Primitive Physick (14th ed., 1770)
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | 1770 |
| Passage ID | jw-primitive-physick-090 |
| Words | 284 |
| Source | https://wesleyscholar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Prim... |
809. Or, drink largely of Decoction of Turnips fweetened with Honey : 810. Or, of warm Lemonade : Tried. 811. Or, of Decoction of Malloros : 812. Or, of Decoction of red Nettle feed. 222. Sunburn, (fmarting. ) 813. Wafh the Face with Sage-Tea: 223. A Surfeit. 814. Take about a Nutmeg ofthe green Tops of Wormwood. 224. Toftop profufe Sweating. 815. Drink largely of cold Water. 225. To prevent it. 816. Mix an Ounce of Tincture of Peruvian Bark, with half an Ounce of Spirit of Vitriol. Take a Tea-fpoonful Morning and Night, in a Glass ofWater. 226. To cure Night -fweats . 817. Drink a Gill of warm Milk, at lying down. 227. Swelled 227. Swelled Glands in the Neck. 818. Take Sea-water every other Day. 228. Swelled Legs . 819. Bathe them every Morning in coldWater, and take an easy Purge twice a Week : 820. Or, take Wormwood, Stuthernwood, and Rue, ftamp them together, and fry them in Honey, 'till they grow dry : Then apply them as hot as you can bear. 229. A Swelled Throat. 821. Gargle with Decoction of Nettles : 822. Or, of Primrofe-leaves : 230. A white Swelling (on the Joints. ) 823. Hold the Part half an Hour every Morning, under the Stream that falls from a Mill ; or under a Pump or Cock . This cures alfo any Pains inthe Joints. It feldom fails. Tried. 824. Or, pour on it daily a Stream of warm Water: 825. Or, a Stream of cold Water one Day, and warm the next, and fo on by Turns : 826. Or, apply daily a Bladder filled with warm Water.-Ufe thefe Remedies at the firft, if poffible.