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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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'- XVL Tl): lnfizfion of the Leaver? in Wine. It
' has zallv the. Virtuesl‘of. the Poude'r 'of- Seeds‘ and
Leaves, but not full out fo eifet‘tu'al as the Ponder
in Subllance, and may be given from three Ounces
toiix; every Night going to Bed, and every- Mom-
ing filling. , Clujim lays; that in Spain they ufe‘
' thelrifulion‘or Deco‘Eiion thereof to cure all forts of
Itchand Scabs in whomfoever, but he advifes, that
, there fhould be Caution ufed in giving-it. This is '
certain, that in all'lthe<Difeafesv-afore-named, 1for
whichithefe Plants may be proper, ‘itEwill-be yen
morecft‘eaual, that the Fourier of Leaves or Seed
be given in the lnfufiou now fpoken'of .. ., ..
. XVII. - '17:: Sfil'lllloll! Tinflure if (be dried
Leave: or Sccd. This Preparation has all the Vir-
tues of the former, and-,is much' Hatter-route given
than they; becaufe it is given in fmaller Dofe, and
in fome other proper Vehicle more pleafant, as in
migeliw,.or Penny-Revel, or lllint-Waterr, or in
Red PorMVinr, orrfomej other proper‘AIhingent
Wine. Itllrengthens the Womb, and all thofe
. :Parts belonging to, GeneratiOn, powerfully refills
.Vapors, and if prudently given, cures .Hyiierick Fits,
tho’ vehement andof long Iianding. But in [many
‘ Cafes, in theExhibition ofMedicaments, the Judg‘
‘ ' ment of a, Learned and Experienced Phyfician ought
to be taken along with, them: for fuch a one, by‘
his difcreet and prudent Adrniniliration, (hall do
Wonders with that Mediwmen't, with‘which an ‘ ,
unlearned. and unskilful Man can‘do nothing at all. ‘ ' '
' There is a great Matter in the true Dofe, of a Medi-
Cine, according to Age, Strength, Temperature, Sex, ‘
' and Stubbornnefs of thelDileafe. ‘ There‘is fame.
, thing in the Choicve the Preparation to the in: . ‘
tended Pu‘rpofe’. There is more yet to be obferved -
as to the right time. of Adminiltring; and a great
' deal as to the Continuance of-it, or Alteration of
‘ , the fame, as the Stomach, or Nature and State of
. the Difeafe is found topchange or alter, Ur.
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LEAD-WORT,]:e Scar-Wort, cm: 5 ,
LAVEthER-SEA, jije Limonade, Chg, .
,0 HI‘ Ar. 'CCCCXXV.‘
..'X .. ,
0f-,L‘ A II E L- Dwarf or Ground.
.1. . HE “Napier; . It is called in Greek, Xana-
.. . le'mi vin Latina, Cbamedapbnets Owne-
‘ddpbne vim Diafmridis, Lanreola, 'Lau'm: Alexan-‘
‘Jrina '41le llIuthiali, Laurie Alexandrina Cablin-
’ Ink, Lunginennr-J. Tabernxinantani,l-Clufj, U’Brm-
V ribim'; Rch0 was alterastalpinir in Englifb,
’ “Ground or Dwarf-Laurel. " t‘ ‘. ‘ " -,
lingular‘ Plant of the
2 II. TlxstinJr. . It is a
”Kind; tho’ l‘ome would make it to be a fecond fort
, . of Lani-:1 of Alexandria, .which I pan no ways he-
‘IJ' ,lieve-it‘to' be; 1‘ , . 4 i .. ‘ ‘
, 1fillinThe'Delin-iption. It be: 11.1er - Root, and
very )‘ibi‘ozxs , from when” ri rt 11; one Stein or Stalk,
‘ ‘. ’andjivnietirizer two ar'mort, wbin few to be rover-
I'ed 'witb Leaver-fertbereon, one about another, an
barb-xjidg: "tbereiyff‘tbz- lower being larger than the
upper, , which Leave: are long and narrow; ami‘ jbnrp
painted; tiny like'tof. a' Common BayLe’afri‘havrng
many Ribs therein of a'deep green Color on the up-
per fide,’ and paler underneath, full of Ribs or Veins
.’ alfo, not‘much unlike to war-tongnglfaiiing that
‘ good againlt Heart-burnings.
they are without any fecond fmqll Leaf or Tongue,
fuch as Harfe-tongue has, but as hard in'handling.
This has Flowers, and red Berries in the middle of
the Leaf, (and upon l'o ihort a Stalk, that it feems
to haye none) growing out of the middle Rib; but
thefe grow on the under lide for the mol’t art,
which may make it to be thought a Species o the
Lawn: Alexandrina, but indeed is not. ‘
' Dwarf 013670717161, Laurel;
x.
IV. m‘anl it grows naturally on Eyeral'
Hills in Rabi, which for its Rarity was brought into
their Gardens ; and by the means of fabn Tradqf-
rant, it was brought into our Country and Climate,
where it ilourilhes very well. ' " ' ' ' '
V. Tb: Timer. It flowers in fans, and the Ber-
ries, are ripe in September," in its native Country;
taut here in England its Fruit comes not to, Perfes
lon. . “ ‘ " ‘ '
w. m Qualitier. . I: is hot and dry in the aid
of the fecond Degree; Aperitive, Vulnerary and
'Diuretick.‘ ‘ ' ' .- i ‘ f i‘ ‘
v11. TbeSfecijz'rntion. [treats the Belly-ath, '
powerfully provokes Urine and the Courfes, and is
VIII. The Preparations. You may have‘therc‘
from, I. A Del-omen or Infnjian of Herb and Root: '
in Wine. 2. A=Pam1rr of 771: Herb and Room. 3‘
A Ball? or Fumiga'iion.“ ; - ‘ . '
r
" Tin" Virtues.
IX. The Infufan or DecuEian (f Herb or Roots in
Wine. It powetfirlly provokes Urine and theTetms'
in Women, cleanfes the Womb of Foeculencies, and
the Reins and Bladder of Sand or‘Gravel,.Mucila.
ginous or TartarousMatter, and ives Fafe in the ,
Strangury.: 'Dizyiziridrr‘fays it hal ens and facili-
tates the Birth of Women in Labor :‘and‘it' is of .
lingular we to dry' up the Moiiiure of old running
Sores and Ulcers, tho' rebellious and inveterate, it
clmnfes them, and induces a fpeedy Healing, and
this by ‘walhing the Sores or Ulcers herewrth twice
a‘ Day. . Dofe from three Ounces to hx'thce a
Day, viz. ,Moming and listening The Head being
alfo bathed herel'v’l‘ha “[715 (hide to cafe the Pain
thereof-1U ii i .. X.’ The
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