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with Vinegar, and put up the Nofe, do flop its 
Bleeding. A few of them fwallowed do the 
fame. The Leaves boiled in Water, {trained, and 
a little Honey and Allum put to the Liquor, cure 
Children’s lore Mouths. The Leaves boiled ten- 
der, beaten up with Hogs I. ard, powdered Fenu- 
greek, and Line-feeds, made into a Poultife •, apply 
it hot, it cures hot Swellings, and ripens Impoft- 
humes. Wheat Bran boiled in Water, and applied 
in a Poultife with a little Vinegar, Lard, or Butter, 
quickly difperfes Inflammations, and Inflammatory 
Tumours. A Poultife of Barley-meal does the 
fame. The Charcoal of the Wood, mixt with pre- 
pared Crabs Eyes, and taken, cures Spitting of 
Blood, from Bruifes, Blows, &c. The inner Bark, 
fteeped in Water, makes a fine Mucilage, which 
naturally heals Burns, and {Lengthens weak Parts. 
A Water, diftilTd from the Bark, is good for fharp 
Humours, that caufe Gripes or Bloody Stools, A 
Conferve of the Flowers of the Female Lime-tree, 
(for the Male is barren, and has none) is a Specific in 
Children’s Convulfions. 
178. 
L 1 qjj o r 1 c e ( Glycerrhiza ) Root is a great 
Friend to the Lungs, and Kidnies, it fheathes fharp 
Humours from acrid and corroding Salts ^ promotes 
Spitting, and fmooths Roughnefs, by thickening 
the Humours but its Ufe is dubious in Spitting of J 
Blood and Weaknefs of the Veffels of the Lungs. 
It is mofliy ufed in Coughs, Pleurifies, Confump- 
tions, Sharpnefs of Urine, and Excoriation of the 
Bladder. It gently loofens the Belly of Infants. 
Some drink its Deco&ion in Water, with a Stick of 
Cinnamon, for common Drink •, after it has 
wrought like Ale, it intoxicates as much. In 
Coughs, and Catarrhs, with only thin Rheum, or 
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