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wretched Sufferers in the utmoft Extremity *, tho 5 t 
have often known it ufed fo in the Cholic, yet 
never without Succefs : But its Decodtion is fo in- 
tolerably faltifh and bitter, thqt only ftrong Sto- 
machs can retain it ; it purges Phlegm and Flatu- 
lency out of the Bowels roughly, but fafely, and 
effe&ually ; it .kills and expels Worms, with their 
Eggs and Neffs : People often fuhjeft to Boils 
fhould drink a daily Tea of this Root, and Rofe- 
mary Tops, it will cure them. The green Leaves, 
worn daily under the Soles of the Feet, are reported 
>to cure an Anafarca. 
40. 
Bullace-Tree ( Prunus Sylveftris Major ) the 
Fruit is cooling and aftringent, it is not eaten till it 
is either boil’d, parch'd before the Fire, or has got 
Froft ; preferred with Honey* it is good for a 
Loofenefs, or Bloody-Flux, their Wine and Decoc- 
tion are for the fame Ufe. The Flowers infufed all 
Night in ftrong Wine and diftilTd, the Water is a 
fingular Experiment for a Pain of the Side. Vintners 
cannot be .without this Fruit, for reftoring their 
Wines. An Infufion, or Syrup of the Flowers, is 
purging ; Leaves* Fruit, and Bark, are all cooling, 
drying, and aftringent ; hence their Ufe in He- 
morrhages, Loofeneffes, &V. The Gum of the 
Tree diffolved in Vinegar cures a Herpes. The 
richer Germans make a Wine of the Fruit. 
41. 
Burnet ( Pimpinella ) is either Cordial or Alexi- 
pharmac ^ hence infufed green in Wine^ it gives it a 
fine Aromatic Flavour and Tafte ; it chears the 
Heart, and refills the Plague, and contagious Dif- 
eafes : Or it is binding and ufeful in exceffive Fluxes 
of the Menfes , Blojdy-Flux, and Difcharges of 
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