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matic, and very opening. It is a Febrifuge, 
Stomachic, and Diaphoretic. A Handful of Leaves 
infufed all Night in white Wine, with half a Dram 
of vegetable Salt, and drank fading, is good in 
the Green Sicknefs. A Dram of the Extradl of 
the Leaves and Bark, and one or two Drops of the 
Oil of Cinnamon taken every Morning, with two or 
three Cups of Germander Tea, is good for the Gout 
and Sciatica. Diofcorides fays the Powder with 
Honey is good in a Cough, for a hard Spleen, and 
for fuch as can hardly make their Water ; and in 
the Beginning of a Dropfy. Its Juice, with Honey, 
cleanfes foul Ulcers. The Herb is good for a 
Cramp, and Stitches in the Sides ; in obflinate 
Head-achs, Melancholy, Lownefs of Spirits ; a 
Spoonful of its Powder, taken every Morning in a 
raw Egg for fome Months together, cures the 
Falling Sicknefs. The People near the Alpes ufe 
Mountain Germander, to check all Kinds of Belly 
Fluxes, Vomitings, Menfes , Fluor albus , Haemor- 
rhages, &c. A Stove of its Decodlion eafes Hyfte- 
ric Fits, and flops the Whites. Its Oil cures Dim- 
nefs of Sight, and Moiflnefs of the Eyes. 
122. 
Germander {Water) or Scordium warms and 
dries, cleanfes and attenuates, refills Putrefadlion, 
is an Antidote toPoifon, and peflilential Difeafes.; 
it is a Sudorific ; good againfl the Plague, malig- 
nant Fevers and Diflempers. ; prevalent in Obflruc- 
tions of the Liver and Spleen j good for Lungs 
fluffed with much Phlegm, or loaded with purulent 
Matter. Applied outwardly it cleanfes Wounds 
and Ulcers, and eafes Gouty Pains. Some ufe it 
to bring down the Menfes . Its Powder or Juice 
kill Worms in the Belly. But it is mofl eminent 
for Expelling Poifon, Preventing or Curing the 
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