( 122 ) 
129 * 
Goose-berries ( Grojfularia ) befides their Kit- 
chen Ufes, they are boil’d and eaten with Broth, by 
feverifh People, efpecially the hot and bilious. They 
and hedge Crabs are good in the Loathings of breed- 
ing W omen *, they roufe the Appetite, and are proper 
in Loofeneflfes, Iliac Paflion, Haemorrhages, and 
Whites, or applied to Inflammations. The unripe 
only are ufed in Phyfic and Cookery. The ripe 
are greedily eaten by Children, the poor and gravid 
Women, nor do many rich People defpife them; 
for they are inoffenfive and friendly to the Stomach. 
Bauhinus fays, he never heard of one that received 
the very lead: harm from eating them. The unripe 
fihould be eaten very fparingly, or not at all ; for 
they may eafily occafion great Mifchiefs to cold fla- 
tulent Stomachs, by caufing the Cholic, Gripes, or, 
by their acid Juice, corroding the Nervous Coats of 
the Guts. 
130. 
Goose-grass or Cleavers ( Aparine ) the 
Juice of Stalk, Leaf, and Seeds, drank, is good 
againfl Biting of Serpents ; or drop’d into the Ear 
cures its Pain. The Herb, beaten with Lard and ap- 
plied, difcufles, fcrophulous Swellings ; for which 
it is one of the Specifics. Pliny fays, it is go jd to 
flop Blood. The diflill’d Water, or Herb, boil’d 
in white Wine, is excellent for Sand, Stone, and 
Gravel. The Herb and a Calf’s-fpleen, dried in an 
Oven and powdered, is a Secret againfl; Swellings of 
the Spleen, and Hypochondriac Flatufles ; for 
which, and Difeafes of the Breaft, the Water was 
formerly ufed. The diflill’d Water, or Deco&ion, 
is good in a Jaundice, and Bloody Fluxes. The 
Juice laid to the Wound flops its Bleeding, clofes 
up 
