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pels Small Pox, Meades, and other Eruptions. A 
Spoonful ofits Juice cures the Bite of Serpents, and 
kills Worms, whether it be drank or applied to the 
Navel. For its Effe&s fee the Honourable Mr. 
Boyle on the Wholefomenefs, &V. of the Air. 
12 7. 
Goats Beard ( Tragopogon ) Roots drefs’d like 
Parfnips and eaten, are pleafanter ; either boil’d or 
cold, or eaten raw as a Sallad, they are grateful to the 
Stomach •, ftrengthen and nourilh. the Thin, Lean, 
and Confumptive, or the Weak after long Sicknefs. 
Tragus fays, the diftill’d Water gives wonderful Re- 
lief, in inward Impofthumes, Pleurify, Stitches, or 
Pains of the Sides. It is good for the Heart-burn, de- 
jected Appetite, Diforders of the Breaft and Liver ; 
expels Sand, Gravel, and Stone. The Purple are 
more Bitter, Aftringent, and Deterfive, therefore 
Medicinal, and the reft more Nutritive. 
128. 
Golden-rod ( Virga Aurea ) is a celebrated Vul- 
nerary, whether ufed inwardly or outwardly, pre- 
ferred even to Saracens Confound itfelf. In outward 
Wounds it brings off their ichorous or other Matter 
by Urine *, as moft vulnerary Potions are Diuretics, 
which makes them much preferable to aftringent 
Earth or Minerals. Outwardly it is an extraordi- 
nary Drier and Cleanfer. Two Drams of the Pow- 
der, taken every Morning in Wine, is famous in the 
Stone. Its DecoCtion is good in all ObftruCtions of 
of the Vifcera , and Inclinings to a Dropfy. It is al- 
fo good in all Fluxes of the Belly, and internal Hae- 
morrhages. It cures Wounds and old Ulcers. It 
heals Sores in the Mouth, Throat, and privy 
Parts, 
129. Goose- 
