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Duck s - M e at {Lens Paluftris ) is cooling •, good 
in Inflammations, and Children’s Ruptures. Ray 
fays, that an Infufion of it in white Wine, drank 
nine Mornings together, fix Ounces at a Time, was 
communicated to him by Dr. Bates, as an infallible 
Secret in the Jaundice. 
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Elecampane ( Enula campana) Root is bitter, hot, 
drying, and aromatic. This Root either in Decofti- 
on, Infufion, Conferve, Syrup, Electuary, or Pow- 
der, is good for a Shortnefs of Breath, Cough, or 
Afthma. For an old Cough, Dolceus extols its De- 
coction with Currants ^ eaten candied like Ginger, it 
is goodagainft the Plague. It is a fine Stomachic, and 
promotes Digeftion. Its Decoftion or Powder, ta- 
ken with Sugar, expels Urine, and Menfes. I have 
known its Decoftion, with Aftringents, and Al- 
thae Root, cure the making of bloody Urine. Its 
Infufion in white Wine is good in the Green Sick- 
nefs. The Decoftion, drank, is proper for the 
Cramp, Convulfions, and Sciatica Pains. Boil’d in 
Wine, or the Juice infufed in Wine, and drank, 
kills and expels Worms of the Belly. The Root is 
an Ingredient in Lobelius’s Syrup of Hedge Muf- 
tard ; whereby, he fays, he has cured the molt ob- 
ftinate Hoarfenefs. It is a powerful Drier of the 
Scab, if the Parts are either wafhed with its Decoc- 
tion, or rubb’d with an Ointment made of it. It is 
a good Root for cold and windy Stomachs ; or for 
Stitches in them, or the Sides ; or in Hyflerics •, or 
to expel Sand and Gravel. It is fomewhat Laxa- 
tive.. It roufes the Spirits, and chears the Body. In 
Wine it clears and ftrengthens the Sight. Its De- 
coftion is good in Spitting of Blood, and, boiled 
with 
