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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 ...
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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thofe have been taken away, they .mmy tlmes fow
their Purjlane Seed; where if “315 much watered,
the warmth of the Dung“; and the Water [OgeEhefa
makes‘it grow great and large, and continue; it In
that State, if,it'be fometimes em, 1111 mm”.
The third grows many times in out Gdl‘dtm',
without any previous help of ours. And in [31011
of our Plantations, in Aew E”51‘”’.‘19 A“? 1.0%.?
New fedt‘e', a’llar)"1.nrrd, Prnlllvnma‘, ”33””:
North and South Carolina, when they 1y, vord. 1,
will fpontaneOuIly come up, and over fpread many
v ,. “a. “y, 4, an...“ , . yawn.“
ing from Heat, and caul'es Sleep and Rell, and is
of good ufefor fuch as are in aDeliriunz or Frenzy.
It is prevalent againll outtagious Lult, extinguilhes,
at lealt diminilhes the Seed,and being over much ufed
abolilhes the Natural power of Procreation. It is
good‘ro [ray Vomiting,’ and fweetned with a little
white Sugar, is good againll an old and dry Cough,
Allhma , and (ltortnefs of Breath. It quenches
vehement Thirll, and heals Ulcers of the Lungs.
It is good alfo againlt lnilamationsand Ulcers of the
Secret parts in Man or Woman, and gallings of
rhofe parts: and ufed with Hony, it heals excori-
Acres of Ground,’even in one Spring, and in thofe arions, and even Ulcers of the Bowels, andiAnur,
places where never any has grown from the begm- and obliterates a Tenafmur, tho’ of fome Weeks
ning of the World to that time, and this it does
flan ing. Dofe from a to 4. Spoonfuls or more,
in almoll all our Fallow Plantations, thro’ the Morning and Night, x.
whole Continental" Haida, which confidering it
.does (0 univerfally doit, and that in fuch vafl
quantities, as fometimes almolt to cover a I’lanras
tion, it is a Remark worthy [the taking notice of.
XVI. The Infpr'ylzte fake. Camerarim lays;
That the thickncd fuice, (Made up into Pill: with
Ponder: pf Gum Tragamntb, and Gun: Arabitk,
and taken (from a Dram to two Drains, Morning
The fourth, Camerariw in Harm Medina, ‘fays, and Evening) prevails much, in helping fuch as
that he found it growing about Lipfzciek, and l
have been informed by fome, that they found it '
growing Wild, in fome of the Northern Counties
'of England. > . ;
. X. The Timer; They may bevall Sown in
March or April, and, they fpting up in, May, and
are ftelhsand green in May and June, they are
lit for‘Salleting in july, and to continue all Ara-g
gamma fometimes to the end of Seprerrtber, if
the Seafon is favourable and warm, eventtll the
colds trips them, and caufes them to periih.
XI. The Qualitier. All thefe forts of Purjlane
are cold in the third degree -, and the two Garden
Kind: moilt in the ITecond Degree; but the Mid
Kind: moill only in thehrll Degree They are
Ablletlive, Cofmetick, Diureticlr, Emolltent, Re-
, laxive, Repercullive,.l‘lephrit1ck, Hyllerick, and
GalaEiogenetlck. . ‘ ' . . > .
XII. The Specification. Purjlane lS goodagaini’t
‘ Burning Fevers, hot and cholerick Fluxes of the
Bowels, Catarrhs', want of Sleep ,‘ Gonorbza in
Men, and Whites in Women, as alfo the over-
flowing of the Courfes. It cools the Blood, gives
cafe in the Stranguty, and takes away. the heat and
fcalding of Ithe Urine. Abates Lull, extinguilhes
the Seed,‘llo s Vomiting, asalfo dCI‘IuXIOXlS of hot,
fair, and fca ding Humors into the Eyes. , , ,
XIII. The Preparation; Xou may have there-
from,r. A Seller. ‘2. A L: 11111 fame. ;. An
Infpilfgre flare. 4: An E true. 5. A Syrnp.
6.117: Oil or Ointment. .7, A Catapla n1. 3. A
Diflilled :IValer. 9. A Powder of the Seed. 10.
