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CHAP. 45.—THE PRIVATE: EIGHT REMEDIES.

The ligustrum, or privet, if it is the same tree as the cyprus1 of the East, has also its own medicinal uses in Europe. The juice of it is used for affections of the sinews and joints, and for sudden chills; and the leaves are universally employed, with a sprinkling of salt, for the cure of inveterate sores and of ulcerations of the mouth. The berries are curative of phthiriasis and chatings between the thighs, for which last purpose the leaves also are employed. The berries are made use of for the cure of pip in poultry.2

1 See B. xii. c. 51. The botanical characteristics, Fée says, and the medicinal properties of the privet, differ essentially from those of the Cypros or Lawsonia inermins. The leaves of the privet are bitter and astringent.

2 Fée says, that on reading this passage it is impossible to preserve one's gravity.

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