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final!, and boil in the Lard with a moderate Heat, 
rill the Leaves are crifp •, then ftrain them out, and 
put in more of the lame Herbs frefh, boil and drain 
as before ; repeat it a third Time, then weigh the 
Ointment, and take half its Weight of Wax, and 
Rofin •, Turpentine, two Ounces ; Verdigreafe, one 
Ounce •, difiolve all, ftrain them through a Linnen 
Cloth, and keep it in a Pot, to befpread on Leather 
when ufed. The Herb taken inwardly, or applied 
outwardly, diflolves coagulated Blood. An Oint- 
ment may be made of this, and Pile-wort, and 
Toad- flax, by a triple Deco<ftion in Lard or Butter, 
and Bees-wax, and Turpentine. A little Sugar 
of Lead may be added to the drained Liquor, for 
the Piles. * 
H 3 109. Fir- 
* For the Hemorrhoids, or Piles, a Fomentation or Cata- 
plafm of Brook-lime, wonderfully eafes the Pain of the Blind - 
riles ; as does a Poultife of Onions roafted, mixt with frefh But- 
ter, and difcuffes the Swelling ; or the Ointment, or Juice of 
Bile-wort ; and the whole Herb dried, put in a Bag, and in- 
fufed in Table-Beer for common Drink j or the Parts rubbed 
well with warm Juice of Sow-bread ; or the frefh Juice of Sow- 
bread rubbed warm or bruifed Leaves of Fig Tree, or their 
Juice applied, opens them ; or aBalfam of True-love Berries 
and Sallad Oil ; or a Fomentation of a Deco&ion of Henbane- 
feed, in chalybeat Milk applied warm to the Place with 
Sponges ; or an Ointment of white Lily Roots, made with 
frefh Butter, and Hens-greafe, and Powder of Linfeed ftirr’d in- 
to it ; it is a notable Eafer of Pain. Or an Ointment of Toad- 
flax Flowers, and frefh Butter, or Hens-greafe, made by fetting 
it fourteen Days in the Summer Sun ; then ftrain off the Liquor 
and put frefh Flowers in it, and fct it in the Sun again ; repeat 
it a third Time ; after this ftrain off and keep for Ufe ; or the 
frefh Herb bruifed and laid warm to the Part is a Specific ; or 
a Deco&ion of Yarrow, drank three Days ; or ufe a Fomenta- 
tion of the bruifed Herb boiled in Water ; ©r take daily, a 
Dram of the powder’d Herb in Milk ; or a Balfam of Balm Ap- 
ple and Sallad Oil, made by fetting them forty Days in the Sun ; 
©r an Ointment of bruifed Herb Two-pence, made with Butter ; 
or bruifed Purflane Leaves, applied warm, eafe Pain, difcufs the 
Swelling, or heal the Ulcer, A Poultife of Leek Roots and 
Butter, 
