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the boil’d Seeds and Flowers, made into a Poultile* 
help hard Swellings. Its Ointment is good for 
Wounds, and to take away Scars. 
69. V . 
Clowns Wound-wort ( Panax coloni) Dr; 
Palmer fays its Decodtion fweeten’d up is powerful 
againft Hoarfenefs. This, or Iron-wort , are dry and 
very great Aftringents, cure Haemorrhages, Fluxes 
of the Belly, Menfes , Fluor albus , Catarrhs and 
Diftillations, and are wonderful Vulneraries ufed 
outwardly or inwardly. They cure Children’s, or 
grownup People’s, frefh Ruptures, and four Belch- 
ings of the Stomach, ftop the Bleedings of 
Wounds, heals them up quickly, and dry up the 
Moifture of old fretting Sores, and Ulcers •, and 
the Juice or Decodtion of the Herb takes off their 
Inflammation. But the late Ufe of the Friar’s or 
Jefuit's Vulnerary Balfam feems at prefent to Have 
expel’ d the Ufe of our Vulnerary Plants, and 
Herbs externally, out of Pradtice ; fuch as have 
try’d it extol it much ; this is its Preparation : 
lake Balfam of Tolu, or of the Sycamore Tree, 
one Ounce *, Styrax Calamita two Ounces, Benzoin 
three Ounces, Succotrine Aloes , Myrrh, Olibanum , 
Roots of Angelica , Tops of Hypericon , of each 
half an Ounce *, redtify’d Spirit of Wine a Quart ; 
mix all and infufe fix Weeks in the Sun in July, 
zx\&Auguft, or in Horfe-dung, or a Week in warm 
Water, or on a warm Sand Heat, in a clofe glafs 
Bottle, fhake it often, ftrain and keep for Ufe. It 
cures frefh Wounds, or old Ulcers (if firft they 
are made Wounds) only by dropping it into the 
Wound, without Cloth, Lint, Tow, or Tent. 
It cures gall’d Horfes Backs, Pricking in their 
Feet, &c. or given to People inwardly, to thirty 
or forty Drops, it is no lefs prevalent againft the 
Cholic* 
