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their Proceffes are too tedious to infer t here. Hoff - 
man praifes it much for the above Ufes. Tournefort 
fhews how to make it very diuretic. It makes a 
delicious Tea, only it is too cheap and" common, to 
"be regarded. * 
Bay-Tree, ( Laurus ) Galen will have its Leaves 
to be hot and dry, but its Fruit more lb. The Bark 
is more bitter and a little aftringent. A Steam of 
the warm Decodtion of its Leaves, fitten over, is 
sood in Difeafes of the Womb and Bladder *. the 
O 
green Leaves bruifed and applied are good for the 
Stings of Wafps, Bees, and venomous Infedfs. 
The young Leaves, beaten up with Flour, are pro- 
per in Inflammations of the Eyes ; or with Rue for 
Inflammations of the Tefticles , or with Oil of Rofes 
or Orrice, for thofe of the Head. It was much 
commended formerly for Difeafes of the Breaft, but 
of late it has been rather intended for thofe of the 
Stomach, Liver, Spleen, and Bladder, being thought 
to warm the Stomach, promote Decodtion of raw 
Humours, excite languifhing Appetites, and cure 
Naufeating ; to provoke Urine and Menjes , and 
expel the After-Birth. A few Berries fwallowed be- 
fore Sleep is faid to promote ,an eafy Delivery. 
Their Juice in Wine, drop’d into the Ears, cures 
their Pain and Dulnefs of Hearing. The Leaves 
* For a Palpitation of the Heart, Baum and Barrage Leaves 
beaten up with a little Rofe Water and Vinegar, and laid to the 
Region of the Heart ; or green Baum alone fprinkled with Vine- 
gar and applied. Or drink every Night two* Ounces of Juice of 
Buglofs with a little Sugar ; or the Powder or Decodion of 
Mother-wort, with a Piece of Sugar ; or Powder of Harts-tongue 
Leaves with Sugar. Children have often Straitnefs at the Breaft 
or Heart, which is relieved by the exprefs’d Juice of roafted 
Onions, with C a pon Greale in a Li/iiment, rubb’d on the Breaft 
and Sides, 
bruifed 
