( 3^ ) 
Stool, and Urine •, it is good in Obftru&ions of the 
above Vifcera , and in Dropfies, Catarrhs, and arthri- 
tic Diforders. The Twigs, Tops, and Leaves, 
boil’d in Wine and Water, or their Juice is good 
in Obitrudlions of the Reins and Bladder, purging 
both by Stool and Urine : A Dram of the Seed 
does the fame. Dr. Hulfe fays, that the powder’d 
Flowers, with Honey of Rofes, in an Eledtuary, 
cure Scrophula’s. Ray fays, the powder’d Seeds, 
taken in Hydromel, do Wonders in a fwell’d Spleen, 
Dropfy, and Jaundice. The Salt of Broom Afhes 
in white Wine, drank, is extoll’d in a Dropfy, if 
the Lymphatics are not broken, but it is not fafe af- 
ter the Waters are extravafated. In Want of Broom, 
Heath, Juniper, Bean-ftalk, or Vine Allies are as 
good, and Ferns, to old, dropfical, afthmatical, and 
fcorbutic People. Take Tops of Wormwood, 
Camomile, Sage, Broom, and Scurvy-grafs, of 
each a Handful *, Roots of Garlick, Elacampane, 
Horfe-Radilh, of each two Ounces *, Juniper Ber- 
ries, an Ounce and a half •, prepare and infufe all in 
white Wine, or Table Beer, for a Diet-drink, to be 
drank thrice a Day.— Broom- rape, ( Orobanche ) 
fome call it Lungwort , and ufe it as a Medicine for 
the Lungs ; but the powder’d Herb is a prefent 
Remedy for the Pain of the Cholic. The Herb 
candied, or the Syrup, is a fovereign Remedy againft 
Splenetic and Hypochondriac Paflions •, ufed out- 
wardly Jt foftens hard fchirrous Tumours. 
38 . 
Buck-Thorn (Spina cervina) the Berries in a 
Syrup purge watery Humours, and thin Phlegm 
violently, taken from half an Ounce to three 
Ounces in a Dropfy, Leucophlegmatia, &c. or their 
Powder taken from half a Dram to a Dram and 
a half i for this Purpofe, fome ftrong Ruftics 
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