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up its Lips, and heals it. The Powder has the 
fame Virtue, and alfo cures old Ulcers. 
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Gromwell. ( Lithofpermum ) Its Seed cleanfes the 
Kidnies, provokes Urine, wades and expels Stone, 
Sand, Gravel, or Mucilage. Two Drams of it, 
taken in Bread Milk, is good in hard Labour. It 
is powerful in a Strangury. The Juice or Decoc- 
tion of the Herb may be ufed, when the Seed cam 
not be got. 
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Ground-ivy ( Hedera terreftris ) as Hore hound 
is fit for aged and phlegmatic PerfonJS,:' and hurt- 
ful to the young, bilious, and fanguine fo, this be- 
ing the Reverfe, is excellently adapted to the lad, 
being a noble Vulnerary, both outwardly and in- 
wardly. It provokes Urine and the Menfes ; atte- 
nuates, and cuts Phlegm, is good in the Jaundice, 
and in Clyders eafes the Cholic. It relieves in 
great and obdinate Coughs, and Confumptions. * 
Laid 
* For a Cough, take red Tops of Ground-ivy, gathered on 
a clear April Morning, beat it well into a thin Cake, which 
dry quickly in the Sun, powder it and keep for Ufe ; Dofe from 
half a Dram to a Dram, in Syrup of the Juice of the Herb, or 
in the pectoral Decoftion ; Willis. This Herb, either in Sy- 
rup or Conferve, retains its Smell and Colour, the longeft of 
any other. Peeled Turneps three Pounds, Sugar one Pound, 
put both in an earthen Pot, ciofe covered, and a Weight fet up- 
on it for twelye Hours, then exprefs the Juice ; Pbarm. Ba- 
tean. Or fet the Pot and them in a warm Place, till they are ten- 
, der ; then ftrain out the Juice, and let the Sick drink two or 
three Spoonfuls of it. Evening and Morning ; or take peeled, 
diced Turneps, and brown Sugar-Candy, of each alike, put 
them in a Glafs Bottle, cover it with Pafte or Paper, fet it in an 
Oven among Bread, till it be itewed enough, take it out and 
exprefs the Juice ; Dofe one or two Spoonfuls Morning and 
Evening; Willis. Or take hewed Turneps as above; when 
cold 
