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confider fome Medical Effects of its Seed, which is 
Softening, Digefting, and Ripening, and of mode- 
rate Warmth. It is of great Ufe in Coughs, Cho- 
lics, Gripes, Pleurifies,andConfumptions •, outward- 
ly it eafesPain, fmooths, foftens, and ripens. The 
Oil being moftly ufed inwardly, it fhould be purifi- 
ed before it is taken ; which is fooneft done by 
mixing it with Spirit of Wine, and boiling both ’till 
the Spirit is exhaled; this carries off the Acidity of 
the Oil. Two Ounces of this Oil, drank in any 
fuitable warm Lio^ior, is excellent in a Cholic, Pleu- 
rify, or Iliac Paffion ; fome of the Oil at the fame 
Time being applied outwardly. But what is ufed in- 
wardly, unpurified, fhould always be frefli drawn. 
Outwardly it foftens Hardnefs, loofens Stiffnefs, 
and Contraction of the Nerves, and mitigates rack- 
ing Pains. The frefh Oil is a fine Remedy in Pleu- 
rifies ; for it makes Breathing eafier, and promotes 
Spitting. It is excellent in Spitting of Blood. It 
cures Cramps, and Convulfions ; is good in Inflam- 
mations of the Lungs, Sides, or Throat ; outward- 
ly, it loofens bound up Parts, foftens the hard, 
fmooths the rough, and opens what was fhut up. 
A Tea of the bruifed Seed, drank, fweetened with 
Honey, is good in a tearing Cough, in the Stone 
and Gravel, Gripes, Cholic, Nephritic Pains, In- 
flammations of the Breafts or Sides, Stitches, 
An EleCtuary of the Seed made with Honey and a 
little Pepper, drank daily, is good in a Cough. 
The bruifed Seed, tied up in a Rag, may be boiled 
in Ptifans for the Cholic, Gravel, Strangury, and 
Nephritic Pains. It may alfo be ufed in Clyfters for 
thefe Diforders ; and for fliarp and Inflammatory 
Difeafes of the Guts and Bowels. Poultifes and 
Ointments are made of it to eafe Pain ; loofen, ripen, 
or difeufs, any Swellings or Hardnefs. Baths and 
FuiVies are made of it for Hyfterics. The Seed mixt 
Ii with 
