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laid on coarfe Paper, and fmoaked with Frankin- 
cenfe, and applied to ftrumous Swellings, difcufs 
them in a fhort Time. The Leaves put into a 
clean Cask, and thick muddy Wine poured on 
them, they reftore its Colour, clear and purify it. 
238. 
Petty whin. Rest-harrow, or Cammock, 
( Anonis) the Root, but efpecially the Earle provokes 
Urine, waftes and expels fmall Stones in the 
Reins and Bladder ; confumes flefhy Excrefcences 
in the Urethra ; eafes the Tooth-ach, and either in 
Powder infufed in Wine, or boil’d in Poflet Drink, 
cures Obftrudlions of the Liver. Sim. Pauli fays it 
has no Equal in the Stone and Gravel. Its Infu- 
fion, drank, cures the Piles and Excrefcences in the 
Anus. Its Roots are put in Broths, Ptifans, and 
Apozems, as a great Aperient and Diuretic hence 
it is good in the Jaundice, Stone, Menfes Hop’d 
and Piles inflamed. Two Drams of the Root 
Bark, infufed in white Wine, is good in a nephritic 
Cholic. A Dram of the Root, taken in Broth 
daily, is commended in Carnoflties, and for a Sar- 
cocele. A Decodtion of the whole Plant is a good 
Gargle againft the Scurvy of the Mouth and Gqms. 
•239. 
Pilewort, or Lesser Celandine ( Chelidonium 
Minus) is good in a Jaundice, Scurvy, and Flux of 
the Haemorrhoids. Outwardly it is a Specific in 
the Piles, and Excrefcences of the Anus, whether 
its Juice, Powder, Ointment, Decoction, Fomen- 
tation, or Poultife of it is ufed, or even the mcer 
bruifed Root be laid to the Part ; it is alfo a Spe- 
cific in the King’s Evil, fwell’d Glands, OV- The 
frefli Roots, put into the Ulcers, extirpate them ; 
for abounding with ah 'acrid Salt it is hot and fharp. 
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