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How to make Eye-water.

TAKE a quarter of a pint of Lisbon wine, and a qnarter of an ounce of lapis calaminaris in powder, and put them together and shake the bottle now and then; and make use of this to your eyes with a bit of rag, and it will presently heal and strengthen weak and sore eyes.

How to make salve for all wounds.

Take one pound of hog's lard, three ounces of white lead, three ounces of red lead, three ounces of bees' wax, two ounces of black rosin, and four ounces of common turpentine; all these ingredients must be put together in a pan, and boil three quarters of an hour; the turpentine to be put in just before it is done enough, and give it a gentle boil afterwards. This is an excellent salve for burns, old sores, or ulcers, as it first draws, then heals afterwards; it is excellent for all wounds, and ought to be always kept in your house. The essential uses of the Oil of Carraways.

It is good against plague, poison, and melancholy;--causeth rest, helps difficulty of urine, jaundice, dropsy; it breaks the stone, and expels it, stops fluxes, and expels wind; it comforts all the inward parts; it provokes the terms, and is powerful in removing all obstructions of the liver, spleen, and lungs, causing a sweet breath, taking away asthmas, helping ulcers of the lungs, and giveth a good appetite; it is good in all diseases proceeding from colds, and any way afflicting the head or nerves, as vertigos, catarrhs, megrim and head-aches; also deafness, if one drop thereof be mixed with the oil of almonds, and put into the ear every morning. The dose is six, eight, or ten drops, in any convenient liquor; outwardly you may anoint with it, by mixing it with the oil of almonds, and you may always get them at the chemist's.

The Oil of Juniper berries.