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gently. A Decodtion of the Root in Water, to a 
half, helps Obftrudtions of the Liver, andUVm of 
the Sciatica •, it provokes Urine, and cures Water 
like Threads or Rags. The Leaves and Flowers 
cleanfe foul Ulcers fo powerfully, that they muft 
not be applied to clean Ulcers, and take off Scurfs, 
&c. from ill drefs’d Ulcers. The fame with Oil 
cleanfes the Eyes of Cattle that have Films over 
them. But obferve the bad Effedts of this Plant 
in Philofoph. Tranfadt. No. 242. p. 263. 
254. 
Primroses ( wild yellow) or Cowslips, 
(Paralyfis) the Flowers are friendly to the Head 
and Nerves ; they are ufed in the Palfy, Apoplexy, 
and Gout. Juice of the Flowers takes Spots and 
Wrinkles off the Face, and other Faults of the 
Skin. The Water, Wine, Tea, and Conferve of 
the Flowers are all Anodyne, and foftly difpofe to 
fleep *, all appeafe Pain gently, induce Reft to 
Children, weak, and tender Perfons, efpecially in 
feverifti Diforders. A Dram and a half of the 
Root, gathered in Harveft, vomits fafely and brings 
up watery, choleric, and phlegmatic Humours. ... 
A Decodtion of the Root in Poffet Drink is a moft 
powerful and prefent Remedy in a Vertigo . The 
exprefs’d Juice of the Flowers and Leaves, drank 
often with as much Cows Milk, perfedlly cured a 
moft inveterate Head-ach. A Decodtion of the 
Roots is good in the Stone. The Juice of the 
Leaves is good for inward Bruifes, or Hurts *, Con- 
ferve of the Flowers is excellent for Palfies, Con- 
vulfions, and Cramps and fo is a Decodtion of the 
Leaves in a Bloody Flux. The Juice of the Root, 
fnufPd up the Nofe, clears the Plead and cures the 
Megrim *, but this Difeafe is more effedtually cured 
by Juice of Crow’s-foot Leaves, laid diredtly on the 
Part, 
