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then Bile *, but, being fo very hot, it inflames not 
only the Mouth, but the whole Body. But though 
this is the EffeCt of the Juice of the common wild 
Sort, which ought not to be given crude, but cla- 
rified, corrected, and given in Whey to cool it, 
whereby it is made fafe and fuccefsful ; yet this is 
not the EffeCl of the Juice of the white Florentine. 
The crude Juice of the other Kinds fhould not be 
given above two Drams to a Dofe. Ifiue-Peas are 
made of the Roots. The white Florentine has a 
fragrant Smell, and makes a good Hair Powder. Its 
Powder is given to Infants for the Gripes, from acid 
Humours. It is put into Electuaries, to thin 
thick and tough Phlegm, in Shortnefs of Breath, 
and old Coughs. Some commend it for the Spleen, 
Convulfions, and Cramps. The Root, boiled up 
to a Poultife and applied, foftens Scrophulous, and 
other hard Tumours. 
228. 
The Iris Palustris Lute a, or Root of 
the yellow Marfh Flower-de-luce, is temperate and 
very aftringent, flops Bloody Fluxes of the Belly, 
Uterus , Urine, or Bleeding in any Part of the Body ; 
worn as an Amulet, it prevents them. The Flow- 
ers of this Plant burn the Mouth intolerably. 
Schroder fays that the Root, dug up in September , 
dries, warms, binds, ftrengthens, and refolves, and 
is good for Difeafes of the Brain and Nervous 
Syftem. 
229. 
The Pale-water Flower-de-luce is fo 
ftrong and acrimonious, though it fmells like Hog’s 
Fennel, that Diofcorides fays it is good againft 
Wounds and FraCtures of the Head, and draws 
out of the Fleih Thorns, Prickles, or Darts, with- 
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