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or of Lavender, or of Be tony, with Juniper Berries, 
• are all good in a Palfy. The Herb is biting and 
bitter, and a little aftringent. The following Em- 
pyrical Medicine has fometimes been ferviceable 
in a Cough : Take Powder of Rofemary, of 
Flowers of Betony, Plovers of Sulphur, of Sugar- 
Candy, of each half an Ounce ; Powders of Liquo- 
rice, Elecampane, Plorehound, Anifeed, of each 
three Drams ; of Colts foot, four Drams ; Flow- 
ers of Benjamin, two Scruples •, with Ploney make 
an Electuary and take. Others extol this greatly, 
either in a Catarrh, raging tearing Cough, or Afth- 
ma, either in Man or Bead : Take Powder of 
R ofemary, Liquorice, Elecampane, Anife, and brown 
Sugar Candy, of each two Ounces ; Figs and 
Honed Raifins of the Sun, of each two Ounces 
and a half; Oil of Sweet Almonds, Linfeed Oil, 
Anifeed Oil, or, (if it is a meer fait Rheum and 
Diftillation without Phlegm) Oil of Sulphur, by the 
Bell, inftead of Anife Oil, of each two Ounces ; 
common Moloffes Treacle, half a Pound ; firft 
beat the Figs and Raifins into a Pulp, then add 
the reft, beat till all is well mixt, then put up in an 
earthen Pot, and cover it with a Bladder; Dofeto 
a Man the Bignefs of a Nutmeg, to a Horfe an 
Ounce in fome Liquor. 
265. 
Rue [Rut a) or the Country Man’s Treacle, 
contains much exalted Oil and volatile %it. k 
cuts, thins, and difcuffes Humours, refills Poifon, 
peftilential and contagious Difeafes ; flrengthens 
the Brain, promotes the Menfes ; curbs exceflive 
Venery ; is good againft Vapours, and windy Cho- 
lic, for the Bite of Serpents, venomous Infedls, and 
, a Mad Dog. It is ufed inwardly and outwardly. It 
warms and dries powerfully. It fharpens the Sight, 
is 
