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Nervous Herb* For a Pain in the Side after Fevers, 
take Feverfew, or Mint, or Pennyroyal, boil in 
new 
Mercury, with a little Honey. — To haflen down the After- 
birth, a Deco&ion of Calamint drank, and a Poultife of it laid 
to the Sharebone ; the Juice, Infuiion, Decodtion, Syrup, or Con- 
ferve of Marygold Flowers taken : Or give a Clyder of a Pint 
of Decodtion of Ground-ivy, and an Ounce of Mithridate 
mixt ; it is furprizing : Or the Juice of Lovage Leaves, beaten 
up with white Wine, drain’d and drank warm : Or its Seed 
powdered and given in white Wine to drink : Or a Dram of 
Powder of dried Parfnip Seed, given in Wine, is a Specific : Or 
the Juice of Hore-hound given in Wine. — The Breads hard ; 
Chervil Leaves beat into a Poultife, and applied warm : Or 
Leaves of Deadly Night-fhade ufed in a Poultife. — 'Pained ; Afh 
Leaves boil’d, beaten up to a Poultife, and applied warm : 
Or Bean-flower, two Parts ; Powder of dry curled Mint, one 
Part ; with frefh Butter make an Ointment, and apply warm ; 
it cures AbfcefTes of the Bread. An Ointment of Deadly 
Night-fhade takes away the Pain of the Bread.— — Inflamed ; 
rub warm Juice of Plantain on it : Or Elder Leaves warmed in 
a Frying-Pan, and, when they begin to fweat, apply them. — 
Swelled; Afh-Tree Leaves ufed as before: Or Turnip Roots 
boil’d foft, beaten with a little Hogs- Lard, and applied, are 
excellent. — Cancerated ; Thick doubled Linnen Cloths dip’d in 
Water diddl’d from rotten Apples, and applied Evening and 
Morning, give much Eafe. Leaves of Deadly Night-lhade, 
laid thick on a Cancerated Bread, are faid to do Wonders : 
The Juice, a Poultife, or Ointment of the Herb, all do furprifing 
Things. — Breads too flabby; Linnen Cloths dip’d in a Decodtion 
of Ladies Mantle Leaves, laid often to the Breads : Or Succory 
Juice rubb’d warm on them : Or tender young Hemlock Leaves 
beaten to a Poultife, and applied once a Day. — For a Relaxa- 
tion of the Vul<va : Receive the Vapour of a drong Decodlion 
of Ladies Mantle to the Part : Or ufe the Juice, Syrup, or 
Decodlion of Comfry Root, inwardly, and the Juice warm to 
the Part. Ex Crufonit Colledionibus. When Houfleek, Or 
Night-fhade, are ufed to the Breads, take Care of the Child, and 
let the Breads be well wafh’d before it take them.-— Milk in 
Nurfes to increafe : A Decodlion of Seeds of Dill, Anife, or 
Fennel Leaves, drank often : Or of Milk-wort : A Handful of 
Elder Flowers boil’d in three Pints of Milk, to two and a 
half, and drained and drank. Afh Leaves, or Sow Thidle, 
increafe Milk in Cows. — Milk to leffen, or put back ; a Poul- 
tife of beaten Chick-weed laid on Cabbage Leaves, and applied 
warm. Hemlock and Mint beaten up together, and applied 
warm. 
