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CHAP. 7.—THE EXCRESCENCES WHICH GROW ON THE ROBUR: ONE REMEDY. THE CHRRUS: EIGHT REMEDIES.

The round excrescences1 which grow on the robur * * * and mixed with bear's grease, are remedial in cases of loss of the hair by alopecy.

The leaves, bark, and acorns of the cerrus2 act as a desiecative upon gatherings and suppurations, and arrest fluxes. A decoction3 of them, used as a fomentation, strengthens such parts of the body as are paralyzed; and it is a very good plan to employ it as a sitting-bath, for its desiccative or astringent effects upon the lower extremities. The root of this tree neutralizes the venom of the scorpion.

1 See 13. xvi. c. 10.

2 See B. xvi. c. 8.

3 This decoction would be of a tonic and astringent nature, owing to the tannin and gallic acid which the leaves and bark contain.

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