antipathy between Wine and Ivy, and therefore it is a remedy to preserve against drunkenness, and to relieve or cure intoxication by drinking a draught of wine in which a handful of bruised Ivy leaves have been boiled.” Dose: 1 teaspoonful of the bark or twigs cut small or granulated to 1 cup of boiling water. Drink cold during the day, a large mouthful at a time. Of the decoction of syrup, from 1 – 4 tablespoonfuls three times a day. The common Ivy of Europe( Hedera helex) is used as a poultice or fomentation in glandular enlargements, indolent ulcers, abscesses, etc. Potter( 1956):“ The berries are found of use in febrile disorders and a vinegar of this was extensively used during the London plague.” Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of plant; Decoction of chopped inner bark— Cholera, Dropsy, Hoarseness, Hydrocele.