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Bryony (White) {Bryonia alba) purges Phlegm 
and watery Humours ftrongly, from its vifcous 
Parts, flicking to the Coats of the Bowels •, the 
Root opens Obftrudlions of the Liver, Spleen, and 
Uterus ; expels the Menfes , brings off Water in a 
Dropfy, both upwards and downwards ; brings 
away Birth and After-Birth *, repels Hyflerics, heals 
the Aflhma, and is ufeful in the Gout. Platerus 
took up the Root, juft as it began to fprout in the 
Spring, peel’d off its Bark, fliced it, hung it on 
Threads and dried it, either in the Sun or Shade, 
then infufed it in Wine, and dried it again ; the fame 
he repeated,, a fecond and third Time ; being thus 
prepared, it purged without any Trouble : Or he 
powder’d the prepared Root, and with a little Ma- 
luatic Wine, wherein Ginger had been (lightly in- 
fufed, he made it into Troches, which, dried and 
powder’d, he ufed in Infufion, which made it a ; ; 
mild as Agaric ; the Bignefs of a Nutmeg of its 
Conferve taken twice a Day, for a long Time, of- 
ten conquers either Epilepfy, or Hyflerics •, or a Bit 
of the Root put into the Cup, out of which the Sick 
drinks. Formerly fome boil’d and eat its firft tender 
Buds, but it is too rough, except for very ftrong 
Bodies. The inward and outward Ufe of the Root 
is moft efficacious in a Dropfy ♦, a Poultife of it 
beaten up with Linfeed Oil, and laid warm to the 
Hip, and often renew’d, does Wonders in a Sciatica*, 
nor is it lefs efficacious in diffolving and drawing 
out clotted Blood from Bruifes, Falls, and Blows. 
Slices of the freffi Root, laid hot to the pained Side 
in a Pleurify, eafes it. Take half a Pound of a 
large Root, flice it and fry it, till it is much did 
folved ; drain, and add Turpentine of the Fir-Tree, 
half a Pound, Bees Wax four Ounces, make ap 
D 4 Ointment, 
