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Av e n s (Carivphyllata) the Roots boil’d in Wine* 
and drank warm, eafe Pains of the Stomach and 
Inteftines from Cold or Wind ; they are chiefly ufed 
to dry up Catarrhs, and difTolve coagulated Blood, f 
The Root infufed in Wine, or Ale, gives them a moft 
delicious and pleafant Flavour, is cordial and benefi- 
cial in ObftrudHons of the Liver, and Diforders of 
the Stomach, from cold and grofs Humours ; it is 
Wine, moves Sweat/ drives out the Mealies, is good in a Dropfy * 
■given in a {mail Dole, it is Diuretic ; in a large, it is Sudorific ; it 
incides and attenuates much. An Infufion of Columbine Root 
in Wine, or mixt with Scurvy-Grafs and Water- Creffes, is ex- 
cellent in a Dropfy of the Belly, called Afcites : And fo is the 
Decoftion of Silver- weed, orwildTanfy, or of Broom in Wine* 
and a Glafs-full taken every Morning falling. In a general 
Dropfy over the whole Habit, AJb-tree Seed taken in Rheni/b 
Wine, is an excellent Remedy ; the like is an Infufion of Worm- 
wood in Ale or Wine drank, or a Lixivium of its Alhes drank 
fmall, or a Decodtion of Garlick in Milk, and one or two of its 
Cloves fwallowed before : Forefius commends the Juice of Gar- 
lick drank ; nor are the Leaves of the Birch ufed inwardly or 
outwardly contemptible. A Decodtion of the Root of white 
Briony in Wine or Water, drank, cures a Dropfy. A Syrup of its 
Root ufed is a Specific. A Decodtion of Dwarf Elder Roots in 
Wine, drank falling every Morning for thirty Days, is good ; or 
its inner Bark infufed in Wine drank. An Infufion of Ground-Ivy 
and Wormwood in Table Beer has cured very Hydropic Legs, 
and the ftrain’d-out Herb may be laid warm to the Parts. Frefh 
Juice of the green Roots of Flower-de-luce, from half an Ounce 
to two Ounces, drank in Wine or Small Beer warm, is excel- 
lent, but works very roughly. White Horehound is a great 
^Specific. Syrup of Pellitory of the Wall often ufed is extoll’d. 
Elder Wine of the Juice of the Berries, or the Juice with Rhenr/b 
Wine is good. The frequent Ufe of Swallow-wort, boil’d in 
Ale or Wine, is good. 
F For a Catarrh take Roots of Avem^ and Chips of Saflaftas, 
of each two Ounces, Rofemary half an Ounce, infufe them 
very warm eight Hours in good Wine j ftrain out ; Dofe a Wine 
Glafs-full Morning, Afternoon, and Night : Or two Ounces of 
the Decodtion of unripe Quinces, fweeten’d with Sugar, every 
Night “going to Bed , 
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