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each two Drams of Lig- 
num- Aloes , Storax-Cala- 
mit. Cinnamon, and Tur- 
pentine, each one Dram j 
of Myrtles, and the Roots 
of Cyperus, each half a 
Dram ; of the Juice of 
Mint, and Horfe-tail, ex- 
tracted with Red Wine, a 
fufficient quantity : Make 
a Plaifter to be applied to 
the Region of thePubzs and 
Perine<eum, for an Inconti- 
nence of Urine. 
Ltgnum^CoIutymum. 
*Tis commended for expel- 
ling Poifon ; the Wood, 
Mark and Root mix’d toge- 
ther, is given for this pur- 
pofe but the Root is belt. 
It grows in Malabar. 
Ltgnum^olucenre. 
'Tisfound in the Moluccas , 
and is kept in Gardens ; 
and is fomuchefteem’d by 
the Inhabitants, that they 
will not let a Stranger fee 
it. The Seed of it is ufed 
to catch birds ^ they mix it 
with boyl’d Rice, and lay 
it our for the birds to eat 
it; and as foon as they 
have tailed it, they fall a- 
fleep, and are ftupid ; and 
if they eat greedily of it, it 
kills them : To roufe them 
that are afleep, they dip 
their Head in cold Water, 
and f® they recover. The 
Wood reduced to Pow- 
der with a File, and taken 
inwardly, or outwardly ap- 
plied, expels Poilons. It 
cures the biting of Vipers 
and Serpents, ten Grains of 
it being taken in Rofe- wa- 
ter. It alfo cures Wounds 
made by poifonous Arrows. 
The ftrongeft Man mult 
take half a Scruple of 
it. When it is ufed for 
purging, the party that 
takes it mull make but a 
fmall Supper the Night be- 
fore. It purges all Hu- 
mours, but efpecially grols, 
clammy and melancholy 
Humours. 5 Tis good for 
long Quartan Agues, and 
for Continual Fevers ; for 
the IliackpaiEon,the Cho- 
lick, Wind, a Droplie, and 
for Gravel, and for Diffi- 
culty of Urine , for pains 
of the Joints, a Scirrhus, 
and the King’s-Evil. It 
kills all forts of Worms, 
and reftores loft Appetite. 
Acofia obferv’d the great 
ufe of it in inveterate pains 
of the Head, an Hemicra- 
nia, Apoplexy, Noife of the 
Ears, 
