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their Rednefs and Inflammations. A Deco&ion of 
the Flowers, ufed in Poffet Drink, has been long 
taken as a fafe Expulfive in the Mealies and Small 
Pox. The cut Flowers, eaten in aSallad with Oil 
and Vinegar, are an Antidote againd the Plague *, 
and, for Cure, an Ounce or two of the Juice of the 
Flowers drank falling, and Sweat after it, this pow- 
erfully expels the Poifon of the Plague. Their. 
Conferve is alfo excellent in this Cafe, or their VP 
negar ufed to the Wrills, Temples, and Nodrils. 
The Juice of thefe Flowers, or of Celandine, rubb’d 
often on Warts certainly cures them. The Leaves 
in a Bathe haden die Birth. The following was an 
ingenious Gentleman’s Method in the Want of Ex- 
pulfives of Small Pox and Meafles : Take Claret 
and Vinegar of each four Ounces •, Ale and Milk of 
each half a Pound *, make a Poffet, and to the clear 
Whig, or Whey, add Mary gold Flowers a Dram ; 
(more if green) Butterbur Root one Ounce •, Grains 
of Kermes, two Drams ; Cochineal, a Scruple ; 
Saffron, half a Scruple ; boil all an Hour in a clofe 
Velfel, drain ; Dofe from one to three Ounces 
thrice a Day •, boil the drain’d out Ingredients in 
their common Drink and give. It proved mod fuc- 
cefsful. The green tender Herb loofens the Belly, 
the dry binds it. The bruifed Leaves, or Cole-wort 
Juice, put upthcNofe, are good Errhines. . 
Master-wort {ImperatGrid ) . Root has 3 very 
hotTade; it is opening and thinning, prevents 
Poifon, and provokes Sweat ; it wonderfully difcuffes 
Flatufes of the Bowels, and Uterus \ hence its nota- 
ble Service in flatulent Cholics, in which Hoffman 
calls it a divine Remedy, beyond Angelica , and Zf- 
doary. Its chief Ufes are in contagious, malignant 
Difeafes, the Bites of venomous Creatures, in. re- 
folving 
