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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. 2156. 572g]; 2 AHarhr.
rhine to purge the Herd of ituitous, cold and moill
Humors, and f0 does go to thoi'e who are trou-
bled with the Mcgrim, longand inveterate Herd-
achs, Vertigo, Letlurgy,-Epilepfy, Apoplexy, Phten-
fy, Madttels, Palfy, and moi Other Difeafes ofthe
Nerves and Tendons. Given to two orthree f oon-
fuls ina Glafs of White Lisbon, it purges the elly
gently, expels Wind, difcuires the Hurdnefs of the
S leen, and cries the After-pains of Women in
ild-bed. - f
XII. The qupijar: faith It has all the Virtues
of the Liquid, being dill‘olved in Wine or Water,
and ufed .in .the fame manner : dill'olved in Wine
and drop ed into the Eats, it eaihs the Pains in
them, an ut into an hollow Tooth, it cries the
Pain thereo : dilTolved in Water, and given to fuch
as are troubled'tvith Va ors or l‘its or the Mother, '
it cures them: dill‘olv in Wine to the Thicknefs
of Turpentine, it cures the Ruptures .ofChildrens
Navels when they [lick forth, being applied with
good Bandage: and given to one or two drams, dif-
folved in White Lirborr or? Port‘Wine, it provokes
the Terms in Women, and facilitates the Birth,
brines forth both Child and After-birth.
x‘iin. Tb: Decoliion am: Ract' in 1me Lisbon
or Part Mm. It has all the Virtues of the liquid
and infpiil‘ate Juices, but in'a much lefs degree of
Eiiictcy: fweetned with Honey or Sugar-Candy, it
is good for Coughs, Colds, Catarrhs, Althma’s,
Shortnefs of Breath and Drilicul of Brathing, ex-
els Wind, and gives cafe in the ‘olick. 'Dofe four,
Ex or eight ounces three or four times a day. ' It is
‘a good. Lotion to waih moiit running Sores withal,
forit cleanfes and dries them, itrengthens the Part,
and induces the Healing.
XIV. TheruJer of the Root. Being put into ins
Veterate and foul Ulcers, running Sores, and fuch
like of diiiicult Cure, it cleanfes them throughly,
removes any Splinters of broken Bones, or Other
things in the Flefh, iirengthens the Part admirably
againll Dehuxions, dries them, induces their Ciel.
,ttizing, and perfeEtly heals them -, and therefore is
alfo of extraordinary [lie to be put into fuch Oint-
.ments and Balfams as are Vulnetary, and applied to
the Cute ofilubborn and rebellious Ulcers, iftula’s,
and the like. This Pouder being taken to a dram
or more, mixed with the Seed of Garden Rue
half a dram, and-taken in Wine and Water mixt,
or in Water alone, it allays Va ors from the Spleen
and Womb, and cures Fits oft e Mother.
‘ XV: The Campla m. It is good to be applied to
the Brtrngs of mad Dogs, Vipers, Rattle-Snakes,
and other Serpents and venomous Creatures; for by
its powerful attraaive Force, it draws (orth all the
Venom and Poyfon from the Part, ‘and fecures the
Life of the Patient : [but this is to be underitood,
that it mull be made of the green Root beaten to :1
Pulp, and it Wm be f0 much the b’etter,,if half the
quantity ofGarlick be added to it, and alfo that it
he applied to the Wound whilil: it is recent, or pre-
fently after it is made. This Cataplafm draws forth
likewife Thorns, Splintets, and fuch like things
' which are got into and itick in the Fleih -, and it
is good a ainl’t Pains and Aches of the Joints, or a-
nty other arts, proceeding from Cold and Moi-
ure. ‘ '
XVI. The Bdljhm.‘ . It is good for cleaniing,
. ing and healing of old Sores, putrid and foetrd‘llll-
cers, and the like, in any Part of the Body. It is
an excellent thing'againft the Sciatitn and Gout,
whether in Hands, Arms, Legs or Feet; and gives
safe m any other Pain, as‘alfo in Tumors or Swel-
tings, bringing Apoliems to Sup uration in a little
dings; 1t warms, comforts and engrhens any Part
6 limited thro’ Cold, or a Flux of Humors upon
the fame. ’
, M9
XVII. Tb: Sfiritmm Tinting of (M Root. It
powerfully warms and comforts a cold Stomach
cleunfes and incalidates the Womb, facilitates the
Birth, and brings both it and the After-birth LiWCll'.
