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Oak. ( Quercus ) All its Parts are Aftringent, 
cfpecially its inner Membranous Bark. A Decoc- 
tion of it or the Leaves, given in a Loofenefs (after 
due Purging) or Bloody Flux, or Spitting of Blood, 
is powerful. The Acorns have the fame Effedt, 
though not to be ufed for Food, to rob the Swine, 
except in a Famine. A diftill’d Water of the 
Leaves is ufed for the Whites, and raging Dyfen- 
tery. Some ufe a Powder of dried Acorns to 
expel Urine and Stone. The Norvegians make a 
Meal and Bread of them to eat in a Dearth ; or a 
Gargle of the tender Radifh Leaves, boil’d in 
Wine, and ufed, cures a Tooth-ach from DeHuxi- 
on. Lithotomifts ufe a Decodlion of the Bark, for 
the Patients to fit in, to forward the Cure of their 
Wounds. In a word. Leaves, Nuts, Bark, 
and Wood, are all very aftringent and ufeful, in- 
wardly and outwardly, for Fluxes of the Belly, 
Uterus , Blood, Semen, &V. Oak and Plantain 
Leaves, boiled in Water, and the Liquor fweeten’d, 
is good for a Quinfy. The Galls are moft 
Aftringent, they reftrain Fluxions in all the Parts of 
the Mouth, and heal its little Ulcers. The Infide 
of them, put into a hollow Tooth, eafes the Tooth- 
ach. Beaten up either with Wine or Water, and 
either drank or rubb’d on the Belly, they are good 
in a Cceliaca , or Bloody Flux ; or their Powder 
drank in a Glafs of Wine. A Water, diftill’d from 
foreign Galls, has cured Ruptures, even in grown 
large Handfuls, beat in a Mortar with a Pound of Ox Suet ; 
then add white Wine half a Pint ; boil them till the Wine is 
fpent, and the Leaves are criip ; flrain, and add of the befl 
Oil, two Ounces ; Venice Turpentine, one Ounce ; make an 
Ointment for Ufe ; ©r wafh them Evening and Morning with a 
Teco&ion of Bramble Berry Leaves in Wine. 
