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Gooseberry-Bush

Names. Called also feap-berry, and in Sussex dewberry-bush, and likewise in many places wine-berry.

Government and virtues. They are under the dominion of Venus. The berries, whilst they are unripe, being scalded or baked, are good to procure the return of a lost appetite, especially if the cause proceeds from a stomach afflicted with choleric humours. They are exceeding good to stay the longings of pregnant women. The decoction of the leaves of the tree cools hot swellings and inflammations, as also the St. Anthony's fire. The ripe gooseberries, being eaten, are an excellent remedy to allay the violent heat of the stomach and liver; and the young and tender leaves break the stone and expel the gravel both from the bladder and kidnies. If they are taken immoderately, they are supposed to breed crude humours, and engender worms.