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the coldnefs and moifture of winter hath left behind. The roots or leaves boiled, or 
“the juice of either of them, or both, made into an eleétuary with honey or fugar, is a 
fate and fure medicine to open the pipes and paffages of the lungs, which is the caufe 
of wheefing and fhortnefs of breath, and helpeth to expectorate tough phlegm, as 
alfo to raife the impofthumated pleurify, and evacuate it by {pitting ; the juice of 
nettles, ufed as a gargle, allayeth the fwelling of the almonds of the throat; it 
alfo effectually fettles the palate of the mouth in its place, and heals and tempers the - 
forenefs and inflammation of the mouth andthroat. The decoétion of the leaves in 
wine, being drunk, is very efficacious in moft of the difeafes peculiarly incident to 
the female fex ; and is equally ferviceable, when applied externally, mixed with 
myrrh. This decoétion alfo, or the feed, provoketh urine, and*has hardly ever 
been known to fail in expelling the gravel and ftone from the reins and bladder; 
killeth worms in children ; eafeth the fpleen occafioned by wind, and expelleth the 
wind from the body; though fome think them only a provocative to venery. The 
juice of the leaves, taken two or three days together, ftayeth bleeding at the mouth. 
The feed, being drunk, is a remedy againft the fting of venomous creatures, the 
bite of a mad dog, the poifonous qualities of hemlock, henbane, nightfhade, man- 
drake, or other fuch like herbs, that ftupify and dull the fenfes g as alfo the le- 
thargy, efpecially if ufed outwardly, by rubbing the forehead and temples in le- 
thargic cafes, and the places bitten or ftung by beatts, with a little fale. The dif. 
tilled water of the herb is alfo effectual (although not fo powerful) for the difeafes 
aforefaid, and for outward wounds and fores, to wath them, and to cleanfe the fkin 
ftom morphew, leprofy, and other difcolourings thereof. The feed, or leaves, 
bruifed, and put into the noftrils, ftayeth the bleeding thereof, and taketh away 
the flefh growing in them, called polipus. The juice of the leaves, or the decoétion 
of them, or of the roots, is very good to wafh either old, rotten, or ftinking, fores ; 
fiftulas, and gangrenes, and fuch as are fretting, eating, and corroding; fcabs, 
manginefs, and itch, in any part of the body; as alfo green wounds, by wafhing 
them therewith, or applying the green herb, bruifed thereunto, even although the 
flefh fhould be feparated from the bones. ‘The fame, on being applied to the limbs, _ 
when wearied, refrefheth them, and ftrengtheneth, drieth, and comforteth, fuch 
P laces as have been put out of joint, after having been fet again; as alfo fuch parts 
of the human body as are fubje&t tothe gout or other achs, greatly eafing the pain 
| thereof ; and the defluxion of humours upon the joints or finews it alfo relieveth, | 2 
by drying up or difperfing the defluxions. An ointment made of the juice, oil, and 
a little Wax, is exceedingly good to rub cold and benumbed members. An. ha r 
_ of green nettles, and another of wall-wort, or Dane-wort, bruifed and applied — 
ae : 4A - > fimply 
