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Syrup of the five opening Roots, makes an Electu- 
ary : Dofe two Drams twice a Day ; Arnifteus . 
242. 
Phillyre a or Mock-privet. Its Leaves 
with others, as Plantain, Bugle, Prunella, Knot- 
grofs, autumnal Mallow-flowers, dried Rofes, &V. 
boil’d for a Gargle or Lotion, are very cooling and 
aftringent ; are good in Relaxations of the Uvula , 
&V. It is wonderful how much Mock-privet 
Leaves, boil’d in Blackfmith’s Trough Water, and 
ufed in a Gargle with a little Allum : I fay how it 
flrengthens loofe flabby Gums, and fallens the 
Teeth. A Water, diftill’d from the tender Buds 
early in the Spring, is much commended for the 
Cure of Ulcers in the privy Parts, and efpecially 
with a little Allum; and, fora Cancer, Rags dip’d 
in and laid 011 both, ex. gr. half an Ounce of Allum to 
Pint of the Water-, this alfo cures Excoriations. The 
followingwas communicated by aneminent Surgeon, 
as a great Secret in fmall Ulcers of the Nofe: Take 
of Mock-privet and Night- lhade Water of each an 
Ounce ; Sugar of Lead, a Scruple ; Sugar-Candy, 
half a Scruple ; Camphire, feven Grains ; mix and 
ufe. Its Water is alfo good for Burns. In Want of 
the Water, a DecoCtion of its Leaves may do, to 
gargle with, which is alfo good in the Tooth- ach. 
Sim. Pauli. Hec. 
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Plantain [Plant ago) is a cooling and drying 
Vulnerary, ufed chiefly in all Sorts of Fluxes, 
Loofenefs, Bloody Flux, Menfes , involuntary 
Urine, Blood-Spitting, Lofs of Sperm, It 
cleanfes and heals Wounds and Ulcers foon and 
fafeiy. 7 ’he Antients ufed only the Seed and Root, 
we the Leaf moftly. Twelve Handfuls of the Leaf 
beaten in a Marble Mortar, the Juice exprefs’d and 
poured 
