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Horse -tail ( Equifetum ) which grows in open 
dry Fields, is well grown, and comes early, is be Pc. 
It is a very cooling, aftringent Herb \ hence its 
Powder, the Decoction, or Syrup of its Juice, is a 
powerful, generous, and ready Remedy, for Vomit- 
ing, or Spitting of Blood, bloody Urine, exceffive 
Menfes , or Ulcers of Kidnies or Bladder. Its ten- 
der Buds, eaten as Afparagus, are good in thofe Cafes. 
APoultife of it, laid cn, heals great Wounds, even 
where the Nerves are cut •, whereof Sim. Pauli gives 
a furprifing Indance. Cafp. Hoffman lays, he and 
others have done Wonders with it in flow, and e- 
ven in malignant Fevers. A Dram of the Root 
powder’d, given in Pomegranate Juice, Morning 
and Evening daily, cures a Spitting of Blood ; as 
does four Ounces of its Decoftion, or two Ounces 
of it, taken the fame W ay, cure Ulcers of the. 
Bread and Lungs. A Dram of its Powder, taken 
often in Plantain Water, is commended in Con- 
fumptions. Bauhinus fays, it is good in Pains of 
the Stomach, for the Stone, and involuntary Urine. 
For Ulcers of the Bladder a Specific, Horfe-tail, fix 
Handfuls three fliced Quinces, Sumach, Myrtle 
Berries, each an Ounce and an half *, dried red 
Rofes, an Handful and an half ; Baku dins, three 
Drams ; boil in nine Pints of W ater to five, drain, 
and add Honey of Rofes, Syrup of dried Rofes, of 
each three Ounces ; Syrup of Myrtles, an Ounce and 
a half mix all and ufe thrice a Day. 
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Hound* s-tongue ( Cynoglofftm ) cools and dries ; it 
is modly ufed to dop Fluxes of the Belly, and to 
dry Catarrhs, and Gonorrhoeas. It dops Blood. 
It is ufeful for all Wounds and Ulcers. A Decoc- 
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