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the firft Berries be drongly fqueezed through a 
Linnen Cloth, and keep the exprefs’d Liquor by 
itfelf ; vvhen you would ufe it. Take a full Spoon- 
ful of it with Sugar-Candy, three or four times in a 
Month, it is a very pleafant and efficacious Cure 
of the Stone •, and fo mud the Berries of the lecond 
Infufion and their Water be ufed. The whole 
Herb is cooling and drying, bitter and a little aftrin- 
gent, very diuretic, and often ufed in the Stone, 
and in Gargles, Baths, Poultifes, &V. to dop 
Fluxes of Blood, to cleanfe filthy Ulcers, and 
check Catarrhs and Fluxions. The Decoction ofthe 
whole Plant, either ufed alone, or with other proper 
Ingredients, is with great Succefs given in a Jaun- 
dice. Rulandus , after he had purged the Body 
with Extract of Dwarf Elder, gave this Decodtion 
with doned Raifins. Sim. Pauli ufed the Herb in 
a Poultife with old Wine, to the Sharebone and 
Perin<eum^ for the Whites in Women, and in- 
voluntary Emifiions of Semen in Men. The Ber- 
ries fhould always be wafh’d before they are eaten. 
The Water or Juice are good for mod Inflamma- 
tory Difeafes of the Eyes, and Eruptions of the 
Face or Skin. The Herb is a furprifing Remedy 
in the Jaundice either of Children, or efpecially 
Pot Companions, Whetters, and Drammers. 
For Children thus *, Sim. Pauli : Take of the Herb 
and Dodder, of each a Handful ; cut and broiled 
Currants, two Ounces ; white crude Tartar, half 
an Ounce * boil in Barley Water to a Pound, drain, 
and fweeten with Syrup of Barberries. It is alfo 
good for feverifh People. 
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S wallow-wort ( Afclepias ) the Root is a 
fpecial Alexipharmac and Sudorific ; it is chiefly 
ufed in the Plague, and other malignant Difeafes ; 
in 
