( 2 ) 
Plantain Water, or its own Decodtion, cures fuch 
as cannot hold their Water. A Poultife of it boil’d 
in Wine, or Vinegar, and laid to the Cods, certainly 
takes off* Inflammations of the Stones. The diftill’d 
Water is a good Gargle for Ulcers of the Mouth ; 
at is alfo good to drink againft the Stone. Dolceus 
fays its Decodtion in Water, drank, is a Specific in 
Madnefs ; in which Difeafe, the Ancients depended 
more on fome Dofes of White Hellebore judicioufly 
prepared. Two or three Ounces of Ground Ivy 
Juice drank every Day, or Sala* s Tindture or De- 
codtion of Hypericon in Rhenifh Wine, fmall Beer, 
or four Ounces of the Decodtion of Anagallis flore 
furfur eo drank thrice a Day, all which are reckon’d 
Specifics in this Diftemper. The Root of Agrimony 
dug up in May has a molt odoriferous Smell ; the 
Herb warms and dries, is of thin Subftance, opens, 
cleanfes and ftrengthens ; it’s a good Stomachic and 
Purifier of the Blood : Its Decodtion or Infufion is 
ufed in the Lues Venerea % Fomentations of it are ap- 
plied to eafe Night-Pains of the Joints. The Roots 
are good in a Scurvy, with a Laxnefs of the Vefiels, 
and Toughnefs of the Humours in all weak, lax 
Vifcera ; in the Lochia *, in Maids and Children’s 
Difeafes ; in bloody Urine ; Blood-fpitting, or Dy- 
fentery ; in Convulfions or Falling-Sicknefs. This 
Root may be ufed in Powder, Infufion, or Decoc- 
tion ; the laft is excellent in all inward Bruifes or 
Hurts, or Stoppage of Urine *, it cleanfes the Bread, 
and helps a Cough. The Seed heals old Sores, and* 
Ulcers of hard Cure •, draws extraneous Bodies out 
of the Flefh •, ftrengthens luxated or relaxed Mem- 
bers, and cures Ulcers of the Ears. I have often 
feen its Succefs, both as it is an aperient and vulne- 
rary Pedtoral.— — For a Falling down of the Anus y 
foment with a Decodtion of Plantain, then fumigate 
with Ginger-Root 2 laftly apply a Poultife of Agrimony 
Leaves 
