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Ruptures. A Decodtion of the dried Leaves, and 
| Tormentil Root, is good in the Bloody Flux. A 
I Tea of this Herb, drank, redores the Appetite, pro- 
motes Perlpiration, prevents the Gout, and kills 
Worms in the Stomach or Bowels. The Conferve 
is good for them who fpit purulent Matter, even 
though not yet come to a Confidence. Half an 
Ounce of its Extradt, or an Ounce of its Conferve, 
caufe a plentiful Sweat. It being a cleanfing, vul- 
nerary Plant, a Fomentation, Poultife, or Lotion 
of it, Wormwood, and Lefifer Centaury, is good in 
a threatened, or beginning Mortification. The 
bruifed Leaf, bound or laid upon any Wound, heals 
it foon and fafely. A Poultife of it checks the 
Growth of Wens, and other Excrefcences. 
123. 
Gith or Fennel. ( Nigella ) Its Mucilage is ve- 
ry good to attenuate, and helps to expectorate 
thick Phlegm, to increafe Milk, or expel Urine, 
and Menfes. But its chief Ufe is in Quotidians and 
Quartans. It is inwardly ufeful for Pains of the 
Head, drying up Catarrhs, dsfe. By Putting up 
the Nole, and Chewing it in the Mouth, it refids 
Haemorrhages. Sim. Pauli , in Catarrhs and Cory- 
za’s, advifes it rather fried than raw. For Lofs of 
Smell, Galen orders Powder of the Roman Gith, 
beaten up in a Mortar with old Oil, and put up the 
Nofe with the Head down, and the Mouth full of 
Water* 
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Gladdon (Spatula feetida) or Gladwin (JUnking) 
is one of the Iris Tribe. The dried Root powder’d is 
good in Hyderics, Shortnefs of Breath, and Hypo, 
fays, Dr. Bowie . The Root ufed inwardly, and ap- 
plied outwardly in a Poultife, is of great Service in the 
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