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Hardnefs of the Spleen. Its Root boil’d in Wine 
beaten up, laid to the Cods, greatly abates their 
fwelling, Hardnefs, and Collection of Humours •, or 
the Decoftion drank is good after grievous Falk, 
pruifes, &c. , . * ' 
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Cherries (Cera fa) feem from Gerard- to have 
been formerly in bad Repute in England ; but Ray 
has fet them in a more favourable Light. Black 
Cherry Water is of late fallen into Difgrace and 
Difufe. Since, by feveral curious and ufeful Experi- 
ments, it is found to have the fame fatal Effects on 
Brutes, as Laurel Water has-. Freflr fweet Cher^ 
ries loofen the Body a little, but the dried, bind it. 
The rough and fharp are moft grateful to the Sto- 
mach as, Morelia’s *, they agree belt with pall’d, 
phlegmatic Stomachs for they brace a little, 
quench Thirfr, . and excite an Appetite. Fernelius 
commends a Decodtion of dried fowre Cherries, as 
exceeding good in the. Hypo, and by it many have 
been cured. In Difeafts of the Head, but efpecially 
of the Tongue, Spirit of black Cherries has been- 
much extoli’d. Bauhinus fays, fotne admire a 
Mixture of black Cherry and Lime Flower Waters 
in Conyulfions. The exprefs’d Oil of. the- Kernels 
takes off Spots of the Face ; cafes Arthritic and 
Nephritic Pains. The Gum of the Tree drank in 
Wine cures old Coughs, mends the Complexion,; 
fharpens the Sight and Appetite, and expels lmall 
Stones. Sweet Cherries are more grateful to the. 
Tafte, but not to the Stomach, for they foon putre- 
fy. Moft Fruits fhould be eaten before they are quite 
Mellow-ripe; whilft they retain a fharp, brisk, and 
quick Tafle; for then they are lefs pffenfive to the 
Stomach, and not fo liable to fpeedyPutrefadrion. But 
I would caution all Perfons againft Swallowing the 
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