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Wafhing in this, and Laying on the boiled Dock 
Roots all Night like a Poultife, will cure it *, this 
he faw from Experience. The fretti Roots mutt: 
be cut, and boiled to a Mucilage, and drain’d •, in 
tills Mucilage dittolve the White of the Hens-dung. 
For this fame nady Difeafe, he gives us two good 
Receipts •, fird, Take Juice of this Dock, Monks 
Rhubarb, and greater Celandine, of each a Dram ; 
Butter four Ounces ; mix, and boil to the Con- 
fumption of the Juices *, then add Biapompholigos one 
Ounce, Cerus two Drams, Allum a Dram, Frank- 
incenfe half a Dram, Flour of Brimdone a Scru- 
ple ; beat them all in a wooden or leaden Mortar ; 
if it is too dry, add more Butter to bring it to a Li- 
niment *, fecond, Take of this Dock Root, and of 
Althea, of each half an Ounce •, Elecampane Root, 
two Drams, Leaves of Birth-wort, Money-wort, 
Scabius, Plantain, of each half a Handful ; boil all 
in Spring Water to a Mucilage, put it through a 
Hair Sieve, and add Flour of Brimdone, two 
Scruples ; Balfam Peru to make a Liniment to rub ^ 
on. Powder of Dock Root with Vinegar is a cer- 
tain Remedy for Tetters. Ringworms, rubbed with 
Dock Bark, are foon taken off. The Root infufed 
in Beer, and drank, is a fpecial Antifcorbutic. A 
Decodtion of the Root alone, or with other Speci- 
fics, is of great Efficacy in the Jaundice. The 
toughed Fleffi, boiled with Dock, becomes very 
tender. The powder’d Seed drengthens the Liver, 
and dops Fluxes •, efpecially if mix’d with Tormen- 
til Roots, and Sugar of Rofes. A Decodtion of 
the Leaves, drank warm, loofens the Belly, like 
boiled Lettuce. Its didill’d Water clears the Face. 
A ttippery Decodtion of the Root, drank to half a 
Pint in a Morning, purges fmartly. 
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Blood- wort :s only a finall red Dock, and 
has 
