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Worms, provokes Urine, relieves inHyfterics, and 
difcuffes the King’s -evil i the Tops boil’d in Wine 
or Mead, and Honey added to the drained Liquor, 
and drank, cut the thick Humours of the Lungs, 
and give Eafe in an Afthma, and Difficulty of 
Breathing. It is ufed outwardly to dry and 
ftrengthen the Bones, and in a Wafti to prevent the 
Hair falling off. The Seed bruifed, and drank in 
warm Water, helps Ruptures in Children, Cramps, 
Convulfions, Sciatica, Difficulty in making Wa- 
ter, and brings down the Menfes. The Herb, 
boiled with Barley Meal, clears the Face from Pim- 
ples, Wheals, &c. The bruifed Herb draws Splin- 
ters, or Thorns, out of the Flefh. Its Afhes dry 
and heal up old Ulcers, that are not inflamed, 
of beaten Knot-grafs to the Wrifts; or of beaten Stone-crofs. 
For the Hiccup, four Ounces of Decottion of Dill, 
drank at thrice in fifteen Minutes; repeat it, if needful. Boil 
two or three Drams of Dill-feed in Wine, eight Ounces, where- 
of, drink Evening and Morning. Smell often to the bruifed 
Seed, tied up in a thin Linnen Rag, and carried about. Mint 
taken any how is good. Eat preferved Damafcenes with their 
Syrup. Thirft to quench : Leaves of Sorrel, boil’d in 
Broth, or their Juice mixt with it ; or Spoon Meat ; or Drink ; 
or Barberry Juice, given in bilious, ardent, or malignant Fe- 
vers ; or clean’d cut Dandelion Roots, boil’d in Pofl'et Drink, 
to a half; let the Sick drink half a Pint at a Time often ; or 
boil the whole Plant in Spring Water for common Drink ; or 
infufe a Pound and a half of ripe Strawberries, in a Pint of warm 
Water, and half a Pint of Wine, one Ounce and a half of Su- 
gar, as much Syrup of Lemons ; let all (land three Hours, then 
flrain off, and give to drink ; or Syrup of Violet?, with Spirit 
of Vitriol, in Barley Water. To procure Sleep ; lay a 
Poultife of Henbane and Poppy Seeds, beaten together, to the 
Forehead. For Vomiting, an Infuiion of curled Mint in 
A inegar, drank, or laid to the Stomach ; or take four Lea- 
ven, three Ounces; Powder of Miiit, one Ounce; Powders of 
Miltick, Cloves, Cinnamon, of each two Drams ; and of two 
Nutmegs, with Vinegar, make a Poultife and lay warm to the 
Stomach ; but the Salt Draughts taken often, with Liquid 
Laudanum given ; and Fuller's Corroborant Stomatbic Fotus is 
belt of all after neceflary Evacuations. 
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