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 In the days of belief in witchcraft, shepherds used to hang it as a charm round the necks of those of their beasts whom they suspected  In the days of belief in witchcraft, shepherds used to hang it as a charm round the necks of those of their beasts whom they suspected 
 to be under the evil eye.The older physicians valued Bittersweet highly and applied it to many purposes in medicine and surgery, for which it is no longer used. It was in great repute as far back as the time of Theophrastus, and we know of it being in use in this country in the thirteenth century. to be under the evil eye.The older physicians valued Bittersweet highly and applied it to many purposes in medicine and surgery, for which it is no longer used. It was in great repute as far back as the time of Theophrastus, and we know of it being in use in this country in the thirteenth century.
-Gerard says of it: +Gerard says of it:'The juice is good for those that have fallen from high places, and have been thereby bruised or beaten, for it is thought to dissolve blood congealed or cluttered anywhere in the intrals and to heale the hurt places.' 
-    'The juice is good for those that have fallen from high places, and have been thereby bruised or beaten, for it is thought to dissolve blood congealed or cluttered anywhere in the intrals and to heale the hurt places.' +
 Boerhaave, the celebrated Dutch physician, considered the young shoots superior to Sarsaparilla as a restorative, and Linnaeus, who at first had an aversion to the plant, later spoke of it in the highest terms as a remedy for rheumatism,  Boerhaave, the celebrated Dutch physician, considered the young shoots superior to Sarsaparilla as a restorative, and Linnaeus, who at first had an aversion to the plant, later spoke of it in the highest terms as a remedy for rheumatism, 
 fever and inflammatory diseases of all kinds.  fever and inflammatory diseases of all kinds. 
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 http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nighwo06.html http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nighwo06.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_dulcamara http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_dulcamara
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 +   * Hordeum murinum (wall barley)
  
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