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Stomachic and Antifcorbutlc, good in Dropfics, In- 
termittents, and Catarrhs. Its great and extenfive 
Virtues make a fufficient Recompence lor its Bit- 
ternefs. It is an univerfal Remedy in the Northern 
Countries, in all Difeafes •, a Glafs-full of its De- 
cocdion in Ale, drank every four Hours during a 
Fit of the Gout, gives very great Relief. Dr. 
Tattered Robinfon fays, He has- obferved the Pow- 
erfulnefs of this Herb in hydropic Cafes, by feeing 
fcabby and confumptive Sheep driven into Marfhes 
abounding with this Plant, and they were perfectly 
healed by eating it. 
3 1 1 • 
T urn eps ( Rapus ) ftewed in their own Juice in 
an Oven, and the Liquor poured off, and fweeten- 
ed with Sugar, have often given Relief in a Cough. 
Our firft Colonies in America , when grievoufly af- 
flicted with the Scurvy, were cured by Turneps, 
fays Ray. They are a good Pedoral, Diuretic, 
and.increafe Seed •, half a Dram of the See'' 1 , drank, 
excites Venery, and expels Small-pox and Mealies ; 
the Pareings of the Root roafted, and laid behind 
the Ear, is a Secret both for Tooth- ach and H'ead- 
ach ; applied out.vardly, they are good in Ulcers 
of the Legs, Tumours of the Breaft, or other 
fcorbutic or fcrophulousTumours. Etmuller extols 
their Decoction drank in the Iliac ; the juice, fweet- 
cned with Sugar, is good for fore Mouths, and 
for a Cough from too much Acid. Thefe and 
Navew are much alike. Tuffilago . See Colts- 
foot. 
312. 
Tutsan or Park Leaves {Androfiemum) has, 
by Country People in all Ages, been accounted 
a fovereign Plant to heal Wounds, or Sores, either 
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