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Juice with Greafe takes away Warts. This Milk, 
putin a hollow Tooth, cures the Tooth-ach, or 
laid to the Anus it opens the Piles. This Milk put 
into a green Wound from the Bite of a Mad Dog, 
or other Venomous Animal, prefently eafes the 
Pain and cures the Part. H<ec Gerard. 
108. 
Fig-wort ( Scrophularia Major ) is bitter and 
(linking, refolvent, and emollient, and fit to difcufs 
the moft obftinate Tumours, either Cold, or In- 
flammatory. It is good for Wounds in the tendi- 
nous Parts. Its Juice cleanfes the moft putrid Ul- 
cers, even though carcinomatous. An Ointment 
made of the Roots of this, and Pile- wort Tops, 
with Wax and Turpentine, to diflolve Scrophulous 
Tumours, and abate Pain, Swelling, and Inflam- 
mation of the Piles, has wonderful Succefs ; nor is 
it bad in Tetters and Ringworms ; but then a Dram 
of the powdered Root fhould be drank every Morn- 
ing, in a Glafs of its Infufion in Wine. The De- 
codtion, Infufion, or Powder, Ointment, Foment 
tation, or even the bruifed frefh Root, applied out- 
wardly, do all give furprifing Relief in the Piles, 
and other Difeafes of that Place ; and alfo in the 
Scab, Itch, Cancerous, and malignant creeping 
Ulcers. The Root expels Worms. The Water 
cures the Rednefs of the Face. Tragus makes an 
Ointment, of the Juice of the Root and Plant, ex- 
prefs’d in May, kept a whole Year in an unftop’d 
Bottle •, then made his Ointment of half Juice, and 
half Oil and Wax •, boiled till the Juice was ex- 
haled, then (trained it, and kept it for Ufe. Sir 
Robert Sibbald gives us a Plaifter for the fame In- 
tention, made of a Pound of Hogs-Lard, Leaves 
of Fig-wort, Hounds-tongue, White dead Nettle, 
Fox-glove, of each equal Parts •, cut them all 
fmall. 
