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2 So. 
Self-heal. ( Prunella ) Its Leaves and Flow- 
ers are bitterifh, warm and dry, cleanfe, heal, 
and are exceeding Vulnerary, much ufed in 
Wounds of the Lungs, and coagulated Blood. 
Outwardly in Wounds, and in a Gargle for the 
Quinfey, and Difeafes of the Mouth and Jaws. 
The dried Root rubb’d on an aching Tooth, till 
it brings Blood, eafes the Pain, if it be thruft into a 
bored Willow, and the Hole fnut up with a Piece 
of Willow. It and Fluellen cured a Pilling of 
Blood, when all other Things failed. It is fcarce 
credible how efficacious a Remedy Self-heal is, in 
burning and in hedtic Fevers ♦, Sim. Pauli Solenand. 
The Leaves bruifed and applied, or their Juice 
ufed for a Wafh and Bath, to the Part aflfedted, is 
a Sovereign Remedy in all Sorts of Ulcers and 
Sores, whether new and Frefh, or old and invete- 
rate, even in Gangrenes and Fiftula’s ; or, made 
into a Lotion with Honey of Rofes and Allum, it 
curesi all Sores of the Mouth and Gums, be they 
never fo foul or of long Continuance. Its Decoc- 
tion, with a little Salt Prunella, is the bell Gargle 
for an inflamed Mouth. Ufed inwardly and out- 
wardly, it greatly eafes fuch as have broken or 
diflocated Bones. An Ointment of it, Scabious, 
and Bugle Leaves, made with Hog’s Lard, till 
the Herb is boiled crifp, then {trained and kept 
for Ufe, is of wonderful Service for all Hurts in 
any Part of the Body. Such, as are fo kind as to 
keep and adminifter fuch Helps to the Poor, cannot 
keep a better Salve. 
281. 
As Bugle ( Bugula ) refembles Self-heal in Figure, 
Shape, and Virtue, I {hall place them together. 
S 4 Bugle 
