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Mullein Male. (Tapfus Bar bat us , Verb af cum) 
The Leaves are of a falrifh, flyptic Tafte, and 
Smell like Elder. A Decodtion of the Plerb, 
drank, is good for the Cholic. If bailed in Milk, 
it is good for a Tenefmus and Piles. Boil’d in Rlack- 
fmiths Trough Water, and two Cup-fulls of it 
drank daily, Clyfters injedted, and Fomentations 
of it ufed at the fame Time, cure the Bloody Flux, 
and other involuntary and expenfive Lofles of 
Blood ; in which Cafes, fome add Oak Leaves and 
Silver-weed to it. Aloes diffolved in a Decodtion 
of this, then boiled up to an Extradt, it neither ir- 
ritates the Piles, nor caufes Lofs of Blood, which 
often makes its Ufe dangerous. Its diftill’d Water 
cures Burns, St. Anthony 9 s Fire, Gout, and all Dis- 
orders of the Skin. A Poultife of the Leaves, 
Leek Tops, and Crumbs of Bread, is good for 
pained and fwelled Piles. Some efteem the Herb 
a Specific for the Cure of a Tympany ; others will 
have it to be chiefly intended for Difeafes of the 
Breaft; as Cough, Blood-Spitting, and to heal 
Gripes of the Belly. Ray fays its Leaves, worn 
fome Days between the Feet and Stocking Soles, 
gently promote the Menfes. Its Decodtion, drank, 
is good in Ruptures and Cramps. A Fumigation 
of Che Seeds and Flowers, with Camomile Flowers, 
and powdered Turpentine thrown on live Coals 
in a Chafing-difh, fet in a Clofe-ftool ; and fuch 
as are troubled with the Piles, Falling down of the 
Anus , Bleeding Hemorrhoids, Bloody Flux, or 
Tenefmus, fet ever it, find it very beneficial. An 
Oil or Ointment, made of the Flowers, is good for 
the Piles. The Root boiled in red Wine or Water, 
wherein Steel was often quench’d, is good for a 
Flux, and takes off Stoppages of Water. A De- 
codtion 
