( no ) 
Obftrudions of the Liver, and fends off the Jaun- 
dice by Urine *, for which Purpofe its Conferve is of 
fpecial Service after Purging. Its Juice or Effence, 
taken daily in Whey, is good in Melancholy. Its 
Juice or Water takes off Spots of the Eyes. I have 
often been aftonifhed at its Succefs, in Difeafes from 
Heat and Sharpnefs of the Blood in fome ; as in 
Hedies, Pleurifies, Peripneumonies, &c. when 
the Bark, and Teftaceous Powders, exafperated the 
Difeafes, and haftened the Exit of others. The 
Herb is bitter and cooling, yields much Volatile, 
concrete, fixed Lixivial Salt, and a very thick Oil ; 
much Boiling fpoils and weakens both it, Ground- 
ivy, and Liver-wort. It’s a Specific in Difeafes of 
the Skin, Melancholy, and Cachexy. It is good 
in a Dropfy. The Root cleanfes and dries up Ul- 
cers in the Mouth. Its Syrup is good in Winter. 
An Ointment made of the Juices of it, Dock, and 
Elecampane Roots, with Lard, is good for Difea- 
fes of the Skin. Diofcorides fays, that its Juice 
with Gum Arabic rubbed on the Eye-brows, after 
the long Hairs are pulled out, hinders their Grow- 
ing again. It is a Specific in Difeafes from a Mu- 
cilaginous, or Acid State of the Blood. But, for 
Melancholy, a Decodion of great wild Bafil in 
Wine, drank, Morning, Noon, and Night, is a 
Specific. In Madnefs, a Dram of powdered white 
Briony Root, taken often in a Draught of Milk, 
with a fuitable Regimen, is alfo a Specific •, or its 
Infufion in white Wine, with Syrup of Violets j or, 
after Evacuations, nine Leaves of Lavender, cut 
and given in Water ; or a Decodion of Lavender, 
repeated thrice a Day, and fweat freely * or four 
Ounces of Decodion, of St. J^’s-Wort, drank 
thrice a Day •, or a Tindure of its Flowers ; or a 
Decodion of Pimpernel Leaves and Flowers •, Dofe 
four Ounces twice a Day. Madnefs from the 
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