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252. 
Poppy wild, or Corn Poppy (Papaverer- 
raticum) cools powerfully, procures Sleep, and 
eafes Pain ; it is uled in Fevers, Pleurifies (for 
which it is a ipecific Remedy) Quinfy, and other 
Difeafes of the Bread ; efpecially in irregular Dif- 
charge of the Menfes. The Infufion of the Flowers 
in Spirit of Wine is very good. Some apply its 
bruifed Leaves to the Liver, to flop Bleeding at the 
Nofe. It affords a good diftill’d Water, Syrup, 
Conferve, and Extraft, which are Specifics in a 
Pleurify, and to quiet Ravings and Diftradtion in 
burning Fevers, inward Inflammations and Quinfy ; 
but, when by its Ufe the violent Pain of a Pleurify 
is removed, it muft be left off, left it flop Spitting; 
and expectorating Remedies muft be ufed, for 
which, Juice of Horfe-radifh exceeds all other 
Things. Juice and Decodlion of Dandelion and 
Chervil, with thefe Poppy Flowers, are alfo good ; 
or their Syrup with Oil of Sweet Almonds, or Sper- 
ma-ceti, with the Yolk of an Egg, may be added 
and made into an Emulfion. Tindlure of Corn 
Poppies, with Camphire and Nitre, is good in a 
Phrenzy. This Syrup, with the middle Bark of 
Elder, is a powerful Caufer of Sweat. The Tea, 
Infufion, or Tindlure of the Flowers is good in 
Rheums and Catarrhs on the Bread: and Lungs. 
For a dry Cough, a Decodtion of Buglofs and Dog- 
grafs Roots, of each three Ounces, in two Quarts 
of Water-, drain the Decodtion on an Ounce of 
Corn Poppy Flowers, and on fome white Poppy 
Heads, cut fmall, and put in a thin Rag to ftrain 
out. 
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Sea or horn’d Poppy. (Papcrcer cornUulaium 
huum) The Seed taken in Mead purges the Body 
gently. 
