S84 rut, FAMILY niYSlCINA, 



hours, dining vliich time you must stir lliem well ; then 

 acid to tl-.e same one (unceof the oil of elder, let it cool for 

 use, and bathe the part afllicled with the same. 



For a bruise inzcardfi/. 

 Drink a strong decoction ot comiVey witli bread and 

 butter. 



j4 cure for piles or sorex. 

 E?.t rosemary and siige with bread and butter, and apply 

 ivheat flour and honey by way ot' plaibler. 



For a carJccr in ihe monih, or a sore moulh. 

 Tiike the juice of plantain and rose water mixed with the 

 same, and frequently wash your mouth j and if your gums 

 are sore, take gun powder, roach alUini, bole arnioniac, and 

 honey, of each an equal ciuantity; mix Iheui well together, 

 and when }cu rub your gums with the same let tlie rheum run 

 out of your moulh. 



For ihe f curvy in ihe gums. 

 Make stronsi sage tea and d.ssohe therein a little alium, dip 

 a cloth thcrem and ri.b your gums with the same. If you 

 wish to make your teeth white, mix a little burnt alluni 

 with six spoonfuls of honey, and two spoonfuls of the 

 juice of celandine, and rub your teeth with the same. 



For the heart-hum. 

 The salts of tartar talien in a little water is a cure for the 

 heart-burn. You may mix an equal quantity of magnesia 

 with the same if you please. 



For the lluclc jaundice. 

 Take an handful of the long leaves that grow upon arti- 

 choke stalks, bruise and put them into a pot with tiiree pints 

 of ale ; let the pot stasiJ in -a warm place close covered up 

 for twelve hours, then take a small glass of this liquor, mixed 

 ■with half a glass of while wine, for nine mornings together 

 fasting, an<l let a drachm of saffron be tied up ina small bit 

 of cloth and put in the pot amongst the same. 



JIow io cure the yellow jaundice zcithout medicine^ or 

 giving any thing to the patient whatsoever. 



Take the patient's moining urine and put the same into a 

 bottle ; then take a small pit-ce of saffron, and tie it up in a 

 fine piece of muslin, and put the same in the bottle amongst 

 the said urine; and ojily desire the patient wholly to ab- 



