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Water. Matbiolus* s Cofmetic is this : Take Dock 
and Pumpion Waters, of each two Pounds ; ten 
Swallows Eggs, beaten with them •, Salt-petre, half 
an Ounce •, white Tartar, two Ounces ; didill all, 
with the Water wafli the Face every Morning, 
and at Night anoint it with Oils of Tartar and 
fweet Almonds mixt. 
287. 
Sorrel (common) {Ace to fa Vulgaris) being 
acid, is cooling, and drying, excites the Appetite, 
checks Choler, quenches Third, refills Putrefac- 
tion, is mod beneficial in bilious, fimple, and pedi- 
iential Fevers, its exprefs’d Juice, or a Decodion 
of its Leaves, being mixt with Spoon Meat. The 
Seed is binding ; it and Scurvy-grafs are good 
againd the Scurvy, boil’d in Broth. It is good in 
all Inflammations, and Heats of the Blood. Its 
Emulfion quenches Third, cools, and is good in 
ardent Fevers. A Decodion of the Root is ufeful 
againd the Jaundice, Gravel, and Stone. A Sy- 
rupy of it, Fumitory, and Liver-wort, is excellent 
in Children’s Scab or Itch, for which, its Juice and 
Vinegar are good outwardly, and for Chafing, 
Tetters, and Ringworms. Its exprefs’d Juice, of- 
ten given, cures Excefs of die Menfes, A Gargle 
of the Juice is good for fore Mouths, The Leaves 
wrap’d in a Cabbage, or Dock Leaf, and roaded 
under the Aides, and laid to Boils or Impodhumes, 
ripen and break them. The Root, boiled in Wa- 
ter, makes it red like Claret. 
2S8. 
WoodSorrel {Lujula) lays feverifli Heat, 
quenches Third, and cools the Heat of the Sto- 
mach, Liver, and Heart, either in Decodion, Sy- 
rup, or Conferve. Some, from the greater or 
fmaller 
