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poured on fix Ounces of frefli Com fry Root, with 
an equal Weight of Sugar, beat all up into an Elec- 
tuary with fome Drops of Oil of Anife or Nutmeg, 
it is a fure Remedy for Spitting of Blood. J uices of 
Plantain and Lemon mixt is a noble Diuretic. The 
Eflence of Plantain, drank in a Decodlion of Sarfa- 
parilla and Saflafras, after due Evacuations, cured 
one of a Bloody Gonorrhoea, fays Sim. Pauli. Mead 
is a wonderful Remedy, fays Bayrius , againft the 
Rigour of Chronic Fevers. The frefh digg’d up 
Root of Plantain, wafh’d, and a Piece cut with a 
Knife, and put in the Ear, {tops the raging Pain of 
the Tooth-ach, like a Charm, fays Sim. Pauli . 
Powder’d Plantain Seed given in the Juice, or a 
a Decoction of the Leaves fweetened, cures frefh 
Ruptures. The powdered Seed taken daily, from 
half a Dram to a Dram in Broth, or in an Egg, 
prevents Abortion. The Juice is drank from one 
to four Ounces in the Beginning of Intermitting 
Fevers. The Juice, with Rofe Water and Sugar, 
is a good Collyrium for inflamed Eyes. Its De- 
coftion is a fine Gargle for the Mouth. The 
Leaves boil’d in Wine, and beaten up to a Poultife, 
is good in an Aneurifm. It is an Ingredient in Pal - 
Marius’s Powder againft Madnefs. Sim. Pauli fays, 
that he faw a Navel Rupture of a grown up Per- 
fon cured by a Poultife of Oak Lungs, and Sloe- 
thorn Bark. Take Juice of Plantain, and of El- 
der Leaves, of each a Pound and a half ; Clarify 
the Liquor over the Fire, and feparate the Clear 
from the Drofs ; to the firft put Sugar, a Found *, 
Honey, half a Pound ; boil all till there rife a clear 
Skin or Pellicle' on the Top, then add Sugar of 
Lead, half an Ounce ; then take it from the Fire, 
let it cool, bottle it up for Ufe, and warm it a little 
in a Spoon, dip Lint in it, and lay on the Place 
twice a Day j it cures obftinate Ulcers of the Legs 
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