22 CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
drunk rather warm before the ague-fits come on, in the courfe of a little time will 
entirely remoye them. Drinking the decoction of the feed for forty days together 
helpeth the (ciatica, the falling ficknefs, and the palfy. 3 
Uhh 3 vv ¥. 
THIS is too well known to require a defcription: 
Piace. It may be found upon moft old ftone walls of churches, houtes, ang 
ruinous buildings, and frequently. in woods and upon trees, 
Time. It flowereth in July, but the berries do not ripen | till they have felt the 
winter frofts, > SAN 
_GoveRnMENT AND, VIRTUES. Iti is under the dominion of Saturn. Diofcorides 
recommends abouta drachm of the flowers to be taken twice a day in red wine as 
an excellent medicine for the lafk and bloody flux. It i is very pernicious to the 
nerves and finews being taken too liberally, but particularly helpful: when extere 
nally applied, Pliny obferves, that the yellow berries are good againft the jaundice, 
and help thofe who {pit blood; alfo prevent drunkennefs; and that the white 
berries, bein g either inwardly or outwardly applied, kill the worms in the belly. 
The fame ‘been to powder, and taken in liquor for two or three days together, 
. admirably help thofe who have the plague, or, taken in wine, break the ftone, 
provoketh urine, and. _ bring, down the menftrua. The frefh leaves of ivy, boiled. 
in vinegar, and applied. warm to.the fides of thofe that are troubled with the {pleen, 
ach, or ftitch in the fides, give immediate eafe ; or, ufed with rofewater and oil of 
rofes.ta bathe the. temples and forehead, eafe the headach, though of long conti- 
nuance. The fame, boiled in wine, cleanfe and heal old and filthy ulcers, by, 
ufing it, as. a. wath ; it, is. hikewife. an excellent, cure for green. wounds, burnings, 
‘fcaldings, and.all kinds.of, exulcerations, coming, thereby, or by falt phlegm or hu- 
a mrs.in.other parts.of.the body, The,juice of the berries or leaves, fnuffed up. the, 
nofe, purgeth the.head and, brain_of thin rheum which caufeth defluxions, into the, 
sand.nole, and.cureth.the ulcers and tench therein; the fame, dropped into.the. 
~ eats, helpeth, theoldand.running,fores.of,them, By the continual. drinking aut. of 
a, cup made of,ivy, all fymptoms of the. {pléen are.entirely erazed. The. {peediet. 
Spel “Susftisiby wine, is.to.drink-a.draught s.sbe fame as wherein: hands. 
ful ofocuiesbivyeleaves have been boiled 
oy, ‘JUNIPER- BUSH. 
THISis —— ERE formers. canfequanlya derision: woulds 
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