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Ground-pine ( Cham<epitys ) ftrengthens all the 
Nerves-, it is inciding, attenuating, opening, and ex- 
pels the Menfes , Birth, and After-birth, but has its 
greateft Reputation in the Gout, and Joint Pains, 
either infufed or boiled in Wine, given in Powder, 
or made into Pills with Venice Turpentine j out- 
wardly it difcuffes Tumours and ITardnelTes ; clean- 
fes and heals Wounds and Ulcers. Its Deco&ion is 
good againft the Strangury, or inward Pains from 
Diforders of the Urinary Paffages, and in Obftru6ti- 
ons of the Liver and Spleen. It cleanfes grofs im- 
pure Blood, expels the coagulated, and mildly o- 
pens the Body. But gravid Women have no Bufi- 
nefs with it till their nine Months are elapfed. Pills 
of it and Hermodacts, with Turpentine, are good 
in a Dropfy, as well as in Joint Pains, if continued 
for fome Time ; and for the Jaundice and Gripes, 
and for Difeafes of the Brain, from cold and 
phlegmatic Humours. The Herb is good againft 
the Poifon of Night-fhade, or other Plants *, or of 
Scorpions or other venomous Creatures -, or in the 
Beginning of a cold Cough it eafily procures Sweat, 
fays Pliny. A Diet Drink of it in Beer or Wine, 
or a Conferve, anfwer the Ufes above. The Herb 
or its Deco&ion foftens Women’s hard Breafts, or 
other Tumours. The Juice with Honey cleanfes 
and heals putrid, malignant, and virulent Ulcers. 
Mathiolus gives a tedious Pill of it for the Palfy. 
For an Empyema, a Deco6tion or Syrup of its 
Juice is good-, ora Decoction of red Cabbage, 
fweetened with Sugar, and drank daily. 
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Groundsel ( Senecio ) is a defpifed Plant, but 
Sim . Pauli is liberal in its Praifes*. He fays it is a 
common 
