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provokes Urine, and is moft fingular in Glifters, againft the 
aforefaid Difcafes. 
The Oil of Camomile is exceeding good againft all man- 
ner of Aches, Pains, Bruifes, Cold, Swellings, and fhrinking 
of the Sinews. 
The Deco&ion of Camomile made in Wine and drank is 
yery good for a cold Stomach, fower Belchings and Wind, 
Galen reporteth, that the « Zgyptians ufed it againft Agues, 
wherein it had fuch Succefs, that for its great Virtue, they did 
therefore confecrate it. Danese: RELY 
The Herb boiled in Poflet-Drink, and drank, eafeth the Pains 
of the Cheft, expells tough and clammy Phiegm. | 
The Herb ufed in Baths caufes Sweat, opens the Pores, cafeth 
the Gripings and Gnawings of the Belly, foftens'hard Swell- 
ings, and waftes raw and undigefted Humours. 
. | §. Its Cultivation, 0 0) 
Camomile is encreafed by parting the Roots, ‘and is beft when 
new planted every Year. - ahi’ gee SO NE 0 
It delights in good mellow holding Land, and may be planted 
any time in March, in Beds or Borders, each Root a Foot apart. ~~ 
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Of Carduus Benediflus. 
| 1. Its Names..20000) - . 
Arpuus Benepietus or the Holy Thiffle, is called by 
C many Apothecaries Cardo Benedittus, and by fome ’tis 
calicd traciyhs wild baftard Saffron, “and? often Atraétylis 
hirfutior, hairy wild baftard Saffron. ~ 
Valerius Cordus names it Cnecus fupinus, and in High Dutch 
“tiscalled Befeegnete Diftell, Kardo Benedié#, which aft Name is 
known by the Low Dutch, in Spanifh’tis called Cardo Santo, 
in French Charaon Benoift, ot Beneif?, and in Englifh: Bleffed 
Lhiftle, but more commonly by the Latin Name Carduus Be- 
neaitlus. . 
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