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ter, and drank fading, expels choleric and watery 
Humours, opens Obflrudtions of Liver, Gall, or 
Spleen ; helps the jaundice, Heat of the Kidnies 
and Urine, the Dropfy, and Cachexy. A Dram 
of the Powder, drank before a Fit of the Ague, 
is a Febrifuge. The Water is good in all hot 
Eruptions on the Skin, but efpecially the De- 
co&ion, both to drink and wafli with; and for 
Nurfes fore Breads, from too much Milk. 
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Tan s y (Tanacetum) is much of the Nature of 
Feverfew, (as fweet Maudlin was of Coft- 
mary) it is a good Vulnerary, Uterine, and Ne- 
phritic. It is moftly tiled for Worms, Gripes, 
Stone, and Gravel, cbflrudled Menfes , Wind and 
Dropfy. Its Juice heals Chops on the Hands and 
Feet, and fcurfy Ulcers. Its Seed, with Worm- 
feed, is a good Deliroyer of Worms. A Con- 
lerve of its Tops refills Putrefa&ion, opens Ob- 
ftructions, chears the Senfes, and is good for the 
Spleen. Its Juice, with Oil, helps Contractions 
and Pains of the Nerves ; or, drank in Wine, it 
cures Stoppage of Urine, helps weak Reins, ex- 
pels Flatulency from the Stomach and Bowels, pro- 
vokes the Menfes , and, applied to the Sharebone, 
prevents Mifcarriage. It is an aromatic, acrid, 
and bitter Herb, but the Root is not bitter. It 
contains much Oil, volatile Salt, and Sulphur. It 
is a good Sudorific, as well as Febrifuge ; two 
Drams of the Juice in Plantain Water cure Agues. 
It is good for Tetters and Scurf.. A large Cup 
of its Tea, drank, is good in malignant Fevers, 
and Difeafes of the lower Belly. It purifies the 
Blood, and its Conferve is good in a Vertigo and 
Epilepfy, for a Cachexy, Dropfy, or Green Sick 
nefs. Its Juice or Infufion is good, as is a Fomen- 
tation 
