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der, by putting Nettles and Iron into the Casks. 
They ffiould be put in all Deco&ions for Fomen- 
tations to Gangrenes. A Gargle of their Decoc- 
tion is good for Swellings of the Mouth and 
Throat. They kill Worms, eafe Stitches of the 
Sides, and help Windinefs or Weaknefs of the 
Stomach. The Juice with Salt is good againft the 
Bite of venomous Bealls. It is alfo an Antidote to 
all cold flupifying Plants, as Night fhade, Mufh- 
rooms, &c. and too much crude Mercury fwal- 
lowed down ; and to Defilements of the Skin. The 
Juice is good for Wounds. Charier fays that their 
Deco&ion in ftrong Wine with Sugar, drank at. 
feveral Times a little warm, and a Poultife of the 
{trained out Herb laid to the Side, is a wonderful 
Medicine in a Pleurify. 
222. 
Night-shade. ( Solatium ) The Berries are 
more cooling, but repel more ftrongly than the 
Leaves, which, as they allay 1 and mitigate Pain, do 
alfo diflblve, cleanfe, and abforb. They afford 
much concrete volatile Salt. Night-fhade allays 
Inflammations, difeufles Swellings, foftens, and 
relaxes the Fibres, under too great Tenfion. The 
bruifed Herb is laid to the Piles, or the Part is fo- 
mented with the v/arm Juice, which, being fome 
Time flirred in a leaden Mortar, is alfo laid to Can- 
cers. It, with a fixth Part of well dephlegmated 
Spirit of Wine, is accounted moft efficacious to 
cure St. Anthony's Fire. Tetters, Pimples, Puf- 
tules, and the like Diforders of the Skin. Night- 
fhade is added to moft Pain-eafing Poultifes, as well 
as the Poplar Ointment. C<efalpinus fays, its Water 
may be taken inwardly, in an Inflammation of the 
Stomach, and Heat of Urine ; and that Waters of 
this and Wormwood, of each three Ounces, dif- 
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