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The agrifolia, [Note] pounded, with the addition of salt, is good for diseases of the joints, and the berries are used in cases of excessive menstruation, cœliac affections, dysentery, and cholera; taken in wine, they act astringently upon the bowels. A decoction of the root, applied externally, extracts foreign bodies from the flesh, and is remarkably useful for sprains and tumours.
The tree called "aquifolia," planted [Note] in a town or country-
house, is a preservative against sorceries and spells. The blossom of it, according to Pythagoras, congeals [Note] water, and a staff [Note] made of the wood, if, when thrown at any animal, from want of strength in the party throwing it, it falls short of the mark, will roll back again [Note] towards the thrower, of its own accord—so remarkable are the properties of this tree. The smoke of the yew kills [Note] rats and mice.
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