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inward uie than the frefh, 
becaufe by Time the Moi- 
lture is evaporated, which 
fomuch difturbs the Body. 
The like may be obferv’d 
in the Roots and Leaves of 
Afarabackaj which purge 
violently upward and 
downward when they are 
green, by reafon of iuch an 
Acrid Moifturej for when 
they are dry they lole that 
malignantand violentforce. 
The fame is alio to be ob- 
ferv’d in Orris ; which, 
when green, burns and 
pricks violently j but when 
it is dry it doth not do fo. 
The fame is to be obferv’d 
in the Roots of Wake-Ro- 
bin, which loft their Acri- 
mony when they are dry, 
TakeBdellium,Ammonia- 
cum, and Galbanum, of 
each equal parts 5 beat 
them in a Mortar," with the 
Oyl of Ben, and Lillies ; 
then add the like quantity 
of the Mucilage of the 
Seeds of Fenugreek, and 
Figs: Make anOintment. 
*Tis of great ufe in the 
Scirrhus. 
Long and 
]%ound,in Latin Arifiolochia. 
The Root is hot and dry, 
Both difcufs, attenuate, o- 
pen and cleanfe : But the 
R.ound is of finer parts, the 
ong of grofler : Both are 
Cephalick, Epatick, and 
?ulmonick. They are good 
to open the Obftrudtionsof 
the Lungs, to provoke the 
Couries, to break inward 
Tumors, and to expel Poi- 
fon. The Infufion of the 
long Root is frequently u- 
fed to cure the Itch, and 
to cleanfe Wounds. ’Tis 
good for Pains in the Sto- 
mach, and for the Hickups. 
But the chief ufe of both, 
is, to purge the Womb af- 
ter Child-birth, and to 
force the Courfes. Take 
of the Roots of Round 
Birth-wort half a Dram, 
of the Leaves of dried Sa- 
vin one Dram and an half, 
of Dittany of Crete of the 
Troches ofMyrrh, of Afa 
Fatida, each one Dram ; 
of choice Cinnamon two 
Drams, of White Sugar 
two Ounces ; make a fine 
PoWder of them all : Take 
two Drams in the Morn* 
ing, for fome Days, in the 
Broth of Red Vetches , 
wherein two Drams of 
Cinnamon and half a Dram 
of Saffron have been boy I’d. 
Birth" 
