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be gathered when the Leaves begin to put forth in 
the Spring. The Seed is rather (Longer, and an- 
fwers the fame IJfe as the Root. The Leaf is ufed 
outwardly in Baths, Poultifes, and Fomentations. I 
knew, forty Years ago, an old Pra&itioner of good 
Charadter and Succefs, who told me he raifed and 
maintained his Reputation from his great Ufe'and 
Succefs with this Herb : What a Shame is it that it 
is now difufed ? 
22. 
Baum ( Melijfa ) is a great Cordial, fit for Melan- 
cholics, it drives away Sorrow, caufes chearful 
Dreams, and fharpens the Senfes. The Arabians ad- 
mired it much in Faintings, Swoonings, Palpita- 
tions, Sadnefs, Grief, Lownefs of Spirits, Cares and 
Troubles on the Mind, and exceifive Beating of the 
Pulfe ; nor do they edeem it ufelefs in a Palfey, and 
cold Difeafes of the Brain, if boil’d in Wine and 
drank, (but it, confiding of thin, fubtil Parts, will 
not bear Boiling,) fome extol it for Rouzihg and 
Strengthening the Memory, and Sharpening the 
Judgment ; it is good in Hyderics, and promotes 
Menfes and Lochia ; it is put into Baths and Poultifes 
for the Womb. Not only its Infufion, but Wearing 
it under the Soles of the Feet, hadens the Menfes , 
and comforts the Joints and Sinews ; its Fomenta- 
tion is good for the Stinging of Bees and Wafps ; a 
Conferve of it, Borrage Flowers, and Confe&ion of 
Khermes, is very good in Melancholy. A Hand- 
ful of cut j Baum, and half a Dram of powder’d 
Pearl, infufed in four Ounces of Spirit of Wine, 
and taken two Spoonfuls at a Time, was the Secret 
of a Family at Montpelier for Madnefs, laid Rive- 
rins. Parkinfon gives a Receipt for a fine Spirit 
didill’d from it •, and Boyle teaches to make an EL 
fence from it to make old People young, but both 
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