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boil’d Tops eaten, or their Decoftion drank, loofen 
the Belly. 
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Asphodel Roots are cleanfing, cutting, open- 
ing, good to provoke Urine and Menjes , refill Poi- 
fon, cleanfe Ulcers, and refolve. 
1 6. 
Ar smart ( Verfiearia ) is plain orfpotted; the 
firfl is mild, cooling or drying, the laft is hot and 
dry i it kills all W orms, both on Man and Beall, 
and cleanfes putrefied Sores, if the Juice be drop’d 
into them, or otherwife applied *, it confumes all 
cold Swellings, and diffolves coagulated Blood, from 
Falls or Bruifes. A Piece of the Root, or fome of 
the Seed, put into an aching Tooth eafes the Pain. 
The bruifed Leaves laid to a Joint that has a Fellon 
takes it off. The Juice drop’d into the Ears kills 
Worms or Fleas there prefently. The Leaves 
llrowed in a Room kill or expel all the Fleas in it* 
The Herb or Juice, rubb’d on a Horfe or Beall’s 
Sores, drive away Flies, and all Vermin, even in 
the hottell Summer. A Handful of the Herb, put 
under a tired Horfe’s Saddle, makes him go frelh 
and vigorous. The mild Ar [mar t heals green 
• Wounds', is good againll beginning Impollhumes 
and Inflammations *, its Water diftill’d from the 
Herb is excellent in the Stone. 
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Artichoke ( Cinara ) excites both Sexes' to Ve- 
nery. A Decoction of the Leaves in White Wine 
Poflet is an -extraordinary Medicine for the Jaun- 
dice. The Roots are opening, cleanfing, and diure- 
tic the candied Stalks are faid to be good in fluf- 
fing of the Lungs. 
1 8. Arum-wake, 
