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the Spike and Flower flou- 
rifh in ApiL 
’Tis much us’d ;n 
Peftilential Fevers. ’Tis 
alfo reckon’d good in 
Coughs, and for an AJth - 
ma. It expels the broad 
Worms of the Belly, and 
provokes Urine and the 
Courfes. ®Tis outwardly 
applied to Bubo’s, a ndMa- 
lignant Ulcers. ’Tis us’d 
alio to provoke Sweat, and 
to expel Malignity : Take 
of the Root of Burdock. 
Virginian Snake-weed and 
Contrayerva , each one 
Dram $ of Cochinell and 
Saffron, each half a Dram; 
make a Powder. The 
Dofe is half a Dram, to 
be taken in a proper ¥a* 
ter. 
2l5utt*ttoO& or York - 
Jbire-Sanicfe, in Latin &n- 
gificula* The Root has 
feme white Fibres, that 
are pretty large conlider. 
ing the fmalnefs of the 
Pl?mt. It does not grow 
deep. Six or feven of the 
Leaves lie on the Earth, 
and fometimes more ; of a 
pale yellow Green ; they 
look greafie, and ffiine as 
2 
if they were befmear’d ; in 
length two Inches, and in 
breadth about one ; they 
are fomewhat blunt at the j 
Ends,theEdgcs arcfmooth, 
the upper part of the Leaf 
is cover’d with a very fhort j 
Down, which is fcarcely s 
feen. Some Foot-ftalks, j 
about an Hand high, arife 
amonglt the Leaves; at 
the top of each is plac’d 
one purplifh Flower, of 
one Leaf, divided into live 
parts. It grows in marlhy 1 
Places, and on moilt Hills. 
The Leaves bruis’d and 
applied, cure frelhWounds, 
Country-PeoplccureChaps 
in Cows Dugs, and Chaps 
and Swellings on their 
Hands, by anointing them 
with the fat Juice of this 
Herb. The Weljb make a 
Syrup of it, wherewith 
they purge themfelves : ; 
They alfo boyl the Herb in 
Broth for the fame purpofe, 
for it purges Flegm very 
briskly : They alfo make 
an Ointment of it, which is 
of excellent ufe forObttru- 
dicn of the Liver. The 1 
Leaves beat, and applied 
toParts affeded withPain, i 
cafe thePain,’Tis reckon’d ’ 
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