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Full Title
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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t) be very good for luch as have a Rupture; or are
Burllen; it isjgood againlt Coughs, Colds, Iloarfe-
Iiefs, lVlieeiing,-ilrortnefsof Breath, or any diilicule
ty of Breathing,- lieing made into a Syrup With HOv
nev, and ('0 taken; it is good .againl‘t the yellow
Jaundice,‘expels Wind, and is available againit all
Dii'eafes proceeding of Cold, whether inward or
outward , and as Galen I’ays, it is moil elfcx‘lual
wherethere isfany need to attenuate or make thin
' thick Flegin,,,or grofs and tartarousllumors; it
cleanfes filthy running Sores, and putrid Ulcers, car-
ryinr oh'the'peccant Humors, and freeing the parts
affec ed from any Difeafes aliex‘img them; dro t in-
to the Eyes it takes away inflammation and r nefs,
and clears them from Films towing on them.
XXI. The Inflajim of II): girth or Root. It has the
former Virtues, butmuch weaker, and may be given
Morning and Night for the fame gantpofes from four
Ounces to eight, fweetned with ugar or Honey; it
is a very good thing for thoi'eiforts of Agnes which,
come by obltruEtions of Humors, or. putttfaEhon of
theBloodugyh- -‘.;i1,,, .
XXII. Tb: Da'nfiiozz qflbe Ron! in Wine or ”’4-
152:; It has, all the Virtues of the Juice and Effence,
but much'defs elfeElual, and may be given from three
'Qunces to fix Morning and Night, being ufed Di;
etetically for fometime, in the Cure of ,old running
Sores, .putrid Ulcers, and inveterate Or rebellious F17
Rula’s, 67:. It, is more powerful for the Cure of
Agnes than the Infulion of the Herb, etho’ lefs pow:
ertul than the V'Efl'ence, it heals all WOunds which
are frelh, by wafhing them therewith, and this more
eipecially, it it is made with Wine, it is goodalfo
to walh therewith all forts ofioul, putrid or rotten
Ulcers, yea, tho’ they be hollow, or Filfulous, run-
ning, and fretting, or Cancrous, for it mightily
cleanfes' and dries, and heals alfo, and taken in-
' Vivardly for form: time,'.it very much prevails. a:
gainit the Kings-Evil, fpeedily and certainly haling
thofe Ulcers up. , . 5 . , i
XXIII. T72: Puller if the Ram. It has all the
Virtues of Juice , ‘Ffl'enc‘e, and DecoEtion , but ope-
rates not with that celerity or fpeed‘which they'do;
it may be given from halfa Dram to a Dram’ every
Morning tailing, and every Night. at Bed time,rin
fome convenient Vehicle, and (0;. be continued for
fome c‘onliderable time , as the re'afon of the thing,
or occafion may require, if it is taken, with a fmall
addition ofMyrrh, or Rue, ,or Pepper, his the
more powerful againli the Stinging of Scorpions,vor
Bitings of Serpents or Mad Dogs, the Wound being
kept open-with Vinegar and Salt Water, and dreli,
with the a plication of Garliglt, which draws the
Venom or, Boyibn out the molt poiverfullyvof all Ye:
getableSrZOutwardly applied to,loul, ,putrid,;or
rotten Sores andUlcers, it pOiverfully'deterges,r or
cleanfes, and dries them, ,caufingthem fpeedily to
heal :. Mixt with Honey, and taken in the Morning
failing, and at the ufual Medical, Hours, it ‘opens
Obitruclions of the Lun s, and caufes eaiie expeao:
ration of thick tough I egm, and ether groi'sHu-
mots, it provokes the Terms, and expels the Dead
Child and Afterbirth, andris indeeda lingular thing
for killing Worms in the Belly and Stomach. ,;
XXIV. The quivy. It is made of the folid Root,
either green-or dry. Being putrup, into the Womb,
and kept there, it induces a flux of the Terms, .by
, ppeningrthe Mouth‘cf the Womb; it alfo attraas
, 1n the birth, and brings away the Child , whether
alivexor Dead, and alfo clears the Womb ofthe Af-
terb'irrh. - ' 5
’ : nxxvqttig'bmgnga ii'rhggofiieii mi Rabi. ‘ t:
has the Virtues ofthe Infulion or DecoEtion, ,but not
fo efhcacious or powerful: Authors fay, that being
; drank, .it has been often proved to cure in a wont
