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feed, or galanga, mixed with it, is the remedy hereof. The next is, that it infameth 
the {pirits, by the overmuch fharpnefs or fiercenefs therein ; whereby i it readily in- 
duceth fevers, efpecially in thofe that are fubje& to obftru&tions, and replete with 
putrid humouts ; which inconveniences are taken | away by putting thofe things 
into your eae that do cool and quench the heat thereof; and fuch are the 
mucilage of the feeds of pfyllium, or fleawort; prunes ‘boiled, or rather the pulp of 
them, the juice, or thejulep, or the water, of rofes or violets, or if before the boiling 
thereof (that is the fcammony) you fteep it in the oil of rofes, or violets, or in the 
juice of a quince, and mingle it with a little fhumac or fpodium. A third is, that, 
having a {trong opening and drawing faculty, it caufeth immoderate fluxes of the 
belly, by opening the mouth of the veins more than is fit: this harm is alfo taken 
away by mixing reftringent and reltraining things with it, fuch as maftic, and ef. 
pecially yellow, myrobolans, and quinces, or the juice of them. Again, it rafeth 
thé intrails and guts; by reafon‘ofthe fharp juice wherewith it abounds, and by which 
it procureth pains therein; this danger is remedied if moitt, fat, and flippery, things 
be ufed with it, as gum-tragacanth, bdellium, and oil of almonds and rofes, as alfo the 
pulp of prunes made up with fugar, the mucilage of fleawort feeds, mattic, and’ : 
quinces, taken afterwards, and warm water laft of all; all which caufe it to pais eae” 
quicker from the ftomach and bowels, and thereby prevents its doing harm. : 
fault is alfo helped if cold medicines as well as hot be mixed together to be given, 
thereby to yield helptothe heart, liver, and ftomach. Diofcorides faith, if the juice 
be applied to the womb,’ it deftroyeth the birth, being mixed with honey and ox- 
gall ; and, rubbed on wheals; pimples, and pufhes, takes them all away: and, boiled 
in vinegar, and anointed, takes away the leprofy, and outward marks in the fkin, 
being diffolved in rofe-water and vinegar; and the head moiftened therewith eafech 
the continual pains ‘thereof. A drachm or two of the roots of fcammony | purge in 
the fame manner as the juice doth, if fome of the things that are appointed there- 
with be given init. The roots boiled in water, and made into a poultice, with bar- 
ley- ‘meal, eafeth the fciatica, being laid thereon; it taketh away feurfs and feabs if 
they be wafhed with the vinegar wherein the roots have been boiled ; and alfo se 
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SEBESTEN, ‘OR ASSYRIAN PLUMB. 
Iw ebciieen te axp Names: THE febeften-tree grewen not fo high as the’ ee 
plumb-tree, It is covered with 4 whitith bark, the branches are green, whereon’ 
frow rounder, thicker, and harder, leaves. | The bloffoms are white and confitoF 
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