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eies of the fame Nature, for the German or wild 
Flower-de-luce, or the worfl common Purple 
Flower-de-luce, is exceeding hot and dry, purges 
Water, and caufes Sneezing. It is moftly given to 
purge off Water in Dropfies. Applied outwardly, 
it cures Tetters, and Ringworms, and cleans the 
Skin from thefe and other Spots and Deformities ; 
but it is injurious to the Stomach and other Vifcera , 
therefore mult be well corre£led. It affords feveral 
Preparations, as, firfl, the exprefs’d Juice purified 
by Digeflion, and given frefh to purge. Secondly, 
The Ftecula , or Lees made of the Juice, which 
purges not fo much as the Juice. Thirdly, The in- 
fufed Oil. The Root of Florentine Or rice , or 
Flower-de-luce hung in Ale or Wine, preferves the 
Liquors frefh, and gives them a fine Flavour, like 
that of Rafpberries. The Root of this Plant has 
many Virtues ; it dries, warms, cuts, thins, and 
expedlorates, digefls, cleanfes, and foftens. It is 
chiefly ufed for Mucilage and Tartar, in the Lungs, 
for a Shortnefs of Breath, Stoppage of the Terms, 
and Gripes in Children. Applied outwardly, it 
cleanfes the Skin. Mixt with Hellebore and Ho- 
ney, it corredts a bad Breath. The Juice taken 
from half an Ounce to an Ounce and a half, and 
increafe the Dofe every Morning, till it comes to 
four Spoonfuls, it purges Water flrongly, and has 
cured many Dropfies. And Holler ius gives it for a 
molt Sovereign Remedy, and great Secret. An 
Ounce of its Juice, fays Schenkius, is incomparable in 
a defperate Coflivenefs. It firfl purges Water, 
orders them to be wafhed, Morning and Evening, with a warm 
i)eco&ion of Agrimony. If they heal too foon, and freih 
Matter gather under, apply aPoultife of pounded frefh Agri- 
mony Leaves, and repeat it till all is well ; or pour into them 
frefh Juice of Bluebottle Flowers.— —For wounded Tendons, 
apply a Poultife of the thick Mucilage of Comfry Roots, boil’d 
in Water. 
then 
