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with great Daifies, it is good for Weaknefs, Slip* 
perinefs, or Loofenefs of the Joints, after Fradtures, 
or Diflocations ; or in frefh Ruptures. To expel 
Mercury lodg’d in the Body, take of this Root two 
Ounces ; Fennel Rcot, an Ounce and an half ; 
white Wine two Pints and an half ; infufe all twenty- 
four Hours; then boil to a Quart ; {train ; Dofe 
half a Pint Morning and Evening in Bed •, lie and 
fweat after it ; the Sweat will be firft yellow, but 
continue it till it changes the Colour. This Decoc- 
tion is alfo good for the Mifchief from Fumes of 
Mercury , Sulphur , Cinnabar , or Antimony . 
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Elder-tree ( Sambucus ) our Climate fcarce 
produces either a more ufeful, or defpifed Shrub. 
Blotwitzch has wrote a whole Book on it, which de- 
ferves well to be read ; he thinks it contains a com- 
pleat Medical Cheft. The inner Bark purges wa- 
tery Humours, and is good in a Dropfy. The 
young tender Buds boiled in Wine, Table Beer, or 
Water, and fweetened, do the fame, but more 
mildly ; fitter therefore for weak Bodies. The fame* 
powdered and drank, only move a Codive Body j 
for in drying they lofe their purging Quality, with 
their Moifture. An Ointment of the inner Bark is 
good for Burns. The Flowers difcufs, foften, and 
refolve ; caufe Sweat and eafe Pain ; they are often 
ufed inwardly, to cure or prevent St. Anthony ' s 
Fire, Inflammations, and Quartans ; and outward- 
ly in Clyfters for the Cholic, Burns, and Eryflpe- 
las’s in Ointment. A Vinegar of them is grateful 
to the Stomach ; excites an Appetite ; cuts, and 
thins, thick crude Humours. The Berries are 
Alexipharmac, and Sudorific. Their Spirit is juflly 
rank’d among the bed Diaphoretics, andis a fineFe- 
brifuge. Their Wine mixed with either white Wine, 
G 2 or 
