( 2 7 r ) 
289. 
Southern-wood Male ( Abrotanum Mas ) 
(See Lavender Cotton, the Female) is fub-aftrin- 
gent, and very difcutient, refills Putrefadlion and 
Poifons, cures the Bite of venomous Beads, kills 
Worms, 
Fit ; or give half an Ounce of Juice of Feverfew in Wine, or 
Wormwood Ale, before the Fit ; or Powder of Mifletoe of 
the Hawthorn-tree, given in Wine before the Fit ; repeat it, 
if needful. -For Tertians ; a Head of Garlick peeled, in- 
ftifed in four Ounces of Spanijb Wine, then beaten up to a 
Poultife with four Leaven, and laid to the Soles of the Feet 
before and during the Fit ; repeat it three or four times ; or 
take bruifed Garlick, an Ounce ; Soot, a Dram ; Pepper, a 
Scruple ; Saffron and Camphire, of each half a Scruple ; mix 
and lay to the Wrifts. Give Powder of Angelica Root, from 
half a Dram to a Dram, two Hours before the Fit. Shepherd’s 
Purfe, beaten up with Salt and Vinegar, and laid to the 
Wrifts before the Fits ; or Powder of Centaury Tops, and Flow- 
ers, given from a Scruple to a Dram ; or the inner Bark of 
Hafle Boughs, fteeped in Vinegar and laid to the Wrifts ; or 
four Ounces of the Decottion of Camomile, drank an Hour 
before the Fit, and repeated ; or cut Groundfel Leaves fmall, 
put them in a thick Paper Bag, pricked full of pretty large 
Holes on one fide ; put this Bag in a thin Silk or Linnen Bag 
lay it on the Stomach (with the holed Side next the Skin) two 
Hours before the Fit. Take Afh-tree inner Bark in fine Pow- 
der, from half a Dram to a Dram ; Salt of Wormwood, half a 
Dram ; Carduus Water, three Ounces ; Spirit of Sulphur, half 
a Scruple ; mix, and drink an Hour or two before the Fit ; or 
Purflane and Cichory Waters, of each two Ounces ; Powder of 
Afh-tree inner Bark, two Scruples; Salt of Wormwood, half 
a Dram ; Spirit of Sulphur, twelve Drops ; mix, and drink. 
A Handful or two of Millefoil, boiled in Milk, beaten up to a 
foft Poultife, and laid to the Wrifts before the Fit ; and repeat 
it ; or mix Juice of Water CrefTes, and good Vinegar, of each 
alike ; a little common Salt ; mix, and drink before the F'it ; 
or Powder Cinquefoil Root, a Dram given a little before 
the Fit ; or apply a Poultife of the whole Herb ai.d Salt, beat- 
en together, to the Wrifts ; or a Poultife of Moufe-ear, Salt, 
and Vinegar; or hang a Bag of long Plantain about the Neck, 
and renew it every two or three Days ; or give a Dram of its 
powdered Leaves in Drink, before the Fit ; or lay a Pqultife 
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