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ItiigKty porous, and Vcflels madeofit will not hold Wa- 
ter nor any other Liquor, The Wood of the Root 
ground rough upon a Grindftonc lerves Shoemakers to 
whet their Knives upon. The Powder of the ripe Ber- 
ries isheld a Secret to cure the Plague. Mr. Soyle, 
Hedcrd terrejiris. vid. Calamintha humilior.' 
&c. 
Hedemla a.qttatica. vid. Lenticula aquatica, 
Hedyzarim. vid. Ferrum equinum. 
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Helenium Sj’ff. 179, Ger. vulgare C B. Pin. t 
Helenium feu Emula campana. Park. Elecam- 
pane Cl. I. Gen. VII. This dowers in Jane and 
July and is cultivated in feveral Gardens. 
The Root only of this Plant is known inPhyfic. It has 
an aromatic bitter Tafte,whichbefpeal<sit icnAkxiphar- 
it warms the Stomach, and by the liibrilty of its 
Parts divides any tough Slime which may lodge on the | 
Windpipe or Lungs, it is allb a fit Peroral for grols 
phlegmatic Habits of Body who are troubled with 
Coughs, they may either take the powder mixed 
up with Honey or any convenient Syrup as that oi Colts- 
foots, Tied Poppies, Coexjlips, &c. or elle the Root may 
be preserved and eaten elpecially in a morning Fafting. 
The German Paverns am>rd a Wine which bears the 
Kame of this Plantandis made by hanging the Root in 
a Bag into a VeiTel w’ith Canary, until it has taken a 
iufficient Tafte. This Wine they drink for a whet in a 
W inters Morning as our People do a Glais of Sitters, 
and Judge it not without Reaibn a very great Preforva- 
tive againll infoffious Air, A pretty llrong Jnfujion of 
thi.s Root, ill old lihenijh FT/vetaken every Monfingfor 
jbmetime to the Qiiantity of a Gill, is of great Efficacy 
to young Females who_labour under Obilru^lions of the 
Merfes. 
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