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and then beaten up with polenta,*^ and applied. For all kinds 

 of wounds apollinaris^^ is very useful. Root of astragalus,^' 

 reduced to powder, is good for running ulcers ; the same, too, 

 with callithrix,*^ boiled in water. For blisters, more particu- 

 larly when caused by the shoes, vervain is used, as also pounded 

 lysimachia, ^' or nymph^ea*^ dried and powdered ; but when 

 they have assumed the form of inveterate ulcers, polythrix*^ 

 will be found more serviceable. 



CHAP. 88. POLYCNEMOlSr : ONE KEMEDT. 



Polycnemon*" is a plant which resembles cunila bubula ; ^' 

 it has a seed like that of pennyroyal, a ligneous stem with 

 numerous articulations, and odoriferous umbels, with a plea- 

 sant though pungent smell. This plant is chewed and applied 

 to wounds inflicted with iron, the application being removed 

 at the end of four days. Symphyton^^ causes sores to cicatrize 

 with the greatest rapidity; the same, too, with sideritis," 

 which is applied in combination with honey. The seed and 

 leaves of verbascum,^* boiled in wine and pounded, are used for 

 the extraction of all foreign substances adhering to the body; and 

 a similar use is made of leaves of mandragora'^ mixed with po- 

 lenta,^® and roots of cyclaminos^^ with honey. Leavesof trixago,^^ 

 bruised in oil, are used for ulcers of a serpiginous nature more 

 particularly, as also sea- weed bruised with honey. Betony, 

 with the addition of salt, is employed for the cure of carcino- 

 matous sores and inveterate blisters on the neck. 



CHAP. 89. REMEDIES FOR WARTS, AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE 



REMOVAL OF SCARS. 



Argemonia^^ with vinegar, or root of batrachion,^ removes 

 warts ; this last having the effect also of bringing off malformed 



^3 See B. xviii. c. 14. " See B. xxv, c. 17. 



^^ See c. 29 of this Book. 



46 See B. xxii. c. 30, and B. xxv. c, 86, ^^ See B. xxv. c. 35. 



^^ See B. xxv. c. 37. ^^ See Note 46 above. 



^^ Desfontaines identifies it with the Mentha cervina, or Stag mint. 

 51 See B. xix. c. 50, and B. xx. c. 61. 

 ^- See B. xxvii. c. 24. "^ See B. xxv. c. 19. 



^ See B. xxv. c. 73. ^^ See B. xxv. c 94. 



^^ See B. xviii. c. 14. ^^ See B. xxv. c. 67. 



58 See B. xxiv. c. 80. =9 See B. xxv. c. 56. 



^ See B. xxv. c. 109. 

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