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the barren fruitful, by drying up the too great 
Moifture and Laxnefs of the Uterus , and giving it 
a better Tone. A Bath of its Decodtion may be 
uled . 
1 68. 
La dies Bed-straw ( Gallium luteum) ( the yel- 
low) is Vulnerary and Cleanfing •, reputed good in 
the Epilepfy, as is its Tea for the Gout, and Sy- 
rup of its Flowers to expel the Menfes *, and a Fo- 
mentation, or Bath of its Decodtion, to dry Chil- 
dren’s Scabs ; and the Powder of the Herb taken 
for Haemorrhages, which it hops ; and to cure 
Cancers, or Cancerous Ulcers. Its Flowers put 
into Sallad Oil, and fet forty Days in the Sun, af- 
ford a good Ointment for Burns and Scalds ; and to 
anoint the Feet of weary Travellers, whofe Fatigue 
it quite takes off. A Decoction of the Herb does 
the fame. The Roots provoke Luff, and excite 
to Venery. The common white Bed-ftraw is very 
beneficial in the Falling Sicknefs, 
169. 
Ladies-Thistle ( Carduus Maria) is thought 
to have the fame Virtues, as the Holy or blefied 
Thiftle. Its Decodtion is ufed for Stuffings of the 
Liver and Bowels •, for Eafing, by Urine, Dropfy*, 
Jaundice, and Nephritics. 'Tragus fays, its diftiil’d 
Water cures Stitches, and other Difeafes of the 
Sides. Its Seed is ufed in Emulfions, for thole 
Purpofes, and the Water outwardly, to dip Cloths 
in, to lay on fretting, eating Ulcers. The Juice of 
the green Herb, applied to beginning Cancers in the 
Bread or Nofe, is as effedtual for that, as a Dram 
of Columbine Seed given at a Time, and often, is 
beneficial in a Vertigo , or Small Pox, whe rein it is 
. juftly efteemsd a Specific ; as a Decoction of fat 
2 Figs, 
