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Root is hot and drying, attenuates and opens pow- 
erfully, and is Sudorific ; it is ufed for an Aflhma, to 
caufe the Menfes, help Dileafes of the Uterus , and for 
a Gonorrhoea . Outwardly it provokes Sneezing and 
difcuffes Swellirigs, in the Groins and Arms chiefly. 
It’s alfo very cleanfing, and by prefling yields a ni- 
trous Juice, which cleanfes the Scab, and all Difeafes 
and Deformities of the Skin. A Dram of its Pow- 
der, taken before the Fit, cures the Falling Sicknefs 3 
if taken once a Month, for three New Moons. Its 
Decodtion cures Tetters, Ringworms, takes Stains 
out of Cloths, and cleanfes and fcours Woollen 
like Soap. It’s good in the Jaundice, Hypo, and 
Madnefs. A Decodlion of the Herb flops inward 
and outward Bleedings, if drank and applied. It 
fends out obflrudled Urine, Sand, &c. 
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CarduIjs Benedic t u 5, holy or blefled 
Thiflle. Tho* this is a good Herb, yet Authors 
feem a little too lavifli in its Praifes, but I fhall not 
follow them ; for Hoffman comprifes all in few 
Words, viz. That its Decodlion in Wine drank, in 
the Abfence of the Fit, is good in Intermittents ; its 
Powder is lefs available, and its diftill’d Water leafl 
of all. It’s commended in Pituitous Diforders of 
the Head, as Megrim, Vertigo, Epilepfy, Deaf- 
iiefs, Diflillations on the Breaft, in a Dropfy, Quar- 
tans, and all long Fevers which arife from Ob- 
ftrudlions. It is alfo faid to be good in Cholics, 
Nephritics, and Sciatica, partly by difcufling, and 
partly by determining the Humours to the Urinary 
Paflfages. But its chief Praife is for the Plague, ufed 
inwardly to provoke Sweat either for Prevention or 
Cure ; outwardly for breaking Buboes or other Im~ 
pofthumes. If gathered in the -Beginning of -June* 
it is an excellent Vulnerary for green Wounds, but 
E anfwers 
