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boil’d in Milk it kills Worms; it warms the Sto- 
mach, and prefer ves from infectious and peftilen- 
tial Difeafes. Sitting over a Steam of its Decodtion 
brings down the Menfes , and Seconding . Beaten up 
with Honey and anointed it cures Morphew, Tet- 
ters, Ringworms, Scald Heads, Scurf, and Dan- 
driff. Applied with Fig Leaves and Cummin Seeds, 
it cures the Bite of a Shrew. Boil’d in Milk or 
Broth, it is good in a flatulent or nephritic Cholic. 
Boil’d in Honey and Water, it provokes Urine and 
Sweat powerfully. Boil’d in Milk it is good in a 
Catarrh or Cough. The Roots ftamp’d and laid to 
the Soles of the Feet, Sides, W rifts, Ulcers, or 
Wounds, may in a few Flours after be fmell’d in 
the Breath. Some fay that its Juice, drank, is Poi- 
fon, but later Obfervations contradidt it. But to 
bilious, or fanguine Perfons, or fuch as have fharp 
Juices, it is certainly hurtful in all Shapes ; for, be- 
sides its intolerable Smell, it raifes Thirft, Pains of 
v the Head, and all the Inftruments of the Senfes. 
But it is well adapted to cold, pituitous, phlegma- 
tic, or aged People ; whofe Juices are either very 
watery, and their Circulation flow ; or very thick, 
grofs, or Phlegmy. I have often ordered the fol- 
lowing Diet Drink, with good Succefs, to Cachec- 
tic, Aged, Phlegmatic, Afthmatic, or Scorbutic 
Conftitutions, with fwell’d Feet, Legs, and fome- 
times Thighs ; or in a Beginning Anafarca or Leuco - 
phlegmatia . Take frefh Roots of Garlick, Horfe 
Radifh, Elecampane, Knee-holly of each two, 
three, or four Ounces ; Tops of Broom, Scurvy- 
Grafs, Wormwood, wild Sage, Camomile Flow- 
ers, of each a Handful ; Juniper Berries, an Ounce 
and an half ; frefh inner Bark of Elder, four Oun- 
ces ; bruife the Roots and Berries, cut the Herbs, 
infufe all in five or fix Quarts of Table Beer, or in 
a Gallon of white W ine ; keep it ciofe fome Days, 
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