Courfes ; is good for Orop- 
fies, ahd the Jaundice, and 
the biting of Venomous 
Creatures. ’Tis an Ingre- 
dient in Treacle and Mi- 
thridate; Sylvius corfimends 
it much for the Falling- 
flcknefs, becaufeit abounds 
with a Volatile Salt. 
pomegranate , in La- 
tin Malus Punica Jive Gra- 
natd. It grows in France, 
Italy and Spain. The Ap- 
ples are reckon’d to con- 
tain a good Juice, that is 
agreeable to the Stomach ; 
but it yields little Nourifh- 
ment; Pomegranates, with 
refpedf to their Tafte, are 
diftinguifli’d into Sweet, 
Acid and Vinous. The 
Sweet, and the Syrup of 
them, isufedfor Chronical 
Coughs and a Pleurihe ; 
but it. is not good in Fe- 
vers, beca'ufe it oceafions 
Wind, and increafes the 
Heat. The Acid are cold, 
and Aftringent, and Sto- 
machick ; wherefore they, 
and the Syrup of them, are 
ufed to quench Thirft, for 
Fevers, the Running of the 
Reins, for Ulcers of the 
Mouth, and the like. The 
YinpysareofamifHIe Na- 
turej betwixt Acid and 
Sweet ; they are Cordial 
and Cephalick, and chiefly 
ufed for Fainting, and Gid- 
dinefs, and the like. The 
Juice is prefs’d out of thefe 
Apples for the aforefaid 
Ufes; and being ferment- 
ed and clear’d, is call’d 
Wine. The Flowers are 
very aftringent, wherefore 
they are frequently ufed 
for Fluxes of all kinds. 
The powder of them being 
j'prinkled uponUlcers, foon 
Cicatrizes them, and cures 
Ulcers of the Mouth. The 
Bark is of the fame Nature 
with the Flowers 1 , and is j 
ufed to tan Leather, and 
to make Ink , inftead of | 
Galls. A Decotftion of it 
in Wine, taken inwardly, 
kills Worms , efpccially 
thofe which are called Afca- 
rides. The Kernels cool 
and bind, efpecially thole 
of the Acid Apple. In 
fllort, the Flowers, the 
Bark, the Kernels, and the 
Leaves are proper where 
there is need of binding. 
Syrup of Pomegranates of 
the Lotidon-Difpcnfatory is 
made in the following man- 
ner : Take of White Sugar 
a Pound and arihalf, of the 
i Jt\ice 
