28 CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
and of the wathing it fromthe falt wherewith fome of it is made, The oil that is 
~ made of unripe olives is more cooling and binding than that which is made of thofe 
that areripe ; which, when it is frefh and new, is moderately heating and ‘moilten- 
ing: but, if it it be old, it hath a {tronger force to warm and difcufs, which properties 
are perceivable by its fweetnefs ; for, if the oil be harfh, it is more cooling than 
_ warming; and, if that oil be wafhed, it taketh from itall harfhnefs. 
The green oil of unripe olives, while it is frefh, is moft welcome to the ftomach ; 
_ it ftrengtheneth the gums, and fafteneth the teeth, if it be held in the mouth for 
any time; and, being drunk, it preventeth too great a perfpiration in thofe who are 
-fubject thereunto, The {weet oil is of moft ufe in fallads, &c. being moft pleafing 
~ tothe it itomach and tafte;. but the older the oil is, the better it is for medicine, both’ 
to warm any part, and difcufs any thing where needful ; and to.open and move the 
| belly downwards ; and is moft effectual againft all poifons, efpecially thofe that ex- 
ai ulcerate the inteftines, or, not having pafied down fo low, irritate the ftomach ; the — 
oil either bringing it up by vomiting, or at leaft hindering its malignity from fpread- 
“it ng. Itis alfoa principal ingredient i in almoft all lalyes, helping as well the form i 
as ‘the virtue thereof. 
The foot, or dregs of the oil, the older it is, isthe better for various purpofes, as 
to heal the fcab inman or beaft, being ufed with the decottion of lupines. It is very 
profitably ufed for ulcers of the faundament or privy parts, when mixed with honey, 
7 wine, and vinegar ; it healeth wounds, and helpeth the tooth-ach being held in the 
~ mouth ; fi it be boiled in a copper veffel to the thi¢knefs of honey, it bindeth much 
: 3 and is effectual for all the purpofes for which lycinus may be ufed ; if it be boiled 
3 with the juice of unripe grapes to the thicknefs of Boney and age: to the teeth, a 
will caufe them to fall out. 
fore Hercules madeit one of his labours to kill the dragon that 
called irda ancizthe maamlaisTierides, she dlicyapciee ome 
i} er > they were, and to bring them away with him. The flowers i 
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re called: napha, and the ointment that is made of them ee ei 
