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ing Fading for ten Days together, is good in Quar- 
tans •, but go immediately to a warm Bed •, in fun- 
dry Perfons, it ^operates varioufly, as by Sweat* 
Spitting, &c. A Decoftion of Fennel Roots in 
Wine, and applied to the Eyes, has cured a Suffu- 
fion. The Seed is good againft Abortion. The 
Herb, drank daily in Tea, is good for wandering 
Night Pains, and difturbed, fhort Sleeps. Allies 
of the Root taken alone, or mix’d with Honey, is 
excellent for the Thrufh. Its Decodtion, with 
white Poppy-feed and Liquorice, promotes Spit- 
ting. Roots of Fennel, Burdock, and Sarfaparilla 
boil’d, drain’d, and drank, cure Tremors from 
Mercury. The Seed and its Oil are admirable 
in Nephritic Cholics. 
103. 
Hogs-Fennel ( Peucedanum ) Sow Fennel, Sul- 
phur, or Brimstone Wort, or Harestrong, 
&c. its Root is impregnated with a Refinous Juice, 
warming, drying, attenuating, and expedlorating ; 
caufes a Difcharge of Tartarous Matter, and Bile. 
It is good in Difeafes of the Bread, as Cough, 
Shortnefs of Bx^eath, Windinefs, Obftrudtions of 
the Liver, Spleen, and Kidnies ; and is faid to 
expel Urine and Gravel. It is ufed outwardly for 
Megrim and Head-achs from Catarrhs ; for hard 
Swellings, and cleanfing obflinate Ulcers. The 
Antients valued it much for all Difeafes feated in 
the Nerves, as Lethargy, Epilepfy, and Phrenzy. 
A Conferve of the Root is a noble Pectoral and 
Antihideric Medicine. It is faid that the Juice of 
the Herb with Vinegar and Rofewater, or a little 
Euphorbium, put to the Nofe, is good in a Le- 
thargy, Phrenfy, Palfey, Vertigo , Epilepfy, Chronic 
Head-achs, Sciatica, Cramp, or other IServous 
Difeafes, if ufed with Oil and Vinegar. Seeing 
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