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eight Spoonfuls thrice a 
Day. This is the Pectoral 
DccoCtion of the London- 
Difpenfatory. 
, in Latin 
Serophularia major. It has 
a (linking Smell, like Ei- 
der. The Root creeps a- 
wry, is white, and pretty 
thick, and branches out un- 
equally. The Stalk is firm, 
(freight, four-fquare, hol- 
low and Purplifh, about 
four Foot high, and is di- 
vided into Wings. The 
Leaf is large, (harp, indent • 
ed, and of a dark green 
Colour. The Flowers are 
placed on hairyFoot-ftalks, 
in a Five-leav’d Cup, and 
they are of a purple Co- 
lour. It grows in Hedges, 
and amonglt Bullies fre- 
quently. 
This, and fome other 
Herbs , do good in the 
King’s-Evil j but nothing 
has been found fo effectual, 
as Touching : And he that, 
on Trial, lhall find the 
Contur»acioufnefs of this 
Difcafc, which frequently 
deludes the belt Care and 
Induftry, will find Reafon 
of Acknowledging the 
Goodnefsof God, who has 
dealt fo plentifully \vith 
this Nation, in giving the 
Kings of it, -at lealt, from 
Edward the Confejfor^ own- 
wards, if not for a longer 
Time , an extraordinary 
Power in the Miraculous 
Cures thereof. This cur 
Chronicle has all along tc- 
ftified ; and the Perlonal 
Experience of many Thou- 
sands, now living, can wit- 
nels the lame. ? Eis alio 
ufeful in Cancers, and fat- 
ing Ulcers, The P<5\vcler 
of the dried Root, applied 
to the Piles, dr ies them up. 
A Dram of it taken in- 
wardly , expels Worms. 
The Water diddl'd from 
the Root, cures a Red Face. 
An excellent Ointment is 
made of this Herb, for cu- 
ring the Itch : It is compo- 
fed as follows ; In May 
take the Herb, with the 
Root ; and, well wafh’d and 
cleans’d, beat them in a 
Mortar; keep the juice in 
a Girds, well Hop’d, for a 
Year : and when you 
would prepare the Oint- 
ment, take of the Juice of 
Wax.and Oyl, equal parts, 
and boy 1 them to an Oint- 
ment.' For the King’s-E- 
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