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the Head-ach. Beaten and applied, after they are heated at the Fire they 
are good inthe Gout, as is alfo the vapor of the decocted Leaves received 
on the part. A Bath with it is a good Diuretick. The Fruit is purging 
if in Powder it be fried and given with Sugar. The Seeds beaten eafe 
the Kidnies if applied to them outwardly. The Oil is purging. Given 
with Milk it is good in the Collick, and inwardly applied it is good 
ue pee It ftops Vomiting if the Bark be hanged about the Neck. 
Clufius was miftaken when he thought this Oil was extracted out of the 
Phyfick-Nut, for ’tis commonly out of this which has a rough or murciated 
Fruit, whereas that has not, neither has the Phyfick-Nut a {potted Seed, al- 
though an Oil is drawn out of that too, but Mozardes his defcription of the 
Tree to be like our Ricinus, muft make it this Tree, and not the other 
which has a Face quite different. 
“Tis good for clearing Negroes Skins, and for Lice on the Head. Zertre. 
Oleum Kicininum Diofcor. de Kerva Arabb. is made by beating the Seeds, 
and pouring water, which is after heated on them, it {wims at top, and is 
usd for Lamps in Egypt. Cord. in Diofc. 
Thefe Seeds taken inwardly Purge upwards and dounwards with great 
Anxiety. Jd. Hift. pl. 
It is {owed in Fields about Milan for Oil for Lamps. Gefz. 
Thirty Grains beaten and drank Purges by Vomit and Stool. Diofc. Fuchf. 
Lon. Trag. The Leaves help Inflamations of the Eyes and Breaft beaten 
With Vinegar, and applied. Low. 
The Inhabitants of Pantalaree, who are Poor, ufe the Oil made of this 
Cif it be what he means) for Lamps and eating, and anoint their Hair there- 
with to make it grow. Nicol. : 
It is good for the fame purpofes that Olewm de Cherva. is Mef. Fragof. 
The Leaves help St. Antonies Fire. 
5: Five, feven, or at moft fifteen Seeds are a Dofe. Mef. Thirty endangers 
ife. 
The Oil is good for Plaifters and Ointments.. This was what fhaded 
Jonas, as Arias Montanus fays. Dod. 
A fpoonful of the Oil Purges not, nor three fpoonfuls in a Glifter. The 
Leaves are good in the Head-ach. Stubbs, Phil. tranf. N°. 36- 
Green Oil is made fo of Ebulus Fruit. Matth. 
The Oilis called Azeyte de Cherva. Lac. | 
Three of the Seeds of thefe of Syria, which are larger, area Purge. Cam, 
An Anonymus Portugal ap. Purchas, lib. 7. cap. %. p. 1308. tells us that 
in Brafile they dry them four daysin the Sun, Stamp and Seeth them, an Oil 
comes at top, which is ufed for giving light, and anointing the Stomach 
to ftop Vomiting, it alfo takes away Oppilations and Collick. Rawolfe, 
p. 1. cap. 4. relates that it is found about Tripoli in great abundance, Bel- 
donius cap.18. that it grows to a Tree. 
IX. Ricinus Americanus major caule virefcente, hort. Reg. Par. Cat. p.39. Kiki 
Mirand. Sin. & Eur. p.894. Lathyris major five cataputia major, 1. Ricinus. 
Ambrof. h. 36. : 
This differs only from the former in haying its Stalk and Leaves green, 
whereas the other has them redifh; wherefore [ doubt it is only a variety 
of the precedent. 
X. Ricimis; focus folio, fore penta-petalo viridi, fructu levi pendulo, Cat. p. 4o. 
Ricinus Americus. Tabor. p.4%» Ricinns Americanus. Contant. p. 1. Den five 
Dende Arabum Calceal. mu. 'p. 533. Dende Mof. Mofc. p. 269. ioe ‘i 
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