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Tillm Of Line-tree. Boiled, the water i Rhodium. Encreases milk in nurses.helDS burning's * Santalum,album, Rubrum,citrinum. White,
Th l/r ;, Of Frankinsenscs. I must plead \ red, and yellow Sanders : They are all coldja-noiamiis. | and dry in the second or third degree: the
b jjlmi . Of Elm. Moderately hot and!red stops defluxions from any part, andcleansing, good for wounds, burns, and helps inflammations: the white and yellowbroken bones, viz. boiled in water and the j (of which the yellow is best) cool the heat
grieved place bathed with it.
WOODS AND THEIR CHIPS,RASPINGS.
cause
of fevers, strengthen the heart, and5 cheerfulness.
1 Sassafras. Is hot and dry. in the secondOR \ d e £ ree ’ ^ opens obstructions or stoppings,fit strengthens the breast exceedingly; if it! be weakened through cold, it breaks theA Gallockus, Lignum Aloes. Wood of \ stone, stays vomiting, provokes urine, andAloes ; is moderately hot and dry : a good! is very profitable in the venereal, used incordial: a rich perfume, a great strengthener j diet drinks.
to the stomach. \ Tamaris. Is profitable for the rickets,
Aspalathus. Rose-wood. It is modera tely j and burnings,hot and dry, stops looseness, provokes! Xylobalsamum. Wood of the Balsamurine, and is excellent to cleanse filthy j tree, it is hot and dry in the second degree,ulcers. according to Galen. I never read any great
Bresiliim. Brasil . All the use I know j virtues of it.of it is, to die cloth, and leather, and j
make red ink. j . ==>
Bums. Box. Many Physicians havejwritten of it, but no physical virtue of it. jCypressus. Cypress. The Wood laid |
amongst cloaths, secures them from moths. j wood, male and female. It is hot and drySee the leaves. I in the third degree, resists poison, kills
Ebenum. Ebony. It is held to clear the j worms ; outwardly in plaisters, it dissolvessight, being either boiled in wine, or burnt j cold swellings, and helps the bitings ofto ashes. ? venomous -beasts, makes hair grow: take
Guajacum, Ligiium vitssz Dries, attenu-j not above half a dram at a time in powder,ales, causes sweat, resists putrefaction, is? Absinthium , Sic. Wormwood . Its severalgood for the French disease, as also for j sorts, are all hot and dry in the second orulcers, scabs, and leprosy: it is used in diet | third degrees, the common Wormwood isdrinks. \ thought to be hottest, they all help weak-
Juniperus . Juniper. The smoak of the j ness of the stomach, cleanse choler, killwood, drives away serpents; the ashes of j worms, open stoppings, help surfeits, clearit made into lie, cures itch, and scabs. | the sight, resist poison, cleanse the blood,Nephriticum. It is a light wood and ! and secure cloaths from moths,comes from Hispaniola ; being steeped inf Abugilissa, $c. Alkanet. The leaves arewater, will soon turn it blue, it is hot and j something drying and binding, but inferiordry in the first degree, and so used as be- [in virtue to the roots, to which I referfore, is an admirable remedy for the stone, j you.
and for obstructions of the liver and spleen, j Acctosa. Sorrel. Is moderately cold
HERBS AND THEIR LEAVES.
A Brotanum, mas, fosmina. Southern-