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fupprefies Luft, cures Tertians, eafes Arthritics, 
heals Wounds, and forwards the Birth ; outwardly 
it is a noble Vulnerary •, it is good for Pains of( 
the Head, Tooth- ach, B^ldnefs, Melancholy, 
Weaknefs, Dimnefs, and Rednefs of the Eyes. It 
is alfo ufeful, applied in a Poultife, to the Throat, 
for a Quinfey, or Hoarfenefs ; for a Gargle, in 
Swellings of the Throat •, in an Ointment, for 
Pain of the Spleen, &c. For a Swelling of the 
Spleen, make it into a Poultife, with the White of 
Egg and Barley Meal, and apply ; laid under the 
Head at Night, or a Plaifter of it, four Leaven, 
and Oil of Rofes, laid to the Head, cures the 
Head-ach, from hard Drinking. Its Decodtion is 
thought good againft the Biting of Serpents, and 
venomous Beads, Plague, Tertian and Quartan 
Agues. It kills and expels Worms, caufes a good 
Colour of the Face and Body, and, drank with 
Peony Seeds, is very good againft a Dropfy, and 
the diminiffied Office of Reins and Bladder ; by 
cleanfing them from vifcous and (limy Humours; 
applied outwardly with Hog’s Lard, it cures Swel- 
lings of the Privy Parts. The Juice, or Leaves 
bruifed, cleanfe the Skin wonderfully from all Spots, 
Freckles, or inflammatory Eruptions. The di- 
ftili’d Water from the Herb, in its full Growth, is 
faid to anfwer moft of the above Intentions. The 
Leaves make a very good Tea for the Vapours. 
The Water, dropp’d into the Eyes, is good for 
them. 
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Violet {Viola) is a Cordial Flower, and a Pec- 
toral; it moiftens, foftens, and loofens, moderates 
the Heat of Fevers, and Pain of the Head arifing 
thence ; they are good in a Cough, Roughnefs of 
the Throat, and Pleurify, The Flower is moft 
ufed. 
