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For Wind in the Stomach.

A Little Rose Water, and a few Drops of Annise Oil, taken by times. Or, a little Nutmeg to every Meal, or Corriander Seeds : Otherwise, Mustard taken to your Meat.

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For a Strain by any Way.

SITFAST Juice applied, and a Cloth fill kept Wet therewith. Otherwise, look at my Cure for Strained Bones, within the compass of the Letter B.

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To Comfort the Stomach.

SOME mantain that Sweet-meats of various kinds, comforts the Stomach ; but I beg leave to differ, my opinion being quite the reverse : for, it is like Poison to Poison, evil to evil, Malo, molis, ad malam, officienda est: for Sweet-meats being generally heavy, although pleasing to the taste, may be obnoxious to the Body; and what may be a Delila to the mouth, may in the belly bite like a Serpent, and sting Iike an Adder: Therefore, the best Cure I can give you, is this: Take a Handful of Field Worry wood, the same of Tusilago Leaves, and as much Hynd's Tongue, boil altogether, in a Scots Pint of Water into a Choppin, or thereabouts : Then drink a Glass of this each Morning till done.

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