It is good agatnil fainting and fwooning l-‘irs and
alldcollp and moillvDillempets of the Head. lBrain
an ett'es, as ertigo‘s, A o lexies, 16 i'le 's
Lethargres, Convullions, Fame: Izlntl the life, Ellis:
inwardly taken, and outwardly applied to the Parts
atlet‘ted. Dole from one to two erms in form
fpectfick Vehicle Morning and Night.
XVIII. Tb: AUX! 7711!];er It cures Nuul‘eouli
nefs and Vomiting, and fo abfolutely Ilrengthens a
weak Stomach, that there are for that purpoie but
rew thtngs better. “It is: hn lar thing to ill prcfs
Vapors and the Fits of the Iotlter, expels VVind
an, gives are m the Colick. Bathed upon places
itiieeted with the Gout for fome time, it abfolutely
cures rt. It carries a good Appetite and a firong
Drgel’tron, regimes the Difcrafy or the Blood and
Humors, purifies them, and abfolutely cures the
Scurvy, whether in a hot or cold Habit of Body.
Dofe fo mat‘ry drips at a time as may make a
Drau ht ofl inc, eer or Ale pleafamly acid.
Xi . :17): Orly Tinlhre. It cures Dames oi'the
extteam Parts arifing from, Cold‘and Moilture‘
Iitengthens the Nerves and Tendonszeing anointed
upon the Parts aReQed, and'is a‘tr'tily noble thing
againit Convullions and Palhes. ‘ It opens Ubllrue
etions of the Reins, and cleinf'es’the theters and
Bladder from Stones, Gravel,.‘:Sa’ird and tartarous or
vifcou'sMatter adhering to‘them, and gives preterit
Relief in the Strangury : it alfo reprelles the bits
or Agues, - betnggtvcn‘in fame 5: Vehicle two hours
before the, coming of the Fit. , Dofe from ten to
twenty drops ‘or more in a Glafs of generous Wine
being firlt well mm with white Sugar, and thai
Morning and Night. '
C ”H VA P. CCLVI.
0f FENUGREEK Garden;
I. H E Names. It is called in Aralzick, 0AM
a“ thb: and 112le : in Greek, Trim by Diffs
comic: 5 8.“;qu Tbmpbrajli, a Comm nmilimjme
not fit Capri veI Bovir, the crooked Seed-Veil‘els'
being fo like to their Horns -, “aim, at; about 3 Hip:
potratir: in Latin, Hrnmngm’cum, Emmi; mum,-
for that Columrlla lilz. 2. (up. I I. fry: the Greek: had
two times of fowing it, the one fore Winter, to‘
be Fodder fortheir Cartel, the Other in February,
for Seed; for which Reafon he calls it, Siliglta;
Pliny calls it, Silicia; and Varro Silimla: in Eng-
lijbvve all it, hirnugz-crlt, whic is as much as to
fay, Greek Hay.
' II. The Kind:. They are principally two, viz.
1. Fwnumgrmum .hztiwmz, Garden Foenugreek, of
which in this Chapter. 2. Penurrgrwrumfyloelirt
Wild Foenugreek, of which in the next.
III. The Defcription. It be: a Rm which 2'4
fmall, 471.1 made 4 many Fibrer, ”Ming every 2?”
after it has paddled it: Seed, efare Winter: fro!!!
this Rootfprirlg fortbfzmmimer but one, amerirtlrf
two or tbrte long, finder, trailing, be] my, gun!
Stalkr, which f read Ibemftlvgr out into from!
Branch”, 011 unit!) do grow, a! metalffdm', ”(4‘
In: Leann, almqji like rbqfe of r :Meadow Treforl,
but rounder and It er, green all the appfffd’a If“
tending