The Vine.
THe Leaves of the English Vine (I do not intend to send you to the Canaries for a Medicine) being boyled make a good Lotion for sore Mouths,* 1.1 being boyled with Barley Meal into a Pultis, it cools Inflamations of Wounds, the droppings of the Vine when 'tis cut in the Spring, which Country people call Tears, being boyled into a Syrup with Sugar and taken inwardly, is excellent to stay Wo∣mens longings* 1.2 after every thing they see, which is a Disease many Women with Child are sub∣ject too; the Decoction of Vine Leaves in white Wine doth the like: also the Tears of of the Vine drunk, two or three spoonfuls at a time, breaks the Stone* 1.3 in the Bladder: This is a very good Remedy, and it is discreetly done to kill a Vine to cure a Man, but the Salt of the Leaves is held to be better.
The Ashes of the burnt Branches will make Teeth* 1.4 that are as black as a coal to be as white as snow if you do but every morning rub them with it.