( 3 1 ) 
ro Loofenefies, Excefs of the Menfes , &c. A De- 
ception of the Leaves, for a Steam and Fomentation, 
cures the Piles, and hard Knobs in the Anus. A 
Decoction of the Flowers, being diuretic, is good in 
the Stone. 
35 - 
Brancursine or Bears-Breech ( Acanthus ) Is 
a great Softener, often ufed in emollient and Pain- 
eafing Clyfters, and Poultifes, to Burns, and Luxa- 
tions. The Roots boil’d and drank are diuretic, 
and flop Fluxes ; they are good for confumptive 
Perfons, and fuch as fpit Blood, or have got Falls, 
Blows, or Bruifes *, they are much the fame as 
Comfry Roots. 
36. 
Brook-Lime, or Water-Pimpernel ( Beca - 
■bunga) has near the fame Virtues as Water-Creffes, 
but weaker, it warms and moiftens moderately ; it 
is chiefly ufed in Diet-drinks and Juices for the 
Scurvy •, it powerfully expels Stones of the Reins 
and Bladder, and brings dov/n the Menfes and dead 
Child ; it is ufed outwardly to Inflammations and 
St. Anthony ' s Fire Ruilics daily experience its Ex- 
cellency, in expeditioufly healing green Wounds, if 
a little Salt and Cobweb are added to it, and laid on 
like a Poultife between two very thin Cloths ; but 
its , chief Excellency and fpecific Virtue lies in its won- 
derfully eafing Pains of the blind Piles, and other 
Excrefcences of the Anus \ in a Poultife boil’d in 
Water or Ale, and applied, it cures frightful Ulcers 
of the Legs, if laid on Evening and Morning daily, 
in Scorbutic Bodies. 
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Broom (Genifia) is good in Difeafes of the Li- 
ver and Kidnies, expels watery Humours by Vomit, 
Stool, 
