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charge by Sweat. This Plant is always reckoned a 
Poifon taken inwardly. Tragus fays it kills Hogs, 
and would not have even its Water ufed, under 
two or three Years old. Antiently it was ufed as a 
Food, and given internally (but muft be done with 
the greatefl: Caution and Judgment) and externally, 
for the Cure of an Eryfepelas , fretting and corroding 
Ulcers, the Head-ach, and Swellings of the Neck. 
Dodonccus jultly condemns itsUfe in an Eryfipelas, 
becaufe it is too cold, and too great a Repellent. 
Diofcorides fays that its Juice with the yellow Part 
of Hens Dung, fed in a Pen, certainly cures the 
Lachrymal Fiftula. A Liniment or Poultife of it 
is a noble Remedy for Venereal Inflammations of the 
Yard. The Application of the Juice to the Wrifts 
is faid to cure Fevers. A Liniment of the Juices 
of this, and Houfleek, and the White of an Egg 
beaten up and mixt, is wonderful in the Cure of 
cold hard Tumours bred in Women’s Breafts. 
223. 
Climbing Night-shade or Bitter-sweet 
( Dulcamara ) is ufed outwardly for the fame Pur- 
pofes •, it is Diuretic, and beneficial in a Dropfy. 
Tragus commends it for the Cure of even inveterate 
Jaundices, thus : Take a Pound of the Wood of 
the Plant, cut it fmall, and put it in an Earthen Pot 
with three Pints of white Wine •, let the Pot-cover 
have a Hole in the Top, and all the refl: be clofely 
cemented with Pafte ; fet it on a gentle Fire, and 
let it boil to the Confumption of a third Part ; a 
Cup-full of the ftrain’d Liquor, drank Evening 
and Morning in Bed, cures the Jaundice, and car- 
ries off the Humours by Stool and Urine. The 
Juice, taken inwardly, difiolves coagulated Blood, 
and is good for fuch as are bruifed by Falls, &c. 
It is thought to open Obftru&ions of the Liver and 
Spleen. 
