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Morning, till it is red, then rubbing it after with 
Honey, brings new Hair where it was bald, A 
white Onion cut through the Middle, fteeped in 
Brandy, and laid to the pained Part, cures Head- 
ach and Megrim. Onions boil’d in Fat, and laid to 
kibed Heels, cure them effectually. Onions boil’d 
in Wine, then fried in a Frying-Pan;, bruifed and 
laid to the Belly, give immediate Relief in After^ 
Pains. Bruifed Onions, or their juice, with 
Goofegreafe applied, are good for Swellings of the 
Feet. Onions, or white Lily Roots boiled in Wa- 
ter and frefh Lard, then beaten up with two Drams 
of Treacle, and applied. Evening and Morning, 
draw a Bubo. Bruifed Onions without the Skins, 
either raw or roafted, perfectly cure the dry Piles . 
Cut Onions roafted under the Embers, and mixt 
with Cream, and laid to the Side or Bread, have 
cured feVeral Pleurifies. Onions boiled in Wine 
and Sallad Oil, then bruifed to a Poulfife, and put 
in three Bags, one laid to the Back, and one to 
each Groin, gives the fpeedieft Eafe in rackirg 
Pains of the Stone and Gravel. Their Decodlion 
is commended in a fevere Cough, and Spitting of 
Blood. Their Seed provokes Venery. An habi- 
tual Ufe of the Root waftes the Stone in the Kid- 
rues and Bladder, excites an Appetite, and is good in 
an Afthma, Scurvy, and Dropfy. They quickly 
ripen Abfceffes. Their Ufe is fitted for cold Wea- 
ther, aged and phlegmatic People, whofe Lungs, 
are fluffed and their Breath fhort. Roafted and 
laid on the Ear, they, or the Juice of Elder Buds, 
ripen and break Impofthumes in it. * Shallots have 
much 
* For the moll raging Pains in the Ear, fill a fcooped Onion 
with Juice of Wormwood, Oil of Sweet Almonds, and Breaft 
Milk, of each alike ; fhut it up, and road it in an Oven till if 
it is black 3 exp reft the juice, put a few Drops of it into the 
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