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outward Vulnerary. A Deco&ion of the Root, 
drank falling, moves the Belly once, but a large 
Dofe of it, fays Gefnerus , caufes fevere, but fafe 
Vomiting, and brings up much Phlegm. Its Juice 
kills Worms in Cattle. People Ihould ule it in- 
wardly, in a very fmall Quantity, if at all. Ruf- 
ticks, in Flanders , drink a Decodlion of it for the 
Jaundice, with great Succefs. Two Ounces of the 
Juice of the Leaves, or a Dram of its Extradl in 
a Ptifan made of it, opens Obftru6lions of the Bow- 
els, efpecially thofe that fucceed Intermittents. A 
Tea of its Leaves, drank, after the Legs have been 
well bath’d in its Deco6tion, gives Relief in a Drop- 
fy. The Top with the Flowers are very Vulnera- 
ry. A Whey, made with it and Fumitory, is good 
in the Green Sicknefs, Itch, and Difeafes of the 
Skin, only the Roots are Purgative. 
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Henbane (Hyofcyamus) is a great Narcotic, af- 
fwap . r ain, aliays Inflammations, and mitigates 
the narpnefs of the Humours, but it diflurbs and 
perverts aii the rational Faculties, and caufes Mad- 
nefs if taken in too great Quantity, it caufes cer- 
tain Death. Its internal Ufe is very hurtful ; out- 
wardly, it eafes Pains in Parts diftant from the Head 
an: fcufies Swellings of the Tefticles, and eafes 
the Pair, of the Gout and Sciatica, if boiled in Milk. 
The Leaves ’called under the Alhes, and applied to 
Women’s Brealls newly delivered, hinders the Flux 
of Milk to them, and difcufTes hard Knots in them ; 
or the Seeds, bruifed in Wine, may be applied for 
the fame Purpofe in a Poultife ; the Oil exprefs’d 
out of them does the fame. The Temples anoint- 
ed with its Oil is a powerful Hypnotic. The 
Loins and Perineum, anointed with it, is good to Hop 
a Gonorrhoea , or too large a Flux of the Menfes. If 
the 
