( si ; 
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as is fufficient, boyl them 
in OyJ, with Salt, and fo- 
ment them with it. In 
St. Anthony'* Fire, a Fo- 
mentation is frequently u- 
fed, made of two Parts of 
'Elder-water, and one of 
Spirit of Wine. This is 
commonly us’d in London, 
with good Succefs. My 
Father makes an Ointment 
of the Rcd-Lead-Plaifter 
and Oyl of Elder, which 
he frequently ules fer 
Burns : And I have found 
it very luccefsful alfo in 
other inflammations. 
Dwarf-QlUtX. See bane- 
wort. 
elecampane, in Latin 
Heienitim. Many Leaves, 
long and broad ,come from 
the Root, and bend to- 
wards the Earth ; they are 
acute on both Ends, above 
of a pale Green, under 
hairy, indented about the 
Edges. They have fhorr 
Foot- ftalks, from theCcntre 
whereof the Stalks rife , 
fometirnes one fometimes 
more ■> they are ftreighc , 
hairy and reddifh* five or 
fix Foot high, with fome 
Loa\ e . thereon, comparing 
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( them about at the Lower 
_ Ends ; they arc branched 
towards the tops, and beat- 
great, large Flowers, like 
thole of our Marigold, of 
a Golden Colour. The 
Root is very thick, with- 
out brown, within white, 
and of anAromatickTaftc, 
and fm ells fwcet and plca- 
fantly, efpecially when dri- 
ed. It grows in moift 
Meadows and Pafturcs ; 
but it is not common. 
It flowers in June and 
July. 
The frefn Root being 
candied, or dried , and 
powder’d, mix’d withHc- 
ny or Sugar, is very good 
in a Difficulty of Breath- 
ing, an AJlhma , and an old 
Cough. Being taken after 
Supper, it helps Conce- 
ption. It is alfo commend- 
ed as an excellent P re 1 cr- 
eative againlt the Plague. 
| Being taken in the Morn- 
ing, it forces Urine, and 
the Courfes. Half a Pint 
of White-wine , wherein 
the dic’d Roots have been 
infus’d three Days, taken 
in the Morning falling, 
cures the Grecn-licknel's. 
A DecoPtion of the Root, 
taken 
