f *3 ) 
bruifed and fmell’d to., prevent peftilential Infedion. 
Bauhinus gives various Medicines from the Fruit and 
Leaves for watery Eyes, Burns, Scalds, Deafnefs, 
Cholic, Relaxation of the Uvula, hard Labour, 
Head-ach, Megrim, £s?r. Several Oils are prepared 
from it, which warm, foften, expel Wind, are 
good in Flatulencies, all Difeafes of the Nerves, 
Pains of the Ears, and Rheums. But, in Diforders of 
the Kidnies from Cold, to anoint with it is a moft 
fafe, quick, and excellent Remedy. It is alfo good 
in a Palfey, Cramp, and all cold Difeafes •, Inflam- 
mations, Cholics, with, or without a Rupture, 
where all Symptoms portended only Danger, a 
Clyfter, with a large Quantity of the Berries and 
Cummin Seeds, boil’d with Emollients, I have feen 
do Wonders. Nor are they bad in a Diet' drink to 
cold, phlegmatic, flabby Bodies, that have a Pain, 
Weaknefs, or Windinefs in their Stomachs. Their 
Oil cures Concuflions, and diflolves coagulated 
Blood, and cures Scabs. Venomous Beads are faid 
not to come near the Smell of the Ointment. 
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Beech -Tree ( Fagus ) Leaves are cooling and 
binding, if applied to difcufs hot Swellings. The 
Nuts, being warm and moift, are good Nourifhment 
to feveral Creatures. The Water found in the PIol- 
low of the Trees, ufed in a Lotion, cures Scurf, 
Scab, and Tetters. 
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Bar b e r r y-T ree, {Berber is) the Berries cool, 
bind, excite an Appetite, and {Lengthen the Sto- 
mach ; beaten up with Sugar, they are helpful, 
in Cafes that require Cooling and Binding, as in Fe- 
vers, Fluxes, &c. Their Wine is fharper than 
that of Pomegranates, it is good in hot Fluxes of 
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