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the Throat or Jaws, or fcorbutic Putrefadlions of 
the Gums. In eruptive Fevers, the powdered Seed 
given to half a Dram, or a Dram, in Carduus, or 
Furmitory Water, is g ;od. An Emulfion of the 
Seed, made in a Decodlion of Raifins or Figs, is 
good in Difeafes attended with Malignity. T ourne - 
fort fays a Tindture of the Flowers drawn in Brandy, 
or with twice as much Spirit of Wine, in a Pint 
whereof two Ounces of Gum Lacca, and two 
Drams of Maffick had been boil’d a quarter of an 
Hour, is the befl Gargle in the Scurvy to cleanfe 
the Mouth and heal the Gums. 
Colts-foot, or tfuffilago, is a moft eminent 
Thoracic, or Herb for the Lungs. The green Leaves 
are temperate, the dry hot and fharp ; it is good in 
Coughs, Confumptions, Shortnefs of Breath, either 
in Syrup of the Juice of the Leaves, or in De- 
codlion, Powder, Eledluary, &c. or fmoak’d like 
Tobacco, with Flowers of Sulphur, and Amber ; 
or eaten like Cole, or in Pancakes like Tanfies 
fried with faged Butter. A flrong Decodlion of 
the Leaf with Whitloe-grafs pour’d on Rofemary, 
and made into a Tea, and drank long, is a Specific 
in the King’s-evil. Alexis fays that the whole Plant 
beaten up with powdered Linfeed and Hogs-Lard 
made into a Poultife, and renew’d twice a Day on 
the Place, and all the Sores fhall be refolved into 
Sweat ; after they are healed, wafn the Parts daily 
with white Wine. In Confumptions of the Lungs 
a Decodlion or Juice of this, boil’d up alone to the 
Confiflence of a Syrup, is good *, or, in preparing 
the Syrup of Turnip- Juice for a Cough, Colts-foot } 
Leaf and Ground-ivy, of each a like Quantity, cut 
and laid in theBottom of thePipkin,and the fhreddei 
Turnips put on the Top, and to flew them in an 
F Oven, 
