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peftilentlal Infection. This is near the fame as Tor- 
mentil. The Powder given is good in Ruptures, 
and diflolves coagulated Blood in any Part of the 
Body, from Falls, Blows, &V. and eafes their Pain. 
The Leaves kill Worms in Children *, it thickens 
the Blood and Juices much, and checks their rapid 
Motion. 
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Blue-Bottle (Cy anus') the Flowers and diftill’d 
Water are good in Inflammations of the Eyes. The 
Juice drop’d into foul Ulcers cleanfes them ; it is a 
vulnerary Plant, its Juice is good againft Bruifes 
and Concuflions, tho* a Vein be broke, and Blood 
be fpit *, it heals Cuts and green Wounds. Some 
ufe it for Jaundice and Retention of Urine *, its In- 
fufton or Decodtion in white Wine, drank Morning 
and Afternoon, is a famous Diuretic ; fo is Plantain 
Juice drank alone, or with Lemon Juice, or a 
Dram of Burdock Seed, in four Drams of white 
Wine, or. powder’d Columbine Seeds in Rhenifh ; 
or the diftill’d Water of Holly-Tree Buds, or Pow- 
der of Southernwood Seed in Wine. 
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Borr age {Borr ago) and Bugloss Flowers 
( Bugloffum ) are both eminent Cordials ; the diftill’d 
Water and Conferve of Buglofs Flowers are faid to 
flrengthen the Heart, and are good againft Fail- 
ings and Melancholy •, they caufe Chearfulnefs, and 
purify the Blood. The Water is a Repellent in In- 
flammations of the Eyes, and in all Fevers, if ufed 
inwardly, and fo is the Conferve ; and, diflolved in 
white Wine, it brings down the Menfes. Buglofs 
moiftens, cools, and raifes the Spirits •, it removes a 
Catarrh > and Defluxions from the Lungs, and the 
Juice is good in obftinate Coughs •, it is cooling and 
cordial in Tea, Ptifan, or Broth. A Syrup and 
Conferve 
