580 Salmon/ 'Herbal Lib. I 
grow to a great height if they be p/anted nigh any 
thing which may fuftain them , or bear them up, and 
they take fajl hold by certain fmall Tendrels , (or 
Claws ) upon what Body foever they grow near , whe- 
ther Trees , Wood, Brick , Stone, or Glafs , and that 
fo firmly , that oftentimes when you pluck them off 
from the fame they will bring pieces of the matter 
they cling to off with their Claws, (or Radicular) it 
puts forth its Leaves in April, which are large , and 
confifiing of four, five , or more particular Leaves , 
each of them being long , and deeply cut , fo that they 
fomewhat referable the Leaves of the Chellnut Tree 
the Stalks with the Rudiments of Flowers are to be 
feen in Auguft, which Flowers grow cluftering toge- 
ther after the manner of Ivy, but never with m fhew 
themfelves open , fo that ice can fay little or nothing 
of their Color or Fruit which fucceeds them . 
X. The Places. The firft is known almoft to eve- 
ry Child to grow and climb up upon Trees, Hedges, 
Bulhes, Brick or Stone Walls, Houfes, Churches, 
&c. in moft parts of this Kingdom ; the fecond has 
been brought to us out of T urky, Italy , and France -, 
the third grows almoft as common as the firft, in 
woody, lhady, and moift places, under Hedges, and 
in corners of wafte Grounds, Lanes, and the like ^ 
the fourth and fifth are Natives of Florida , and 
North Weft parts of America , where our Englijh 
Colonies are planted, as in New England , Mary- 
land, Penfilvania , New Pork, Virginia, and Caroli- 
na, but being tranfplanted grow very well with us 
in England. 
XI. The Times. Our Ivy Flowers not till July, 
and the Berries are not ripe till about the latter end 
of December, after they have felt the Winter Frofts, 
and the American forts Flower very late with us, it 
at all. 
XII. The Qualities. Ivy is hot and dry in the end 
of the fecond degree, Aftringent, Biting, Cofmetick, 
Vulnerary, and Ptarmick, as the juice of the Leaves, 
&c. The Berries are alfo hot and dry in the fecond 
degree, Aftringent, Diuretick, and Alexipharmick. 
XIII. The Specification. It flops Fluxes, and 
heals Bloody Fluxes, Jaundice, provokes the Terms, 
refills Poyfon, and th* Bi tings of Venomous Crea- 
tures, cures the Plagu^and heals running Sores and 
old Ulcers, in what part of the Body, and of what 
kind foever. 
XIV. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from thefe following things, 1. The Leaves. 2. 
The Wood. 3. A Gum. 4. A Liquid Juice of . 
Roots, Leaves, and Berries. 5. An E (fence of the 
fame. 6. A Decotlion of Leaves and Berries • 7. 
A Ponder of the Flowers. 8. A Ponder of the Ber- 
ries. o. A Bath of the Leaves and Berries. 10. A 
Pefary of Leaves and Berries. 11. A Fume of the 
Branches. 12. An Acid Tintlurc of the Berries. 13. 
A Spirituous TinQure of the Berries. 14 .An Oily 
Tin Jure of the Berries. 
The Virtues. 
XV. The Leaves. The frefh Leaves are common- 
ly ufed to be laid upon Iflues wherefoever, in Arms, 
Legs, Efc. to keep them open, and to draw forth 
the Humors which fall upon the fame parts. 
XVI. The Wood. It is of ule to make little round 
Balls of, about the bignefs of high Swan Shot, or 
white or grey Peafe, which are ufed for Iflues In- 
ftead of Peafe, drawing forth the Humor eafier, and 
keeping the Sore better open, and this they do by 
teafon of their fponginefs or poroflty, being much 
more porous than Peafe, and fo more apt to be filled 
with the ferofides of the Iflfae ; if the Wood is made 
into a Cup, and Ale, Beer, or Wine be put into it, 
fo as to Hand in it for fome time, and then drank 
oft', and this continually done for fome days, it is 
faid to help fuch as are troubled with the Spleen, 
and to give eafe in the pains thereof Cato lays 
rhat the Deceits of Vintners may be ibund out by 
one of thefe Cups, if they mix any Water with their 
Wine, for the faid mix'd Wine being put into one 
of thefe Cups of Ivy Wood, the Wine will foak 
thro’ the Wood and leave the Water behind-, for 
Cato and Varro both fay it is the nature of Ivy Wood 
not to hold any Wine, fo great an Antipathy there 
is between them. 
