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or given in Clyfters, Baths, Ointment, or in any other 
Form prepared *, for, by its abundant flimy, fmooth 
Juice, it foftens, widens, relaxes, and makes the 
Paftages flippery. It is beneficial in Coughs, Short- 
nefs of Breath, Confumptions, and Inflammations 
in the Breaft. The Decodtion of the Roots, or 
Mucilage of the Seeds, is good in Erofions of the 
Bowels, Bloody-Flux, conftant griping Pains, from 
fharp Humours. Its Poultife or Ointment foftens, 
ripens, and eafes the Pain of hard Swellings. Its 
Conferve is proper in fharp Rheums, Hoarfnefs, and 
other Diforders of the Wind-pipe. Clyfters of the 
Decodtion are a Specific in a Dyfentery. A Liniment 
made of the Roots heals chop’d Nipples. A Mu- 
cilage of the Root, in Rofe- Water, is good to drink 
for the Strangury after Blifters. The Plant feems not 
wholly deftitute of Sharpnefs, for a Poultife of the 
Root, boil’d in Water, has been known to raife fome 
fmall, red, painful Puftles, which were healed by 
applying Frogfpawn ; but that might happen either 
from the Poultife lying on too long, or from the 
Sharpnefs of the Perfon’s Juices, or from both. A 
Decodtion of the Root has eafed fome old People in 
a Strangury, and others in a Gonorrhoea. The Root 
is an Ingredient in moft cooling, foftening, Pain- 
eafing Ptifans for a violent Cough, with a wa- 
tery, thin, ftiarpifh Spittle, and in Gravel Pains with 
Heat, Sharpnefs of Urine, and Inflammation ; but 
let Nitre be added to the Decodtion. The Root 
is not to be ufed too long, left it thicken the Hu- 
mours too much. Quercetan , Lemery , and Charas 
have very much improved the Preparation from this 
Root, both in Syrup, Ointment, and Poultife. Bi'of- 
corides recommends this Root for Wounds, the 
King’s-Evil^ and Swellings on the Neck and behind 
the Ears •, in Inflammations of the Breaft, Excoria- 
tions of the AnuS), Cramps or Convulfions ; provided 
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