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Venery, and Venereal Dreams, cleanfes the Sto- 
mach, increafes Blood, and eaies Diforders of the 
Reins and Bladder. Outwardly it is good for Wo- 
men’s Milk. It helps Difeafes of the Eyes. It is 
ufed for creeping Ulcers. Its di'ftill’d Water is a 
fmeWafh for the Face. 
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Haw-thorn ( Spina alba) Berries or Seeds, drank 
in Wine, are laid to be good for the Stone and 
Dropfy. The Flowers infufed three Days in Wine, 
and diftill’d, the Water is good in a Pleurify and 
inward Pains, and Itays Fluxes. Their Decodtion 
in Wine does the fame. The Water of the Blow- 
ers is cooling, and Sponges, wet in it warm and ap- 
plied, draw out of the Flefh, Thorns, Nails, &c. 
140. 
Hazle-tree (Corylus) the Nut Kernels, eaten 
unp'eel’d, give a Cough, Shortnefs of Breath, and 
Want of Appetite. If the Nuts are eaten old, they 
caufe a Head-ach, and Flatulency at the Stomach, 
except they are parched before the Fire, which takes 
off the Rancidnefs of their Oil. The parched Ker- 
nels, made into an Eledluary, or their exprefs’d Oil 
with Mead is good in old Coughs. The parched 
Kernels with a little Pepper digeff diftilling Rheum. 
Two Drams of dried Husks and Shells, powdered 
and drank in Wine, dure a Flux, and flop the 
Menfes. The Powder of the red Skins, which cover 
the Kernel, is more effedtual. A Gargle of its in- 
ner Bark, or of the Barberry- tree, is good in a 
Quinfey. 
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Heath or Heather ( Erica ) the Juice or dif- 
c till’d Water of the Flowers, take off Rednefs, and 
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