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It grows in Eaft-Indi< t, and 
is their chief Corn. It de- 
lights much in moift and 
wet Ground, and therefore 
they perpetually water it j 
fo that thofe that reap it 
are forc’d to go up to the 
Knees in Water. Tis ve- 
ry much eaten with Meat 5 
fo that all the Oriential Na- 
tions live upon it almoft. 
‘Tis eafie to concodt, and 
taftes very pleafantly being 
boil'd in Milk, or in fat 
Broth. Tis good Food for 
thofe that are troubled with 
the Bloody-Flux, a Loof- 
nefs, and the like. Some 
think, that the feeding up- 
on it often makes them 
fat ; and therefore Lean 
Women eat it often, boil’d 
in Milk. 
Ulcers of the Lungs, and 
for other Difeafes of them ; 
as, a Conlumption, Spit- 
ting of Blood, and the like. 
’Tis ufed outwardly for 
Wounds. ’Tis an Ingre- 
dient in the Magifterial- 
Water of Snails of the Lon- 
don Difpenfatory . 
i y -f« 
C of Jerufalem in La 
>3 tin Pulmonaria Maculo- 
fn. Tis commonly ufec 
with Pot-herbs. Tis cor- 
dial, and good for the 
Ltings. ’Tis much of the 
healing Nature of Com- 
frey. ’Tis chiefly uf^d for 
in Latin §an* 
tanum. There are three 
forts of it, White, Yellow 
and Red. Thefe Woods 
are Epatick and Cordial. 
r They are chiefly ufcd for 
fainting , Palpitation of 
the Heart , and Obftru- 
iftions of phe Liver. They 
are ufed outwardly in Epi? 
therns, for Catarrhs, Head- 
ach. Vomiting, and for an 
hot Intemperies of the Li- 
ver. The Arabians, ^.nd 
moft of the modern Phy- 
ficians, hold, that Sanders 
are cold : But John Baubi - 
nus, and others, judge they 
are hot, by their Effects 
and Tafte. Great quanti- 
ties of the White and Yel- 
low Sanders ate uled in In- 
dia ; for almoft all the, In- 
habitants walh their Bodies 
with Water wherein they 
have been infus’d, having 
been firft pounded in a 
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