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Thyme and Rue, of each half a Handful ; Powder 
all, and with Honey make an Electuary for Ufe. 
Penny- royal drives Fleas out of a Room. It cures 
Loathing, and is a good Stomachic. * 
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* For Want of Appetite, young Beets with their Roots 
llightly boiled and eaten with Vinegar j Ray. Take Tops of 
Roman Wormwood, half a Handful ; Root of Dandelion, 
half an Ounce ; cut and infufe all Night in half a Pint of 
Rkcnijb Wine, ftrain and drink it ; Forejius. Powdered Seed 
of Bilhops-weed, half a Dram ; taken in white Wine, four 
Mornings fading ; Augtnius. From twelve to thirty Grains of 
powdered Gentian Root, taken twice or thrice a Day, and a 
large* Dofe in the Morning fading ; Boyle. Syrup of the Juice 
of rough Apples ; Au genius. Powder, Deco&ion, or Infufion 
of Spignel, drank, is inferior to nothing. Juice of Vine 
Leaves, drank alone, or in a Syrup, or with Marmalade of 
Quinces, is a Specific for breeding Women’s deprived Appetite ; 
Etmuller. For a Heat of the Stomach, diced frefh Liquo- 
rice Root, infufed and boiled in Water, and ufed for ordinary 
Drink ; Rulandus. Juice, Syrup, or Herb of Purdane, eaten ; 
Etmuller. Tops of Sloe-tree Twigs of the fame Year’s Growth, 
chewed and the Juice fvvallowed, or the tender Leaves chew’d, 
are good, efpecially to Travellers in hot Weather ; Joel 
For Pain of the Stomach, take Tops of Wormwood, Agrimo- 
ny, Leder Centaury, of each half a Handful ; boil in Water, 
to five Ounces ; ftrain, and add Sugar one Ounce ; drink ic 
failing two or three Mornings ; or drink fading, or in the Fit, 
four Ounces of a Decoction of Camomile ; or three Ounces of 
the Water of its Flowers warm ; Rlverius . An Infufion in. 
Wine of Sloe-tree Flowers all Night, diftill’d next Day in a 
cold Still, for Ufe ; fragus. Or powdered Seed ; or Oil of 
Carraway, taken in warm Broth, and Sweat after ; Etmuller . 
— For Coldnels of the Stomach, Roman Wormwood, 
boiled in Wine, and drank ; or Syrup of the Juice of Blefied 
Thiftle, made with Sugar, is a prefent Remedy ; Weikardus . 
———For a Weaknefs of the Stomach, a cold Infufion of 
dried Wormwood in Water, for eight Hours, drained and 
drank, two or three Ounces Evening and Morning, efpecially 
after Dinner and Supper ; Dr. Bowie. Gre-vius fays, that 
Wormwood Root is the chief Stomachic. Boyle fays, that 
a warm Poultife, laid to the Stomach, of Tops of Wormwood, 
Mug-wort, and -Mint, is good. St ockerus advifes fifted Powder 
of curled Mint to be taken daily ; or an Infufion of Nutmegs, 
in Spanijb Wine, to be drank fading. For an Abfcefs of the 
Stomach,, 