A Callyrium. . . . t
,,
‘ Tb: Virtues. ‘ ‘ .
: XlV; ‘Tbe Seller. - It is made of the green Leaves
. and very young Stalks, with Salt, Sugar; Vine-
' gar .and Oil.
make a bloody Urine, or pifs Blood.
XVII. The 'Ejfenee. It has all the Vzrrzm of
the Liquid and Inf Male juicer, excepting, that it
does not f0 power ully fupprel's Lult, or Exanimate
the Seed. But it more powerfully heals excori-
ations of the Bowels, Amu, Lungs, and other
inward parts. Qutwatdly applyed .it gives cafes
in the Gout, and. foftens the hardnefs of the
Nerves. It is good for Womens ftoln and pain-
ed Breafts, and other Tumors caufedtb'y‘ heat and
Inflamation. It is good againlt the bitings of
Serpents or other poifonous Creatures, and to
part. Applyed to the Navels of. Children which
[lick forth, it helps them; it ’is good alfo‘fdr
fore Mouths and fore Gums, which are 'mueh
fwollen, and to fallen loofe Teeth, and take away
it were, after the eating of fowetthings. - Dole
from 2 toe, Spoonfuls. ' . ‘ f 7- - i '
XVIII. Tb: Syrup. Ifmadekwith Honey ofithe
Allhma’s, but is ali'o prevalent againil [a Phthilis,
or Ulceration of the Lungs, and hasnllvthe
other Virtues of the fair: and bylaw, being given
from 2’to 4Spoonfuls, Morning and Night. T ..
XIX. Tb: Oilar Ointment: They coolilnrlamas
tions, heal‘galling in the Groin andSecret parts,
give eafe inthe Head-ach, Gout, and other pains
proceeding . from . heat, and idifcufs Pulhe's,
Wheals, Pimples, and other‘like hot and fiery
Eruptions in the Skin. Theyuare alfo good-as
gainlt Burnings and Scaldingsyand Womens hard,
tumilied and inflamed Brealls; asalfo the Ringings
and .bitings oszornets, .Wafps, Bees, Serpents,
and other venomous Creatures. -
. j XX. The Catapldfnz of 11?: Green Herb. It is
prevalent againll; Anthony’s Fire, Gout-Scidtica,
trained Nerves if Inflamed, Pimples‘, Tettars,
Ringworms, Shingles, and other hot .brealtings
It is’good to cool and attempe- outof the Skin..jllade,witb Vinegar,4linleLin.ke.i
rate the Blood and Lylnpba , is. grateful to hot and Oil, 4714 Ponder 4 Nut 6411:, and applycd, it takes
fainting Stomachs and is profitable for fuch as have away pains and creeks in the Neck, and other parts ‘-,
the Falling-Sicknefs. > The Wild ‘Purjlan: is ufed and ‘difcull'es and‘ heals fimple Contulions in the
beyond Seas, and in our Plantations in Honda, as Mufcular parts ‘ . ' ‘ -
Ermiliarly in Sallets and Meats, as the firll Garden
XXI Tl): Diliilletl Waterfrwn the wholePlant.
Kindr, and .with all the fame good effefts, faving It has all the Virtues of the Juice, EJenee, and
that it is not altogether fo‘moill, and, therefore
. the more lit to (top fome forts of Fluxes.
Syrup, but nothing near fo ell'eftual, and therefore
XV. The-Lipid 'fllltf.‘ It is good againit the as a‘Vehicle to Convey other Preparations in, be-
xhutning Fits of Agnes and Cholerick Fluxes of ing fweetned with double Refined Sugan- It pre-
' the Belly, and is profitable againll the Whites and
rRedsin‘Women, as alfo a Gonorrbmrin Men: it
flops Ca'tarrhs,‘ cafes pains of theHead proceed-
I
vails againll Anthony’s Fire; beautiiiesthe. Pace
and Skin, and allays the Intiamations-of the
Eyes. ‘ . ‘ , . “
draw forth the Poifon, being bathed upon the ‘
may betgiven in a double or treble Dofe, or ufed .
fxxrr. it; “
theirpain, when they feem to be on edge' as ,
fuice, it not only prevails againll Coughs, Colds, v
.w. . .r; v
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