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Laudanum, or Diacodium, which often produce 
uneafy or diiagreeabie Symptoms. An Emulfion 
of the Seed prepared in Milk and Lettuce Water is 
an , efleftual Remedy, lays Sennertus, again d the 
mod raging Pains of the Inflammation of the 
Eyes. A Poultife of the Leaves, boil'd in Milk, 
quiets the fevered Pains of the Limbs. Take ) 
Poppy-head and Seeds, and Dill-feed, of each two 
Ounces; Tops of Hen-bane, Hound’s-tongue, 
Night-fhade, and Camomile Flowers, of each two 
Handfuls ; cut and boil in fix Pints of W ater to 
four, and drain for Ufe, is Fuller's, notable Anodyne 
Fomentation for all violent Pains or Achs. It is 
alfo in his excellent Fomentation, for fpurious, 
pituitous, or fiatulept P leu rifles, but dees Mif- 
cbief in a true inflammatory Pleurify. Our white 
Poppy, which is chiefly ufed, is cooling and moiflens, 
procures Sleep in Diforders of the Breads and Lungs, 
as Cough, Hoarfenefs, and Confumptioo *, is good 
in a Loofenefs, and in great Pains, Watchings, 
Redlefnefs, and Catarrhs. The Turks ufe its fpiiTa- 
ted Juice, very much, and in great Dofes, to raife 
their Spirits, excite Courage b th for Mars and 
Venus. Some even ufe the Seeds in their Diet. In 
a Word, the Tea, infufion, Emulfion, and Syrup 
of the Seeds, are ufed in ail fevere internal Pains, 
Loofenefles, Catarrhs, tickling Coughs from Salt 
Rheums, Bloody Flux, Spitting of Blood, excef- 
five Menfes , in all Lofles of Blood, Redlefnefs, 
Watchings, Gripes, And a Decoftion of the 
Tops, Heads, Leaves, and Seeds in Baths, Pedi- 
lavia , Fomentations, Poultifes, Ointments, &V. 
in all external Pains, and in Watchings, Cramps, 
and Stiffnefles (if not from Cold, or cold 
Caufes, 
252. Poppy 
