111. Edera arborea: .i. the ivy that grows on trees; it is moderately hot, and its dryness is great; funis pauperum is another name for it. If juice of ivy be rubbed on the place from which you wish to remove hair, it will remove the hair. If the same be rubbed on the hair, it will kill fleas and nits. If the same juice be drunk, it will open the oppilation of the liver and the spleen, and it may be given freely to asthma patients. If the same juice be put in the ear, it will help with pain and apostumes of the ears, it will stop the flow of other material to them, and it will help with wounds of the ear. If the same juice be drunk, it will expel burnt choleric humour; if it is given in excess, it will provoke dysentery; the reason why this herb is called edera is that edus is a goat, and it is the proper food of goats, because it gives them milk even though they do not give birth to other goats. If a person drink this juice, it will kill all the worms in his stomach. Platearius says that this herb has the styptic virtue,