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with Nitre, or Salt and Fig-tree Afhes, eafes Pain, 
and Hardnels of the Mufcles, and Tendons or Si- 
news. The Seed and Figs in a Poultife ripen and 
digeft. Mixt with wild Cucumber Root, it draws 
Splinters, Thorns, &c. out of the Flefti. Boil’d 
m Wine and applied to running fretting Sores, it 
prevents their Spreading •, mixt with Olibanum 
2nd Water, or Myrrh and Wine, it cures wa- 
tering Eyes-, mixt with Honey, Suet, or Wax, 
it difcufies hard Kernels, or Swellings on the 
Neck, or under the Ears ; and clears the Skin 
from Spots, or Blemifhes. The Oil, beaten up with 
Rofe Water, is good for Burns. The Oil or Seed 
is good fpr the Piles. A Tea of the bruifed Seed is 
often ufed for a Hoarfenefs, a thin Rheum and Ca- 
tarrh, in Contra&ions of the Belly, &c. That 
Flax is a violent Purgative, the Inhabitants of Ster- 
ling felt to their fatal Experience in 1716-, when, 
from Flax deeped in the Water that fupplies the 
Town, there arofe a Raging Mortal Dyfentery , 
which greatly depopulated the Place, and occafion’d 
the Report in the News, that the Plague was bro- 
ken out there. 
1 11. 
Mountain, Wild, Dwarf, or Mill-Flax, 
(. Linum Catharticum) the whole Iderb bruifed and in- 
fufed all Night in Water, Small Beer, or white 
Wine, in hot Allies, purges watery Humours vio- 
lently. Its Decocfion does the fame. Country 
People uf$ it much, and I have often feen good Ef- 
fects from it. Dr. Bcyvk fays, that Powder of the 
dried Herb, taken with a little Cream of Tartar, 
•,i;d Anife-feed, purges mildly enough, 
1 12, 
Flix-vvesd, ( Sophia Chirurgormi) A Dram of the 
Seed powdered, or boiled, or deep’d in Water, and 
4 -rapk, is a prefcnt fafe Remedy For a Loofenefs. 
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