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Loofenefs. The Juice of the Herb, but efpecially 
of the Root, flays all Fluxes and Bleedings in any 
Part, and expels mod malignant Poifons, if a 
Dram of the powdered Root be taken daily. A 
Decodtion of the Herb or Root in Wine fif no 
Fever attend, for then it muft be given in Wa- 
ter, as the white Decodlion) anfwers the fame End. 
If, after any violent. Heat by Exercife, or hard La- 
bour, a Perfon’s Urine feems covered, with Fat, 
Greafe, or Oil, the Perfon being feverifh at the 
fame Time, a Decodtion of this Root, drank, 
cures in a few Days ; it is faid to cure Sheep of 
the Rot, and feveral other Difeafes ; its Juice opens 
Qbflrudtionsof the Liver and Lungs, and is good in 
the Jaundice. A Bath of its Decodtion, often fit- 
ten in, prevents Abortion ; or its flrong Decodlicn, 
fweetened with Syrup, orConferve of Rofes, drank *, 
or, if a Plaifter of it and Vinegar is laid to the 
Back. Its Powder, drank in Plantain Water, is 
good againfl Incontinence of Urine •, it ' is alfo 
good in Ruptures, and to diffolve clotted Blood, 
and for Wounds, Sores, Bruifes, and Hurts, out- 
wardly ufed, is faid to be good in all Knots and 
Tumours about the Neck, Throat, and Ears ; giv- 
en inwardly, it is good for Catarrhs and Whites ^ 
the Juice, with Vinegar, is good to rub fore and 
feurfy Pleads, and to wafh the Piles, either the 
Leaves of Cinquefoil, or Roots of Biftort, are 
very good and fufficient Subflitutes to this. Tor- 
mentil Root is alfo a Subftitute to Oak Bark for 
tanning Leather. 
31°. 
Trefoil (Marfh or Water) (fTri folium Palujlre) 
its Infufion or Decodlion in Wine., Ale, or Water, 
is of fingular Service in all arthritic and rheumatic 
Pains, if drank long enough j it is alfo a great 
Stomachic 
