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(wallow 15 or 20 of the Berries. The befl Syrup 
is made of the purified Juice, with Honey, Sugar, 
Cinnamon, and Anife, which may be ufed fafely 
and fuccefsfiilly in the above Dofe. If the Stomach 
is weak, it may be taken with Cinnamon Water, 
and of the Syrup, each an Ounce •, Jalap Powder* 
20 or 30 Grains * mix and give fome where the Con- 
llitution will bear it; take Gamboge Powder 12 
Grains, Oil of Juniper two Drops, Mithridate 
enough to make a Pill for a Dofe ; it works roughly, 
but is like to be ferviceable. 
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Bur dock ( Bardana ) the Root is chiefly ufed; 
they are, from good Authority, vouch’d to be good 
in Stone, or Gravel of Kidnies and Bladder, and in 
Gout and Arthritic Pains. For eft us has fhewn their 
furprifmg EfFedts, the powder’d Seed being taken 
to a Dram or two in white Wine, or in Chervil, 
Parfley, or Arfmart Waters, and drank daily, 
Apuleius fays, it is a Specific againfl the Bite of ve- 
nomous Bealls ; its compound Water is extoll’d 
againfl the Plague, as being a powerful Sudorific ; 
it was in great Efteem for venereal Diforders, before 
many excellent Mercurial Preparations were known 
and ufed, and is now found to relieve thofe Pains 
when raging much : This Herb is not only Diuretic 
and Sudorific, but Hyfleric, Pedloral, and Vulne- 
rary. The famous Hollier ufed its Root and Flowers 
in Pleurifies with Succefs ; he made the Sick fwallow 
the Sperm of a Dozen new laid Eggs, in a Glafs of 
Burdock Water, and then drink large Glafs-fulls of 
this Water after. The Decodtion of the Root purifies 
the Blood ; it is juflly preferr’d to Scorzonera , in 
malignant Fevers and the Small Pox. A Conferve of 
the Root is faid to expel Urine and Sand ; fome ad- 
vife taking the Root in Spitting of Blood, and 
D purulent 
