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helps chore who are tailing into a Dropfy, being ta- 
ken in the beginning oh the Difeafe. Dote two, 
three or four Spoonfuls Morning and Night. 
XIII. The Epence. It has all the former Virtues , 
betides which, ic opens Obftruftions of the Sto- 
mach, Liver, Spleen, Reins and Womb ; provokes 
the Terms in Women, and helps to expel the dead 
Child, and the After-birth. It it is mixt with Vi- 
negar, and to taken, it does watte or confume the 
Spleen, and is very effectual againft alt torts of Poi- 
tou, chiefly the Bitings of Serpents and mad Dogs. 
Uied outwardly with Honev, it cleanfes old and 
running Sores and putrid Ulcers, hindering their 
fpreading and eating : and fo mixed with Honey 
and put into the Eyes, it helps their running and 
watering, and removes the Dimnefs of Sight. Ta- 
ken inwardly, three or four Spoonfuls at a time, it 
is good againft Pains and Stitches of the Side, Co- 
licks. and other the like DifaffeUions. It cures al- 
io Tertian and Quartan Agues, being taken every 
day in the Morning tilting, and on the- day of the 
Fit, three hours before the Fit comes : and Experi- 
ence has found it a molt effectual Remedy againft 
rhe Plague it felf 
XIV. The bifufion. It has the Virtues of the 
Juice and Effence, but not full out fo effeftual : it 
prevails againft Difeafes of the Brain, continual 
Pains of the Head, Melancholy, F.pilepfy, Carus, 
Lethargy and Dulnefs of Spirits, Palfies, Convulfi- 
ons, etc. Dofe fix Ounces Morning, Noon and 
Night. .... „ , 
XV. The DecoBion. It has the Virtues of the 
Juice, Effence and Infuiion, hut is fomething more 
efficacious than the Infuiion, but not fo pleafant to 
be drank by the Patient, becaufe it taftes Wronger ; 
yet it may be given to tix Ounces or mote, as the 
Infuiion afotefaid is given. Put into the Ears, it 
kills Worms in them, and alfo kills Worms in the 
Belly, fo alfo the Juice and Effence. A Decoftion 
of the Herb or Root rather, made in Wine, and taken 
for fixty days continually, tout hours before Meat, 
it is a certain Remedy for the Gout. 
XVI. The Syrup. " Durantes makes a Syrup for 
tile Spleen after this manner : Take Germander , 
Ground Bine, Ceterach , Aladder , of each a Handful 
Raifons (toned an Ounce Bark of Caper-roots , Roots 
of Smallage, Elecampane , Blew it lower deluce , Orrice , 
Liquorice , of each ha/J an Ounce ; Bark of Tama- 
risk, C 'Sperm, Seeds of Anife , iennel, Smallage, of 
each two Drams : boil all in a Sufficient quantity of 
a Mixture of equal parts of Water and Vinegar : 
then pram, and with a Sufficient quantity of Honey , 
make a Syrup, aromat izing it with five or fix Dunces 
of prong Cinnamon-water. The Dole is fourOunces 
every Morning fatting. It is good alfo againft 
Coughs, Colds, Atthma’s and other Diftempers ot 
the Lungs ; as alfo againft the Colick, Stitches in 
the Side, ©V. 
XVII. The Bonder of the Herb. It has the Vir- 
tues of the Juice, but more aftringent, toeing very 
good to ttop all manner of Fluxes, whether of the 
Belly or of Blood ; as alfo the Courfes in Women, 
and to ltop Vomiting, being given from half a Dram 
to a Dram, and half, in Vinegar or any other proper 
Vehicle. 
XVIII. The, Bonder of the Seed. It may be given 
from half a Dram to a Dram and half in a Glafs of 
White Port Wine, for fome days; and fo taken, it 
expels Cholerby the Urinary Paffages, and is profi- 
table againft the Yellow Jaundice : it alfo comforts 
the Stomach, and ftrengthens all the Vifceta, tho’ 
under long Weakneffes. 
