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is good in a Palfy for common Drink. So is a 
Deco&ion of Fir-tops, or a daily Tea of the Buds, 
drank in a Scorbutic Palfy. The Flowers, eaten 
with Salt and Bread fading, ftrengthen a weak 
Sight. The dried Plant, fmoakedlike Tobacco, 
is good in a Cough. Its Chymical Oil given from 
four to fix Drops, in a Dccoftion of the Herb, 
before the Fit, cures Tertian Agues. The Herb 
is of a thinning and cleanfmg Nature, cuts all 
thick and grofs phlegmatic Humours, and opens 
obftru&ed Paffages •, hence, befides the above Dif- 
eafes it is good in Deafnefs, Afthma’s, Inflamma- 
tion of the Stomach, Cholic, Barrennefs, and Green 
Sicknefs. The Flowers and Leaves boiled in Wine 
and Honey till half of the Liquor is wafted, then 
ftrain’d and drank at Going to Bed, is excellent for 
an Afthma, and Hoarfenefs. It alfo cures Rheums, 
and Putrefa&ions of the Teeth and Gums. An In- 
fufion of it in red Wine has cured a Loofenefs of 
three Months Continuance. That noble, reviving. 
Cephalic' Liquor, called the Queen of Hungary's 
Water , is drawn from its Flowers. An Ointment 
made of the Herb is good in cold Difeafes of the 
Limbs and Joints, or any other Part. The Chy- 
mical Oil is good for the fame as the Herb, but, 
being fo very hot, it inuft be ufed cautioufty. A 
Decoffion of the Herb drank is good in the Fluor 
albus. The Herb beaten up to a Pafte, and made 
up like two Balls, daily held in the Hand 
till they are v/armed, cures their Weaknefs: As a 
Fomentation of the Decoflion of Mug-wort, or St. 
John's Wort, helps their Shaking, efpecially if a 
Tindture of St. John's Wort be taken inwardly at 
the fame Time. A Deco&ion of its Leaves and 
Flowers, and Elecampane Root, is good in a 
Paraplegias ♦, or a Deco&ion or Tea of Saffafras 
Root. A Deco&ion of its Leaves and Flowers, 
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