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Mulberry-tree ( Moms ) the dry unripe 
Fruit of the black, cools, dries, and binds much, 
therefore good in Loofeneftes, Bloody Fluxes, 
Coeliaca, Excefs of the Menfes, Spitting of Blood ; 
and outwardly in Inflammations and Ulcers of the 
Mouth and Jaws. The ripe Fruit eaten before 
Dinner loofens the Belly, but taken after Meat it 
corrupts quickly, and is hurtful to the Stomach. 
The Berries quench Thirft, and excite an Appe- 
tite. Not only the Fruit but the whole Tree has 
fomething in it both loofening and binding ; but 
the Bark of the Root is moft loofening ♦, it is a 
little bitter, and kills broad Worms. A Gargle of 
the Leaves, or of Leaves and Bark boiled, is good 
for the Tooth-ach. They and Oil make a good 
Ointment for Burns. A Syrup of the Berries 
allays Thirft and Heat in Fevers much, and is very 
effedtual for Inflammations, Puftules, and little 
Ulcers of the Mouth, Throat, and all thofe Parts. 
Some ufe the Juice for the Bite of Serpents, and the 
Eating of Nightfhade. The Leaves with Vinegar 
are good to lay on Burns. The Leaves of Mulber- 
ry, Vine, and early Fig-tree, boil’d in Rain Wa- 
ter, are good to wafh the Hair, and make it clear 
and fair. If the naked Root have a little Slit cut in 
it, and a fmall Hole made in the Ground about the 
Slit, in the Harveft Time, a Juice comes out of the 
Tree, which being hardened, next Day, is good 
for the l'ooth-ach, and to diflolve Knots, and 
purge the Belly. The Leaves check Bleeding in 
any Part of the Body, as at Wounds, Nofe, 
Mouth, Piles, &c. A Twig of the Tree tied to a 
Woman’s Arm, at full Moon, reftrains the excef- 
five Flux of her Menfes. The Leaves, fteep’d in 
Urine, take Hair off the Skin. 
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