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finaller Number of the Leaves of this Herb, pre- 
tend to foretel what the next Summer will be •, if 
it fend out many Leaves fay they it will be wet, if 
few droughty ; as they do from Frogs Spawn, for, 
if it lies near the Side of W ater, the next Seafori 
will be rainy, if in the Middle dry. An Infufion 
of this Herb quenches Third wonderfully, cools 
Heats and Inflammations, and is good againft conta- 
gious Sicknefs and Plague. Applied outwardly in 
a Poultife or Deco&ion, it cools much. A De- 
codion of Wood Sorrel Violet, Strawberry 
Leaves, Self-heal, and Liver-wort, is a noble 
Ptifan in hot Fevers. Gefnerus held the following 
to drink a great Secret in hot Fevers : Take Herb 
Sorrel, thirty Handfuls ^ Wood Sorrel, fifteen 
Handfuls ; Dandelion and Plantain, with their 
Roots, Lettuce, Cichory, Fumitory, Violets, of 
each five Handfuls *, Flowers of Water Lilies, three 
Handfuls •, cut and infufe in fixteen Pounds of 
diftili’d Rain Water ; of ftrong Wine, four Pots ; 
didill it for Ufe. * 
289. South- 
* In hot Fevers : Take four Handfuls of Sorrel, or four 
Ounces of tlie Root, or two Ounces of the Seed bruifed ; boil 
in Water to two Pounds, drain and fweeten for common Drink, 
add a little Juice of Rafp or Black Berries to it. Leaves or 
Roots of Wood Sorrel may be ufed the fame Way ; or Syrup 
or Conserve of Barberries ; or inner Walnut-tree Bark deep’d 
in Vinegar, and laid to both Wnds and Soles of the Feet ; 
or Conferve, Syrup, or Jelly of Bilberries. In conti- 
nual Fevers, the drained off Infufion of Burnet, in warm Wa- 
ter, drank fomeTime. — For Intermittents ; Powder of Ca- 
momile Flowers, given in its Deco&ion, and often repeated ; 
or drink fix Ounces of Camomile Water every Morning ; or 
drink an Infufion or Deco&ion of Root and Herb Dandelion, 
drank before the Fit comes. For Quartans, two Drams of 
Betony Powder, taken in a poach’d Egg four Hours before the 
Fit ; repeat it four times. St. John’s-wort Seeds given from 
two Scruples to a Dram, in Wine, before the Fit ; or half a 
Dram of Mader-wort Root, given in Wine, an Hour before the 
Fit; 
