Wesley Corpus

Primitive Physick (14th ed., 1770)

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typetreatise
Year1770
Passage IDjw-primitive-physick-088
Words341
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Catholic Spirit Universal Redemption Prevenient Grace
209. A Stitch in the Side. 774. Apply Treacle spread on a hot Toaft . Tried. 210. Frequent or violent Stitches. 775. Drink Decoction of Nettles, and apply the Herbs hot : Tried . 211. Accidental Sicknefs, or Pain in the Stomach. 776. Vomit with a Quart of warm Water. Do this twice or thrice, omitting a Day between. Pain in the Stomach from bad Digeflion. 777. Take fafting, or in the Fit, half a Pint of Camomile Tea. Do this five or fix Mornings : 778. Or , drink the Juice of half a large Lemon immediately after Dinner every Day :-Dr. Mead. 779. Or, from twenty to forty Drops of Elixir of Vitriol in Sage Tea, twice or thrice a Day : 780. Or, in the Fit, a Glafs full of Vinegar. 213. Cholerick, Hot Pains in the Stomach. 781. Take half a Pint of Decoction of Groundluy, with a Tea fpoonful of the Powder of it, five or fix Mornings . 214. Cold 214. Coldness ofthe Stomach. 782. Take a Spoonful of the Syrup ofthe Juice of Carduus Benedictus, fafting, for three or four Mornings. I 783. Or, chew a leaf of Carduus every Morning and swallow the spittle. 215. Pain in the Stomach, with Coldnefs and Wind. 784. Swallow five or fix Corns of white Pepper, for fix orfeven Mornings. Tried. 216. The Stone (to prevent.) 785. Eat a Cruft of dry bread every Morning : Tried. If 786. Or, drink a Pint of warm Water dailyjuft before Dinner. After difcharging one Stone, this will prevent the generating of another. 787. Stoop down, and rise yourself up again. you feel Pain as if cut through the Middle, the Pain is not from the Stone, but Rheumatism : 788. Beware of Coftiveness. Use no violent Diuretics. Mead is a proper Drink. 789. In the fit, flice a large Onion ; pour half a Pint of warm Water upon it. After it has ftood twelve Hours, drink the Water. Do this every Morning 'till you are well. 217. In
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