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and Lungs. Outwardly 
applied , it cleanfcs 
Wounds and Ulcers , 
and cafes the Pain of the 
Gout. Diafcordium is 
made of it, and has its 
Name from it. Many 
Peftilential Buboes have 
been broken and cured 
with Scordium. The 
Compounded Scordium- 
water is much in ufe j 
and is made in the fol- 
lowing manner : Take 
of the clarified Juice of 
Goats-Rue, Sorrel, Scor- 
dium and Citron, each 
one Pound ; of London - 
Treacle two Ounces ; in- 
fufe them three Days , 
and then diltil them in 
Glafs. You may give two 
or three Ounces, at a 
time. 
a>curbp-graf0 , ill La- 
tin Cochlcaria, ’Tis hot 
and dry , and abounds 
with a Volatile Salt : 
Upon which Account, it 
renders the fix’d and crude 
Humours more Spiritous 
and Volatile, It cures 
thofc Difeafes that pro- 
ceed from too great a 
quantity of fixed Salts , 
but Specially the Scurvy ; 
upon which Account it 
is call’d in Englijh Scur- 
vy-grals. But , becaufe 
the Parts wherein the 
chief Virtue of this Plant 
conlilts are very Volatile , 
and loon diilipated by 
boyling, the Juice, or an 
Infufion of the Herb, is 
much more effectual than 
the Decodtion. The Scur- 
vy is a Difeafe very fre- 
quent among thofe that 
live on the Sea-lhore, c- 
fpecially in the North ; 
and among fiich as feed 
chiefiy upon Salt-fifii. 
Solenander fays, fuch kind 
of Plants grow in every 
Region , by the Appoint- 
ment of God Almighty , 
which moft agree with 
the People and Animals 
that are there bred. Nay, 
he fays , he could tell 
what were the Difeafes of 
any Country, by feeing 
the Herbs that were molt 
common in it. As , A- 
mong the Danes and 
Dutch , with whom the 
Scurvy is very frequent^ 
Scurvy-grafs grows plen- 
tifully, Take of Con- 
ferves of Scurvy - graft , 
Roman Worm-wood, and 
Fumatory , each two 
Ounces 5 
