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Quart Sallad Oil, four Pounds ; Oil of Turpen- 
tine, two Pounds •, Leaves, Flowers, and Seeds, 
of this Herb gently bruifed, of each two Handfuls; 
put all in a large double Glafs, and fet in the Sun 
eight or ten Days ; then boil them in that fame Bot- 
tle in a Kettle of Water, on fome Straw; then drain 
out the Liquor, and pour it back on a frefh Quan- 
tity of the fame Parts of the Herb ; but put in no 
Wine, fet it in the Sun, then drain and boil as be- 
fore, and ufe for the aforefaid Purpofes. / s the 
too bold internal Ufe of the Jefuits or Friars Bal- 
Jam has had fatal Confequences in Inflammatory 
Cafes of the Bread, and other Feverifh Diforders ; 
fo from this Herb may be contrived one for inter- 
nal Ufes every whit as fuccefsful, and infinitely 
more fafe. Hoffman orders the Effence of the 
Herb in an Apoplexy, Epileply, Melancholy, 
Hypo, and Green Sicknefs ; he will have it to be 
an Antidtemcniac , that as fuch he experienced its 
Virtues. The red Venetian Oil is not only a fin- 
gular Vulnerary, but is good in the Gripes from a 
cold Caufe ; three or four Drams of it, given in 
W 7 ine, expels the dead Fcetns. Its inward Ufe is 
good for Perfons newly infedted with the Plague. 
160. 
Hyssop ( Hyffopus ) is hot and biting, it thins, 
opens, and cleanfes ; it is moftiy ufed for Cutting, 
Thinning, and Expectorating grofs Phlegm that , 
duffs the Lungs, as in Hoarfenefs, Cough, Short- 1 
nefs of Breath, &c. Its Syrup or Decoction, pre- 
pared in a very clofe V effel, is excellent in obdinate 
Difeafes of the Bread, where Liquorice, Maiden- 
hair, (s>jc. are not drong enough to anfwer the End. 
Outwardly, it is often applied to Eyes difcolcured by 
Blows or Strokes ; to cure the finging Noife of the 
Ears ; to cleanfe the Uterus , or Mouth, by Gargle. 
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