XVII. The Gum. That which is gathered in hot 
Countries from the Body and Branches of the Ivy, 
(either by a voluntary ifTuing therefrom, or by brui- 
fing thereof) is exceeding lharp and hot, burning 
and exulcerating the Skin, yet is ufed, being diffol- 
ved, to take away fuperfluous Hair in any place, and 
to deltroy Nits and Lice, alfo Crab-Lice, in what 
parts foever-, being diffolved in Vinegar and put in- 
to a hollow aking Tooth eafes the pain, and being 
often ufed will caufe it to fall out-, fome ufe this 
Gum with other things as a Bait to kill Filh; fee 
more hereof in my Seplafium, or Druggifts Shop , Lib. 
9. Cap. 27. where you may find the farther Ufes 
thereof, and alio the Signs how to know it, and to 
diftinguilh the true from the falle, that fold in the 
Druggifts Shops being for the molt part counterfeit, 
having neither the form or appearance, nor the Vir- 
tues of the true Gum, the lalfe being for the moft 
part full of flicks, di£>fs, and filth, brittle, and of 
an inlipid tafte, whereas the true is of a yellowilh 
red color, clean, of a ftrong fmell, and of a lharp, 
biting, and exulcerating tafte. 
XVIII. The Liquid Juice of Roots, Leaves , and 
Berries. If it is much taken inwardly it is apt to 
caufe Barrennels in Man or Woman, it alfo caufes 
a weaknefs and trouble in the Brain or Underftand- 
ing, and affefls the other Senfes, for which reafon 
Authors lay ufed much inwardly it is an Enemy to 
the Nerves, but much ftrengthens them being out- 
wardly applied; the juice of the Root is faid to be 
good againft the biting of the Phalangium, or poy- 
fonous Spider ; the juice of th,e Leaves or Berries ta- 
ken inwardly provoke the Terms in Women, facili- 
tate the Birth, and bring away the Afterbirth ; the 
juice of Leaves or Berries ufed as an Errhine, by 
Tnuffing it up the Nofe, purges the Head and Braiii 
of thin Rheum, which caufes Catarrhs or Defluxi- 
ons into the Glandules of the Throat, Jaws, Eyes, 
Nofe, or other parts adjacent, and cures (linking 
Ulcers in the fame-, dropped alfo into the Ears it 
cures old and running Sores and Ulcers in them. 
Dofe one or two Spoonfuls inwardly in a Glafs of 
Wine, or other fit Vehicle. 
XIX. The Effence of Roots, Leaves, or Berries. 
It has all the Virtues of the Liquid Juice, but is 
more powerful as being depurated, and fo is to be 
given in lelfer quantity, as Irom three quarters of a 
Spoonful to a Spoonful and half, increafing the Dole 
as the Age and Strength of the Patient will bear ; it 
is very good againft the Yellow Jaundice, provokes 
Urine, and is laid to be good to break the Stone, 
and expel Sand, Gravel, and fmall Stones from the 
Urinary parts-, taken alfo Morning, Noon, and 
Night in a Glafs of Wine it is a good prefervative 
againft the Plague, or any other infe&ious Difeafe, 
and is of lingular ufe to cure the fame after infecti- 
on. 
XX. The Decottion of Leaves or Berries. It has 
all the Virtues of the Juice and Elfence, but nothing 
near fo powerful, and therefore may be given from 
three to fix Spoonfuls fweetned with White Sugar -, 
a Decoflion in Vinegar mixed with Damask Rofe 
Water and Oil of Rofes, and applied to the Fore- 
head 
