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fome Days, cures Swelling and Hardnefs of the 
Spleen ; but it is injurious to big-bellied Women, 
caufing Mifcarriage. The frefh Root bruifed, or 
its Juice, or the dried Root fprinkled with Rofe- 
water, or Spring Water, is fingular in all Sorts of 
Bums •, for a (limy Juice fqueezes out of them that 
cures the Part. In a Famine a Meal is made of the 
Roots, and Wafh-Balls are made of the Tops 
burnt. The Root powdered dries up foul malig- 
nant Ulcers, and heals them. The Root will 
afford an excellent Ointment for all Wounds, 
Pricks, The Smoke of the Leaves drives 
away Gnats, Gfc. The Roots boil’d in Wort are 
good againft the Stone. Some will have the Roots 
to be great Openers of Obftrudlions, a good Vul- 
nerary, and proper in Confumptions, and ulcerated 
Lungs. 
105. 
Water Fern, or Osmond Royal {Filix 
Florida ) is mod effedtual in all Wounds, Ulcers, 
and frefh Ruptures j and, being a little warm and 
fharp, is good in Cholic and Spleen. A De- 
codlion of the white Part of the Root, or it bruifed 
in Liquor drank, is wonderful in Wounds, Bruifes, 
or Falls, &c. A Conferve of its tender Buds is a 
Specific in the Rickets ; efpecially if Male Fern 
Root and Hart’s-tongue be added. A Syrup of 
the Root is fpecial in ulcerated Lungs, and inward 
Impofthumes. This Root fteep’d in Water, Gin, 
or Brandy, ’till the Liquor become a thick, ftiff 
Mucilage, has cured many moll deplorable Pains 
of 
Conferve or Syrup of Tanfy taken fome Days fading ; or from 
a Scruple to a Dram of its Seed given ; Powder of Zedoary 
Root, from a Scruple to a Dram, drank in Wine ; or JEthiops 
Mineral given in Powder, or Electuary ; or Water wherein 
Quicidilver was boil'd. Ex. Crufon. Colleftionibus. 
