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Arum {Wake Robin or Cuckow Pint) is good 
in continued Quotidians •, the Lees or Dregs of the 
Root, inftead of a Digeftive, far exceeds all others. 
The Root of the fpotted Sort, whether dry or green, 
taken in Powder to half a Dram, is a good Re- 
medy againft Plague or Poifon. T h agus fays, he 
knows not a more healthful Herb, than its green 
Leaves laid to a Bile or Bubo. The boil’d Root 
taken with Honey cures Difeafes of the Bread from 
thick Phlegm, for it powerfully expectorates thick 
tough Matter, therefore good in an Afthma ; it 
promotes the Difcharge of Urine, and is faid to cure 
Ruptures. The dried Root is a noble Remedy for 
the Scurvy, and in Difeafes of the Liver and Uterus 
from a cold Caufe. A Poultife of frelh Leaves beaten 
up with Cow Dung is good in the Gout. A Water 
diftill’d from the Root makes a fine beautifying 
Wafh, takes off Spots, and makes the Face fhine ; 
but the Juice of the Root dried in the Sun, and 
beaten into Meal like a Cerufe, is far better. Ray 
fays, that the Root, mixt with Powder of Brim- 
ftone, is a fovereign Remedy in Confumptions, and 
was a Secret communicated by a dying Gentleman. 
The Powder taken in Wine, or other proper Li- 
quor, or the Juice or Powder of the Berries, or their 
Decodtion in Wine, provoke obftrudted Urine or 
Menfes.) purge Women after Child-bearing, and ex- 
pel the After-Birth. Taken in Sheeps Milk, it heals 
inward Ulcers of the Bowels. In all which Cafes 
the diftill’d Water is no contemptible Remedy, a 
Spoonful whereof taken at a Time cures the Itch, 
and an Ounce or two of it taken daily cures Rup- 
tures. The Leaves either green or dried, or their 
Juice, cleanfe all Sorts of rotten and filthy Ulcers, 
and the Polypus of the Nofe, and heal them. A 
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