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Are most violent purges, especially of choler and phlegm. 

 It is not safe taking them inwardly, unless they be recti- 

 fied by the art of the alchymist, and only the purity of 

 them given ; so used they may be very helpful for the 

 dropsy, gout, and sciatica ; outwardly used in ointments, 

 they kill worms, the belly anointed with it; and are excel- 

 lent to cleanse old and filthy ulcers. The best way is, to 

 powder the root, and give it in small doses ; in which form 

 it is excellent against worms ; it also removes all the mu- 

 cous matter from the intestines, which harbours thena. It 

 approaches to the nature of the Fox-glove in qualities as 

 well as in form ; and should be very moderately used, as 

 its powers are very great. 



rVY-TREE.— (Zr«^a Helix.) 



Descrip. — The leaves of Ivy run on the ground, and are 

 angular and cornered ; but when the stalks rise up, and 

 are fastened to a wall or tree, they become rounder, ending 

 in one point The leaves of both are of a firm texture, 

 and a oark green colour ; those of the first full of small 

 white veins, the branches insinuate themselves by short 

 cirrhi into a wall, or the body of the tree that it climbs on. 

 The flowers grow in corymbi or umbels, consisting of small 

 six-leaved yellowish flowers, followed by round umbellica- 

 ted berries, black when ripe, bearing several angular seeds. 



Place* — It erows in woods upon the trees, and on stone 

 walls of churches, houses, &c, and sometimes it grows alone. 



Time. — It flowers in July ; and the berries are ripe at 

 Christmas, when they have felt winter froats. 



Oovemment and Virtuet.—li ut under the dominion of 

 Saturn. A pugil of the flowers, about a dram, drank twice 

 a day in rea wine, helps the lax and bloody-flux. It is an 

 enemy to the nerves and sinews, being much taken in- 

 wardly, but very helpful to them being outwardly applied. 

 The yellow berries are good against the jaundice, and a 

 drunken surfeit, it helps tho spitting of blood ; tho white 

 berries taken inwardly, or applied outwardly kill worms 

 in the belly. The berries prevent and heal the plague, by 

 drinking the powder in wine, two or three days together, 

 this drink breaks the stone, provokes urine and womens' 

 eouraes ; and the fresh leaves boiled in vinegar, and appli- 

 ed warm to the sides of those that are troubled with the 

 ■pleen, ache or stitch in the sides, do give much ease ; tbs 

 same applied with rose-water and oil of roses to the tern- 



