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fo ftrongly as before, but will ftrengthen the ftomach, and procure an appetite to 
meat. The outer bark contrarywife doth bind the body, and is helpful for all lafks 
and fluxes thereof, but this muft alfo be dried firft, whereby it will work the bet- a 
ter, The inner bark hereof boiled in vinegar, is an approved remedy to kill lice, 
‘to cure the itch, and take away {cabs by drying them up in a fhort time; it Is Gngu. 
lar good to wath the teeth, to take away the pains, to faften thofe that are loofe, to 
cleanfe them and keep them found. The leaves are good fodder for kine, to make ! 
them give more milk. i : | 
If in the {pring time you ufe the herbs before mentioned, and will but take a 
handful to each of them, and to them add a handful of elder buds, and having. 
bruifed them ail, boil them in a gallon of ordinary beer when it is new, and having 
boiled them half an hour, add this to three gallons more, and let them work toge- — 
ther, and drink a draught of it every morning, half a pint, or thereabouts. It is a 
an excellent purge for the {pring, to confume the fegmatic quality the winter hath — 
is behind it, and withal keep your body in Health, and confume thofe evil hu-. 
maurswhich the heat of fummer will readily ftir up. Efteem it as a jewel. wi 
M0 Tre Common ALDER TREE. 
> and brought into a chamber troubled with fleas, 
fuddenly caft out, will rid the chamber 
