Chap. 94.] THE A>'EMONE OE PHEENION. 379 



as '' sampsuchinum," or " amaracinum," wMch is very good 

 for wanning and softening the sinews ; it has a warming effect, 

 also, upon the uterus. The leaves are good for bruises, beaten 

 up with honey, and, mixed with wax, for sprains. 



CKAP. 94. (23.) — TEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE ANEMONE OR 

 PHRENION. 



We have as yet spoken® only of the anemone used for making 

 chaplets ; we will now proceed to describe those kinds which 

 are employed for medicinal purposes. Some persons give the 

 name of " phrenion" to this plant : there are two species of 

 it ; one of which is wild,' and the other grows on cultivated^ 

 spots ; though they are, both of them, attached to a sandy 

 soil. Of the cultivated anemone there are numerous varieties ; 

 some, and these are the most abundant, have a scarlet flower, 

 while others, again, have a flower that is purple or else milk- 

 white. The leaves of all these three kinds bear a strong re- 

 semblance to parsley, and it is not often that they exceed half 

 a foot in height, the head being very similar to that of aspa- 

 ragus. The flower never opens, except while the wind is 

 blowing, a circumstance to which it owes its name.^ The wild 

 anemone is larger than the cultivated one, and has broader 

 leaves, with a scarlet flower. 



Some persons erroneously take the wild anemone to be the 

 same as the argemone,^" while others, again, identify it with 

 the poppy which we have mentioned^^ under the name of 

 ^'rhoeas :" there is, however, a great difference between them, 

 as these two other plants blossom later than the anemone, nor 

 does the anemone possess a juice or a calyx like theirs ; besides 

 which, it terminates in a head like that of asparagus. 



The various kinds of anemone are good for pains and in- 

 flammations of the head, diseases of the uterus, and stoppage 

 of the milk in females ; taken, too, in a ptisan, or applied as a 

 pessary in wool, they promote the menstrual discharge. The 

 root, chewed, has a tendency to bring away the phlegm, and 



« In c. 38 of this Book. 



'' The Anemone coronaria of Linnaeus, Fee thinks. 



^ Probahly the Adonis aestivalis of Linnaeus, a ranunculus. These 

 plants are of an acrid, irritating nature, and rank at the present day among 

 the vegetable poisons. 



3 The " wind-flower," from the Greek dvtfiog, " wind." 



10 See B. xxv. c. 26. " In B. xix. c. 53. 



