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are to be difib lved and attenuated. It is prefcribed 
from 3j. to 3j. The Cnftom hath obtained that 
this Drug is never given alone, but always mixed 
with other proper Medicines, and moft frequently 
under the Form of a Pill by Reafon of its disagree- 
able Tafte. It is ufeful in the Afthma, ObftruCtion 
and Tumour of the Spleen ; in the Dropfy, Difor- 
ders of the Nerves, Spafms, the Epilepfy, Trem- 
bling of the Limbs, and the Palfy. It provokes 
the menfirual Purgations, and is laid to kill the 
Foetus : For which Reafon pregnant Women ought 
to abltain from it. Moreover, Mefue afferts that it 
hurts the Stomach and Liver : And on this Account 
it is mixed with aftringent and {Lengthening Sto- 
machicks, as with Spike, Maftich, Cinnamon, &c. 
It is likewife commended again!! a quartan Fever, 
and Pills are made of it defcribed by Q } uercetan , 
which are called Pilule de Sagapeno Camilla from one 
Camillas an eminent Phyfician of Genoa (viz.) 
Take of choice Sagapenum 5VJ. the purell Gum 
Ammoniack ^iij. Extract of the Troches AU 
handal ^j. Scammony prepared %j. Sal Gem 
3ifs. Mix thefe with the Syrup of Violets, 
rendered acid with the Spirit of Vitriol or the 
like, and make Pills of the Bignefs of Peas or 
Vetches. Let one be taken in the Beginning 
of the Paroxyfm, and be repeated for fome 
Days. They are likewife Serviceable in ffub- 
born Affections, in hypochondriack Diforders, 
and in Infarctions of the Bowels from thick and 
glutinous Humours. 
Roljincius aferibes to Sagapenum fo great a Power 
of curing Obftrudtions, that he fays, if it be only 
applied externally, it removes ObftruCtions of the 
Bowels like a Charm. It aifo refolves feirrhous 
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