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fhould never be eaten unwafh’d. Drinking freely of 
their Wine gives a violent Head-ach. 
259. 
Radishes {Raphanus hortenfis ) the Roots 
warm, dry, open, thin, and cieanfe ; they are 
tiled to break and expel the Stone, provoke Urine 
and Mrnjes , open Obftrubfions of the Liver and 
Spleen ; they thin Slime and Phlegm in the Sto- 
mach, promote the Diftribution of the Chyle and 
Humours. They are applied with Salt to the 
Soles in Fevers, and to the Neck in Pains of the 
Flead that attend malignant Fevers. If in the 
Wane of the Moon Corns are cut to the quick ’till 
they fmart, and the Juice of this Root is drop’d on 
them, they certainly vanifh. Applied in a Poul- 
tile with Goofe-greafe, they draw Thorns and 
Splinters out of the Flefh. Taken with Honey 
they eafe a Cough, and are reckoned good againll 
the Poifon of Toad- Fools and Hen-bane. The 
Juice given with Honey to drink is good for Chil- 
dren’s Coughs, and Shortnefs of Breath. Two 
Ounces of the Garden Root, ihred, and Mead 
poured on it, and the exprefs’d Juice given warm ; 
or rather three Drams of the Seed bruifed, and 
Mead, Whey, or Barley Water poured on it, and 
fqueez’d off and drank, Ferneltus fays, is the eafieft 
and fafeft V omit in the World. Four Ounces of 
Radifh Water, drank daily twhce a Day, cures the 
Stone and is good for a Dropfy ; or for the Stone, 
Take Juice of the Root, three or four Ounces •, 
Honey, one Ounce •, mix and repeat it three Morn- 
ings *, or the Root cut into Slices and boil’d over a 
flow Fire with Honey *, four Ounces of the Water 
running from them, is good to drink •, or take an 
Ounce of the Bark of the Root •, Medlar Stones, 
two Drams * infufe them eight Hours in four 
Ounces 
