( 3°3 > 
as Jaundice, Dropfy, and putrid Fevers •, expel 5 
vicious Humours by Urine and plentiful Perfora- 
tion, and kills Worms and Moths in Clothes. It is 
good in all Agues, for which it is given in Decoc- 
tion, or Infufion, in Water, Ale, Wine, or in the 
Juice only *, but its Infufion in Wine or Ale (if the 
Difeafewill allow of Malt Liquors) is an eafy, and 
as good a Preparation as any. Its fimple diftill’d 
Water is good for little. There is little more in its 
Salt obtained by Incineration, than in any other 
lixivial Salt. Its Decodtion, Wine, Extract, and 
both Oils, are good, and its compound Water not 
bad. Its Juice is more watery and detergent, the 
Herb more aftringent, only the dried Herb fhould 
be infilled in Wine, or Ale. The Infufion, drank 
Evening and Morning for fomeTime, helps Hyfte- 
rics, Obftrudtions of the Spleen, and Weaknefs of 
the Stomach. Its Oil, taken on Sugar, and fome- 
.what drank after, kills Worms, refills Poifon, and 
is good for the Liver and Jaundice. The Ufe of 
the Herb checks immoderate Venery. The Root 
has a flow Bitternefs, which affedts not the Head 
and Eyes, like the Leaves; hence the Root fhould 
be accounted among the beft Stomachics. The 
Extradl, mixt with Precipitants and Abfcrbents, 
or fix’d or volatile Salts, is good in Tertians or 
Quotidians. Oil of the Seed, given from half a 
Scruple to half a Dram in fome Liquor, or a Spoonful 
of the Juice in fome Wine, taken before theFit|comes 
on, and the Perfon is put to Bed, cures Quotidians 
and Quartans. In a Loofenefs from eating too 
much Fruit (after the Ufe of Rhubarb) Wormwood 
Wine is excellent. A Woman raifed, fpread, and 
maintained her Reputation for the Cure of a Me- 
grim, by only ufing a Fomentation to the Part 
of green Roots of wild Cucumber diced, and Worm- 
wood, of each alike, boil’d in two Parts W r ater, 
and 
