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Salr 



flerhal. 



?Kl,a'jS 



men, Obltruftions 

 its._ Dole from on 



opens Obftruaions of the Womt 



)owerruuy opens Ublt 



:)bftruaion! Outward 

 litten by a Mad Dog, 



Punctures, and other ^ 



Decoftion of the Root, as alio of the Seed, 

 mended by Diofcorides againt the Tooth-ach, being 

 held in the Mouth. It is alfogood to foment withal 



XV'III. ThePouder cf the Root. It is g 

 Ipitting Blood, helpful j ^ '■ 

 Sand, Gravel,and Tartar, 





Ureters and Bladder. Dofe one cc two drams in 

 White or Red Wine, £;'f. 



XIX. The Fonder of the Seed. Taken to one 

 dram, in a proper Vehicle, it is an excellent thing 

 againft Sand, Gravel, or Tartarous Matter in Reins 

 or Bladder, and gives eafe in the Strangury, and 

 otlier like Difeafes of thofe parts : and drank with 



^ XX. The Conferve of the Roots. 



fi/it and half: mix them. Four o 



i helpful i 



ing drank Morning, Noon 



Take Juice of the Root, made as cforefaid, twelve 



JSiutmegs in ponder half an ounce : mix them. It 

 has the Virtues of the former, bcfides which, it ca- 

 fes pain in the Reins, and wonderfully ftrengthens a 

 weak Back. 



XXII. The Cataplafm. Made of the heaves 

 bruifed, mth the White of an Egg, and laid on 



gives fudden eafe, and afterwards heals it. The 

 Roots made into a Cataplafm by being beaten with 

 Salt, and applied ( as Apulejus fays ) to the biting 

 of a Mad Dog, cures it, and fo fpeedily frees tl 

 Patient from all danger. Columella fays, the Catc 

 flafm made of the Leaves beaten tip with Salt, bein 

 laid upon the biting oizViper ( the part being firj 

 fcarrihed with a Lancet ) draws out the Poifon 

 The former Cataplafm 

 moreavailab'— -- '•- 

 of Serpents ; 



\i\\l. The Salt from theAJhes.TAen in White 

 Wine, Arfmarr, or Parfley Water, from a fcruple to 

 iolf a dram, it is good to provoke Urine, cleanfej 



CHAP. XCiX. 

 0/ B U R D O C K Siiv 



nrHE Karnes. 



