Foreign Ve getables. 206 
The Ufe of this Fruit in the Kitchen is well 
known to every one. By Phyficians it is reckon- 
ed heating and drying *, to be good againft cold 
Affections of the Brain, Giddinefs, Weaknefs of 
Sight, Head- Ache, Fainting, Palpitation of the 
Heart, Debility of the Stomach, Impotency in 
Men, Suppreffion of the Menfes , and hyfterical 
Diforders. They refill the Contagion of the Air, 
being either eaten, or ufed in Fumigation. The 
Dole in Subllance is from gr. iij. to 3j. and in In- 
fufion from gfs. to gij. Externally they are made 
Ufe of in Bags, or Plaifters to apply to the 
Stomach againft Vomiting, or Pains arifing from 
Cold nefs. The Powder is fometimes fcattered up- 
on the Plead to remove Pain or Heavinefs ; and 
in catarrhous Affections of the Brain, or Palfy of 
the Tongue, Cloves are ufeful to chew in the 
Mouth in order to draw forth the Spittle. The 
effential Oil has the fame Virtues, and is alfo of 
great Service to carious Bones, and the Tooth- 
Ache. In Apoplexies it is rubbed upon the lower 
and back Part of the Head ; and is taken inwardly 
to gutt. j. or ij. 
Take Cloves and Cinnamon a 9j. Nutmeg gr. 
xv. Sugar gifs. Make a Powder to be taken 
in red Wine for Crudity or Flatulency of the 
Stomach, or for Vomitings. 
Take of dry Angelica- Root gij. Cloves, Nut- 
meg and Mace, a gj. Florentine Orri^ and 
Lavender Flowers, a gifs, folid Storax, male 
Frankincenfe and Amber, a gj. Make a 
grofs Powder, which is to be mixed with 
Cotton And fewed up into a Cap f. a. between 
a double Piece of Silk. A Cap made after 
this Manner may be warmed every Night 
with the Smoke of Amber and Mallich 
thrown 
