( 2 7 ) 
Wine, and apply bruifed Parfley to the Wound *, 
he fays it is infallible. * 
2 7 - 
Bill-Berries, Ble a- Berries, or Whortle- 
berries, {Vaccinia) are cooling and binding, good 
for a hot Stomach, quench Third, abate the Ardour 
of Fevers, flop Vomiting, cure a bilious Loofenefs* 
and are good in the Cholera Morbus * but their 
Juice, made into a Rob with Sugar or Honey, is 
better than the Berries, for they are cold, crude, 
* This Herb, Ground-Pine, wild Sage, and Burdock Root 
make a good Tea in Arthritic Pains : And a Decodtion of Mug- 
wort in Oil Olive, till almoft dry, then flrain’d, and the pain'd 
Parts anointed with it : Ora Poultife of Garlick and Houfe- 
leek, pounded and applied ; or the conftant Ufe of Mugwort, 
or wild Succory in Broth * ora Fomentation of Willow Leaves 
and Bark in Wine ; or a Poultife of frefh Briony Root, twice 
or thrice applied ; or a thick Poultife of frefh Comfry Roots ; 
or a ftrong Ointment of Dwarf Elder Leaves ; or a Fomentation 
of Henbane. In the Head-ach Betony Tea is alfo good, or the 
young Buds of Hemlock worn under the Feet, and renewed once 
a Day ; or the exprefs’d Juice of Primrofe Leaves and Flowers 
drank in new Milk ; or a Bag of frefh Vervain pounded, and 
hung about the Neck : If the Pain is from an Abfcefs, let Be- 
tony be boil’d in Wine, and laid on the Head at going to Bed ; 
if from a hot Caufe, let Spunges dip'd in a warm Infufion of an 
Ounce of Henbane Seed, in five Ounces of Vinegar, be tied on 
the Head ; but opening firfl the frontal Veins, and then one in 
the Arm is furer. If from Drunkennefs, the greater Lettuce 
Leaves fteep’d in Water, and applied to the aching Head ; if 
from Flatulence, Turneps roafted under the Afhes, and laid as 
hot as can be endured behind the Ears, and repeat them as 
they cool, till the Pain ceafe ; if from the Womb, take three 
Parts of Millet toafted or untoafted, common Salt parch’d 
before the Fire one Part, mix and fprinkle with red Rofe or 
Betony Water, and in a Bag tied warm to the Forehead, and 
Root of the Nofe. For a Weaknefs of the Head, wafh it often 
with a Decottion of Betony. For a Lethargy or Carus, Savoury 
infufed in Vinegar, and laid to the Head, and its Decodtion in 
Wine, drank ; or Muftard Seed beaten up with Vinegar, and 
applied to the Hip-Bones ; or Infufion of Water-Crefles often 
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