G U ( *8; ) G U 
ens the Stomach, provokes 
Appetite, and helps Con r 
codtion, and expels Wind. 
’Tis of excellent Virtue in 
Pains of the Hips, and for 
Difeafes of the joints, pro- 
ceeding from cold Hu- 
mours. . Monardes adds a 
third partofWax, to make 
it ftick the better. This 
Plaiiter is very good for 
Swellings and Hardnefs ol 
the Spleen. 
<H5ttm^tagacantf>» it 
flows from the Root, being 
cut. That which is brought 
to us is glutinous, white, or 
yellow, and of a fweetifh 
Tafte. The Water where- 
in it is infus’d becomes 
clammy and mucilaginous. 
It opens Obftrudtions, and 
attemperates Acrimony. It 
is ufed in Medicines for the 
Eyes, and for Coughs and 
Hoarfnefs, and Deitillation 
in a Linctus with Hony. 
A Dram of it being dil- 
folv’d, and taken in a pro- 
per Liquor, mix’d with 
Burnt Hart’s- horn and a 
little Allum , eafes the 
Pain of the Kidneys, and 
Erofions of the Bladder. 
’Tis good for the Bloody 
Flux, in Clyfters. Asd dif- 
folv’d in Milk or Rofe-wa- 
ter, it takes off Rednefs 
of the Eyes, and hops fliarp 
Defoliations on them. A 
Mucilage of it is made in 
Water, to form other Me* 
dicines; for inftance, Tn> 
ches, ’Tis an Ingredient of 
the Syrup of Hyfop of the 
Londan*DifpenJatoiy, which 
is made in the following 
manner: Take of the Roots 
of Smallage, Parfly, Fen- 
nel, Liquorifli cut, each ten 
Drams ; ofjujebsand Se- 
beftines, each fifteen pair ; 
of Raifins cleans’d one 
Ounce and an half ; Figs, 
and fat Dates, ofeach nuiru 
ber Ten ; of the Seeds of 
Mallows, Quinces, and of 
Gum-Tragacanth, tied up 
in a Rag ; each three 
Drams ; of Hyfop mode- 
rately dried ten Drams, of 
Maidefi-hair fix Drams ; 
alt being prepar’d, infufe 
them twenty four Hours 
in eight pints of Barly-wa- 
ter, then bbyl them in B. 
M. and (train them out 
hard ; to the clear Liquor 
add fix Pounds and an half 
of Fine Sugar, make a Sy- 
rup in B. M. It corro- 
borates the Breaft and 
Lungs, and is excellent for 
Coughs. H. 