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derful manner :‘ill iorts othgues generated of. the
puttifaaion of the Blood and Humors, to kill Worms
1n the Belly, and to clmnfe the SkirtftOm all forts
of Spots, Freckles, Morphew; andlother Defmda-
tions ivhatfoever, it.being often, viz. live or hit
times a day bathed therewith: , . , , ‘
XXVI. The Spirimom Ti Jar: of the Rom. It
is profitable ag‘ainil the Yellow Jaundice, ilrengthens
and fortihes the Stomach, prevails againli the (io-
lick,'and‘other tievoLis and vehement pains of the
Stomach and Bel y - itrvarms, comforts, and lireiigth-
ens a cold and moifl Liver, occalioned by long Sick-
nel's, or bad Diet, and is of good uli: for fuch who
are in a pining Confumption, the Hrrmorrhoids or
iles being bathed herewith it comforts the part,
gives cafe in the pain, and difculfes theTumor or
Swelling, it is good againli Cramps and Convulii":
ons, being often bathed upon theypart affeaed, and
prevails againli Faintin and Swooning Fits, being
inwardly given in any tVehicIe from one Dram to
three, at time of the Paroxyfm. . . i
XXVII. The Add TinHure. It is one of the
gmteii Stomaticks in RerumVJVdIura, 7for it opens
the ObI‘truEtions of the Stomach, incides and dif-
folves Flegm, and all forts of thick, tough, vii‘cous
and tartarous Humors adhering to the Tunicles there-
of, cleanfes it of all its Faculencies‘, warms and
comforts it, tellers its, Tone, being hurt or depra-
ved, and after a Iingular manner caufes a good Ape
petite and a lirong Digeflion, and being conliantly
taken, it is one of the moIi abi‘olute Cures that is
for the Kickers in Children; it cures Allhma’s, 6111'
ling a Ree ref iration or breathing, and takes away
Hoarfenefs, l. heelings, (5'6. Dole is 1‘0 many drops
as to make the Vehicle plmfantlyiharp, and it is
to be given. in. all that the Patient drinks, whet)“:r
Ale, Beer, or Winetand that while they ufe it they
on ht to drink'nothing withoutit. l '
XVIII. IbeOily T (”Eyre Inwardly taken from
ten drops to twenty or thirty, Erll dropr into Sugar,
and then mixtywith any fit Vehicle, it is of excellent
tile agatnll the,Colick,A and pains in the Stomach,
proceeding from, Wind -, it opens ObitruEtions of the
Items and Ureters, and expels fmall Stones, Gra’
vel, Sand, .and other vTartarous Subfiarices, which
caufe the Strangury : Ibis 'a lingular thing againlt
the Palfyandfconvullions of , the .Vifcera, being in-
wardly taken as” aforefaid, and morning and night
artointed well'u on the parts alfeEledgas alfo along
down the Back one: Iris good alfo againit numb-
nefs othmbs, Tremblingofany of the parts: of
the Body, weakneis of the Joints , and the Gout it
felf gyoceeding from a cold Caufe. , ; ,
,1 X 1&4’173’, Saline TindumBeing bathed upon
the lace, his good againit the bitingsand ftinging
of enomouscteaturesfor it attracts the Peyton out
of the Part; it cafes the pain of the Gout after a 7'
Iingulqr manner 3 opens the Pores of the Skin, dif-
cuifes contuiions, being applieduvery hot, byiwa)’
OfFomentation,'and cle'anfes the'face, hands and
other parts fiom f 'ts, freckles, Tanning, Sunburn-
ing, yelloivneis, black and hluenefs occalioned by >
Blows, ’as‘alfo’fcurf, morphEWa, and 01.179? like de-
' ; foedations of the Our: and’Culic‘llla.
XXL 771?,0intiaegti’aivv841fztm. It is. an extra-
ordinary Vulnerary, hmling Iimple Wounds-at, once
or twice Dreifin . Italfo'hcals Wounds and Pun-
ctures of, the. erves 31nd Tendons. . It is likewife
an excellent Ehirig againii all running Sores, old and
inveterate Ulcers, putrid or malign Filiula’s, for in
the one; it potently digei’ts,’ cleanfes, incarnates if
need be, dries and admirably heals -,’ and in the other
it' takes away'fthe Callous,-Uc.'and in bOrh Iirength-
ens the part, being‘riiiich'ivealtened through the
len th or continuance of th’ D'feaf‘: 7.? ' ->
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