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Blood ; and in drying and healing up Wounds and 
Ulcers. The Root or Herb powder’d, with Sugar 
of Rofes, is good in Bleedings of theNofe, Spitting 
of Blood, andConfumptionsof the Lungs. The Pow- 
der fprinkled on Ulcers hinders their Spreading. 
Its Conferve is excellent in bloody Urine : Some 
commend it as an Antidote to Madnefs, from the 
Bite of a Mad Dog. The Herb is faid to thin, 
warm, dry, cleanfe, and open Obftru&ions of the 
Liver, Kidnies, Lungs, and Uterus ; it is good in the 
Gravel, Strangury, Cholic, Cough, Afthma, Dif- 
ficulty of Breathing, beginning Inflammation of the 
Lungs, Crudities or Weaknefs of the Stomach ; it 
is an Antidote to the too liberal Ufe of Quickfilver ; 
outwardly it cleanfes off Spots of the Face, increafes 
Milk, opens Buboes, or cancerous Tumours, cleanfes 
and heals new and old Wounds. The Root fry’d 
in frefh Butter, ufed in a Poultife, draws Balls out 
of any Wounds. Its Powder ftrew’d on Cancers is 
good, and fo is Powder of Spurge Lawrel fteep’d 
in Vinegar, dried, powder’d, and ftrew’d on 
them, or Roots, Juice, and Leaves of Moonwort 
42. Butch- 
* For an Excefs of the Menfes , a DecoSion of Ladies Mantle 
drank often is good, or a Bag of Pimpernel, with Purple 
Flowers hung to the Pit of the Breaft, or two Handfuls of it 
held in the Hands till it is warm, flops all Difcharges of Blood. 
Biftort ufed any how is good, as its Powder with Conferve of 
Rofes. The Juice or Decottion of Shepherd’s Purfe drank,, 
and a Poultife of the bruifed Herb laid to the Sharebone, the 
inner red Rind of Chefnuts powder’d, and Powder of Ivory, of 
each two Drams, mix for two Dofes, give in rough Wine, 
powder of the red Root of Dwarf Elder (not the Bark) given from 
half a Dram to two Scruples in Wine. A Deco&ion of red 
A'changel drank, or a Tea, or Conferve of it. A Deco&ion 
of Yarrow drank thrice a Day. Root or Seed of W’ater Lillies 
boil’d in red Wine, and drank, are wonderful : Or a Decoftion 
of Burnet in Wine or Water, drank thrice a Day : Or Juice of 
Plantain drar^c, and injected into the fagina, or 4. or 5 Spoon* 
2 fuls 
applied. 
