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The Flowers are the Part ufed, and they are to 

 be frefli gathered, and only juft blown. A Tea 

 made of them, is good to promote the Menfes, 

 and it operates alfo by Urine. ' An Ointment is 

 to be made, by boiling them in Ho^s Lard, 



which is excellent for fore Nipples. 



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The Juniper Shrub. 

 JUNIPERUS. 



Common Shrub on our Heaths. It grows to 

 no great Height in England, but in fome 

 other Parts of Europe^ rifes to a confiderably large 

 Tree. The Bark is of a redifli Brown. The 

 Branches are tough. The Leaves are longifli, 

 very narrow, and prickly at the Ends. The 

 Flowers are of a yellowifh Colour, but fmall and 

 inconfiderable. The Berries are large, and when 

 ripe blackifli : They are of a ftrong, but not dif- 

 agreeable Smell, and of a fweetifh, but refmous 

 Tafte. The Leaves are of a faint bluifli Green 



Colour. 



The Berries arc the Part mofi: ufed. We have 

 them from Germany principally. They have two 

 excellent Qualities, they idifpel Wind, and work 

 by Urine, for which Reafon, they are excellent 

 in thofe Cholics which arife from the Gravel and 

 Stone. With thefe is alfo made the true Geneva, 

 but the Liquor our poor People drink under that 

 Name, is only Malt Spirits, and Oil of Turpen- 

 tine, 



Q 'y Ivy. 



