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Wrenches, or Strains of the Joints, or Burns. Ap- 
plied with Honey and Nettle- feed, they take off 
Sun-burn ; ng, and Morphew : Beaten up with Lard 
and Leven of Rye-meal Dough, they haften the 
Ripening of old, obflinate, hard Swellings. Beaten 
up with Vinegar, and Nettle-feed, they cure Len- 
tils, and Spots of the Face. The Roots either ea- 
ten, or their Infufion drank, is a ftrong Vomit. 
Gerard . 
86 . 
Daisy ( Beilis ) is cooling, moiftening, and ve- 
ry aftringent *, it is a fpecial Vulnerary. An Ex- 
trad!:, or Effence of the Plant drank, diffolves, 
and fends off by Perfpiration all coagulated Blood, 
either within or without the Veffels. Mathiolus fays, 
its Leaves cure all Inflammations of the Genitals, 
and commends its Decodlion, drank, in Wounds 
that penetrate the Breaft. Sim. Pauli declares, that 
he had often found it anfwcr this Charadter *, hence 
it is proved to be a noble Vulnerary, whether it be 
ufed internally, externally, or both ; efpecially i ts 
Juice •, yet it loofens ^the Belly. Its Root is with 
Succefs applied outwardly in Strophulous Tumours. 
Stalks, Leaves, or Flowers, of the great Daify, 
or Ox-eye, boil’d in Poflfet Drink, and drank long, 
are reputed a Secret by fome in the Shortnefs of 
Breath, and Confumption, or ulcerated Lungs. A 
Decodtion of red Cole-worts, fweetened with Su- 
gar and drank, is good. A Decoction, or Juice of 
the Herb Daify, drank is a Specific in Difeafes from 
indifcreet Drinking of cold Water, or other cold 
fmall Liquors, when die Body is too hot. A ftrong 
Decodtion of it in Ale, or Wort, to the Confiftence 
of a Plaifter, fpread on Leather and applied, has 
cured broken Bones, which had been feveral Weeks 
fradtured, and could by no other Means be brought 
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