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tloarfenefs and Cough. The Leaves boil’d iti 
Wine and laid on any Paralytic Part, and the Li- 
quor drank, are of fpecial Service. Sage both brings 
down the Menfes and checks their fuperfluous 
Difcharge. It is good , in the Stings and Bites of 
Serpents, and kills Worms bred in the Ears, or 
in Sores. Sage warms and quickens the Senfes, and 
fo ftrengthens the Memory, either in Infufion, 
Powder, Eledtuary, or Conferve. For the Fluor 
albus \ Take Powders of Sage, Sarfaparilla, and 
Balauftins, of each alike ; mix j Dofe a Dram in a 
Morning feveral Days. A too moift Uterus is 
helped, by taking every Morning two or three 
Spoonfuls of Sage Juice, with a little Salt ; this 
both cures Barrennefs, and too frequent Abortions 
from that great Moilture and Laxnefs, but I fhould 
prefer a little Allum to the Salt. The Juice is alfo 
good in a bad or infedted Air. Its Decodtion, 
drank, facilitates the Birth, forwards the Me?tfes y 
and expels Urine. 
Wood oage. Wild Sage/ or Garlick Sage, 
( Scorodonia J Its Decodtion provokes Urine and 
Menfes. It is a chief Vulnerary, whether taken in- 
wardly or applied outwardly. Its Virtues are much 
the fame with Scordium. Gefner prefers it to Scor- 
dium, and Hildanus extols it wonderfully in gan- 
grenous Ulcers, and fubifitutes it to Scordium, 
but in a double Quantity. Some in the Lues Ve - 
nerea ufe its Decodlion, becaufe it caufes Sweat, 
digefts and diHipates the Humours, Swellings and 
Nodes in the Fie Ih. A Decoction of the green 
Herb is a fafe and fure Cure to difperfe and void 
coagulated Blood from Falls, Bruifes, or Blows ; 
and, if any Veflel is overflretched, it heals it. it is 
alfo a good Remedy for the Palfy, The Juice 
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