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powerful an AntifcOrbutic as Scurvy Grafs, or Wa- 
ter Creffes ; therefore Sallads, Diet Drinks, and 
Juices of it, are much in Requefl in the Spring. In 
Comatous and Lethargic Fits, there is nothing bet- 
ter than this, boil’d and eaten in Sallads. The Herb, 
or Juice, cleanfe the Reins or Bladder, and provoke 
Venery. It heals inward Wounds ; and, eaten with 
Oil, helps a Cough, Shortnefs of Breath, and Pains 
of the Breafts and Sides. Chew’d in the Mouth, it 
eafes the Tooth-ach. The bruifed Herb, rubb’d 
or laid on, takes Spots out of die Skin. A Poultife 
of it is good in a Sciatica. It draws Bones, Splinters, 
and Thorns out of the Flefh ; and checks the Cor- 
rofion of creeping Ulcers. Boil’d in Vinegar, and 
laid to the Throat and Neck, it is good in the 
King’s-evil •, boil’d in Hogs-Lard and applied, it 
quickly ripens and breaks Plague Sores. 
1 19. 
Water-Cresses in the Spring are alfo ufed in 
Sallads, Broth, Juice, Diet Drinks, or eaten alone 
to purify the Blood, as a Specific againft the Scurvy *, 
and to expel Urine and Menfes . They are thought 
ufeful in the Stone and Dropfy. Their Juice {train- 
ed, and drank, foon breaks inward Impofthumes. 
Snuff’d up the Nofe, is good againft a Polypus. 
In other Refpe<fts they are the fame as Garden 
Creffes. 
120. 
Garlick {Allium) taken inwardly in Subftance, 
or Infufion, heats the Body, thins thick and grofs 
Humours, cuts, digefts, and confumes the clammy. 
It opens Obftrudtions, is an Antidote to cold Poi- 
fons, and Bites of venomous Beads. It is good in 
Stuffings of the Lungs, old Coughs, Roughnefs of 
the Throat, and Hoarfenefs. It provokes Urine*, 
boiled 