XIX. The. Ointment or Balfam. It heals fimple 
green Wounds in a ftiorc time ; and being applied 
to foul running Sores, and old putrid Ulcers, it di- 
geft them, cleanfes, incarnates, dries, and quickly 
heals them up. Applied to the Gout, it eal'es the 
Pain in twenty four hours time ; and by the con- 
ftant Ule of it afterwards , in a lhort time cutes 
it, and that fo perfectly, as to return n d mote again 
upon that Balls. 
XX. The Catdp/afm. Being beaten and boiled in 
Vinegar, and brought to a Confiftence with a little 
Leaven, and fo applied to the Stomach, it Hops and 
cures all thofe Vomitings which arife from hot and 
cholerick Caufes : and applied to the Forehead and 
Temples in cafe of an Hcemorrhage or Bleeding at 
Nofe, it ptefently ftops it. 
XXI. The Spirituous TinBure. It warms and. 
comforts a cold Stomach, and fo ftrengthens it, as 
to caufe a good Appetite and a ftrong Digeftion. It 
is cordial and excellent good againft fainting and 
fwooning Fits, Fits of the Mother, and a vehement 
Sicknefs at Heart, which it eafes almoft in a mo- 
ment. It expels Wind powerfully, and gives eafe 
in the Cclick ; and is a lingular thing in refifting e- 
ven the Violence of Convulfions. Dofe two 
Diams. 
XXII. The Acid TinBure. It is fo powerful aft 
Opener of all Obftructions of the Stomach and other 
Vifcera, that there are but few other things which 
equal it. It cures and prevents the Rickets in Chil- 
dren ; is powerful againft a Cachexia in Virgins and 
other young People ; and a Angular thing againft 
the Green-hcknefs in young Women. It excites a 
good Appetite where it is languid or is wanting * 
incides, diflolves and expels thick, tough, vifeous 
Flegm, and other tartatous Humots lodged in the 
Stomach and Bowels, caufing Tottions, Gripings, 
Colicks, Cfc. let it be given Dietetically in all that 
the Patient drinks, whether Ale, Beer or Wine, fo 
many Drops at a time as may give the Vehicle a 
pleafant Acidity, continuity its Ufe as long as need 
requires. k> 
XXIII. The Oily. TinBure. Outwardly bathed 
upon any Part, or Parts affefled with Lamenefs, 
NumbednefsjTrembling, Paliy,Convulfions,Cramps, 
from a cold .Caufe ; .as alfo upon PunCftyes of the 
Nerves ot Tendons, it in a (hort time gives eafe, 
and by Continuation of the fame, (doing it Morn- 
ing and Night > in no long time a perfect Cure. It 
eafes Pains upon the Shin-bones, as. alfo Pains in 
the Joints, the Gout and Rheumatilm ; and is an 
excellent thing 'to be bathed upon any Part which 
has contracted any Weaknefs by the long Continu- 
ance of any Diftafe : But in failles and.Convulfions 
it is to be noted, That, the Back-bone muft alfo be 
pointed with the fame in lifee manner, twice a day, 
rubbing it very well inj 
XXIV. T he Saline TinBure. Inwardly given 
flora one Dram to twain a Glafs of White Pott 
Wine, it opens ObftruCtions of the Urinary Paffages, 
and provokes Urine^, powerfully, expelling. Gravel, 
Sand, and flimy or vifeous Matter, which flops the 
Urine and caufes Pain' Bathed upon a recent and 
ljmple Contufion, it hinders the Aggregation of Hu- 
rfiors, difeyfles thole which ate prelent,and quick- 
ly cutes'tflg fame,- taking away alfo the Blacknefs 
ajid Blewnefs thereof. " It, is alfo good againft Pim- 
ples, FretKtas, Sun-burningf Tanning, Yellownefs, 
Scutff, Morphew, alia other like Breakings out of 
the Skin. 
XXV. The Spirit from the Herb. It is highly 
Stomatick and Cordial, good againft all Difeafes of 
the Head, Brain, Nerves, Heart and Vitals, com- 
forting the Parts affeCted, refilling the malign Va- 
pors which opptefs the Spirits, and reviving the u- 
niverfal Man. Dofe from one to two Drams, ei- 
ther alone or in a Glafs of choice and generous 
Wine, as oft as occafton requites, viz. in tainting, 
fwooning, ©Y. CHAP, 
