in a larger Dofe, becnufe the truly
Medicinal part of the Plant is it) much clogged with
Su 3r.
' all. The Derollion or Infillion in Wine. It has
ether drv. ,,lt ows ve much in the Fields'm.
Ehe 15ft 1nd Edging Eomunnjioblc to Puddle-hill -.
alfo in an Orchard going from Colebrook to Duran-
, Ferry, in the Way to Windfor, at bride and Polk-
jlon: near. to Dover, by the Sa-lide. lhave often
. found it growing in Orchard: in'mitny parts oi this
[Kingdom , ‘. A" ,:'
all the Virtues, of the aforegoing Preparations, hut
lel‘s powerful; and therefore mry be taken to three,
four or five ounces, Morning and Evening :- this be.
“mg daily drunk, belides being a P680012.“ 15 fitd
to be good for fuch as have weak and dirt) Eyes,
for it clears, lirengthens and quickens the Sight 21'1-
mitahly, hills and drives forth all manner ofWomrs
ll u 2 1“
rou‘s‘Wine, if it is upon an Exigency '; orherw’tfe
admirably- good againll Coughs, Colds, Cutarrhs,‘
prellions of the Lungs, dillolving the tarmrousMat- A
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