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and greatly refills Putrefa&ion. It fhould not be 
infufed above four or five Days in Beer or Wine, 
till it be taken out. Such flight Infufions fhould 
be the conftant Spring Drink in cold Scurvies, or 
where Phlegm, or fixed Salts, abound in the Juices ; 
which is too often the Cafe of the Inhabitants of 
low Fenny, Marfhy Grounds, efpecially Sea 
Coafts, and Eaters of Salt Fifh, and Smoke-dried 
Meat. The bruifed Herb and Juice, laid to the 
Face, takes off Spots in fix or eight Hours *, then 
it mud be wafhed off with Bran. It with fpiritu- 
pus Spices, but efpecially its plain Spirit, wonder- 
fully nounfhes the Parts difordered by the Epi- 
lepfy, Cramps, or Convulfions. The Juice, with 
burnt A Hum, is excellent to rub fcorbutic, fwell’d 
Gums with ; or, in Want of this, a Decodtion of 
Stone-crop, with Allum and Honey, is every whit 
as good. Its Conferve, Infufion, or Juice, are 
the only Forms in which Country People can pre- 
ferve it •, for the Fire fpoils its Syrup or Extradt. 
In violent Scorbutic Pains of the Joints or Muf- 
cles, Sim. Pauli gives this efficacious Fomentation, 
or Bath, from Brucxus : Take bruifed Juniper 
Berries, Water Mint, both the Cardamoms, Win- 
ter Creffes, and Scurvy-grafs, of each two Hand- 
fuls *, Camomile Flowers, three Handfuls ^ Mug- 
wort, Baum, Rofemary, Thyme, Hyffop, Mar- 
joram, of each a Handful ; boil all in a very clofe 
Veffel in Water j when cool enough, bathe the 
pained Parts in it. His Father Henry Pauli ufed 
this : Take of Mallows, and Marfh Mallows, each 
three Handfuls ; Brooldime, Fumitory, frefh Scur- 
vy-grafs, Water Crefies, and Camomile, of each 
two Handfuls ; Mallow Roots, three Ounces *, 
Elder Roots, two Ounces ; Juniper Berries, a 
I landfill j bruife, cut, boil, and ufe as before. 
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