O L 
( 3i3 ) O L 
TisaTree 
of a moderate Bignefs ; it 
grows (lowly, and lads 
long, fame fay two hundred 
Years. It grows in Italy 
and France , and other Pla- 
ces. Tho’ Olives, when 
they are ripe, are black, 
and tafte acrid, bitter and 
naufeous, yet the Oyl that 
is prefs’d from them is moft 
commonly Pellucid, and a 
little yellowifh. It tides 
Iweet and pleafant ; but 
that which is freed from 
Colour and Tafte, is rec- 
kon’d the beft. The Leaves 
of Olives cool, dry, and 
are aftringent. They are 
chiefly ufed outwardly, for 
Fluxes of the Belly, of the 
Courfes, for an Herpes, 
and the like; and with 
Medicines for the Eyes. Sc 
great is the ufe of the Oyl. 
both for Meat <md Mcdi 
cine, that it wouid take up 
too much time to mention 
all. Galen , Dirfcorides, P li- 
ty, and others, both An- 
cient and Modern, have 
treated largely of it. One 
was ask’d when he was 
above an Hundred Years 
old, by what Means he 
kept up the Vigour of his 
Mind and Body : He an- 
fwer’d, by taking Wine in- 
wardly, and by uling of 
0:1 outwardly. Cardan 
mentions three Things 
which prolong Life Miik, 
Hcny as id Oil : $ut he 
does not mean that the Oil 
ihould be ufed outwardly, 
but be taken inwardly with 
Meat. Arijictle laid, that 
Oil and Salt fhouid be al- 
ways had in Readinels, for 
that they much conduced 
to a long Life. The beft 
Oil tor the Recovery of 
Health is that which is 
made of Olives before they 
are ripe, and then ’tis call’d 
Omphacunun : Of this 
they make Ointments, and 
many other Compolitions: 
Oil of Ripe Olives is hot, 
and moiftens moderately 
Ttih'Old is hotter than the 
New. Mt mollifies, digefts, 
is vulnerary, and loofens 
the Belly, an Ounce of it 
being taken in hot Beer. 
It takes off the Drynefs of 
the Breaft, cures the Gripes, 
opens the Urinary Paflages, 
cleanfes and heals them 
when they are fore. *Tis 
outwardly ufed for Cly- 
fters, and hot Tumours, 
and 
