Chap. 91.] AESEXOGONON. 213 



same, too, with the leaves, taken in doses of one drachma in 

 drink. The leaves, if applied to the lower regions of tlie 

 abdomen with barley-meal, will prove equally efficacious. 



Acoron- is very useful for internal complaints of females ; 

 as also the two varieties of conyza,^ and crethmos.* Either 

 kind of anthyllis,^ taken in wine, is remarkably good for uterine 

 affections, griping pains in that organ, and retardations of tbe 

 after-birth. Callithrix,^ applied as a fomentation, is curative 

 of affections of the vagina : it removes scaly eruptions' also 

 of the head, and, beaten up in oil, it stains the hair. Ge- 

 ranion,^ taken in white wine, or hypocisthis^ in red, arrests 

 all uterine discharges. Hyssop modifies hysterical suffocations. 

 Root of vervain, taken in water, is a most excellent remedy 

 for all accidents incident to, or consequent upon, delivery. 

 Some persons mix bruised cypress seed with peucedanum^^ in 

 red wine. Seed, too, of psyllion,^^ boiled in water and taken 

 warm, has a soothing effect upon all deiluxions of the uterus. 

 Symphyton,^- bruised in wine, promotes menstruation. Juice 

 of scordotis,^^ in the proportion of one drachma to four cyathi 

 of hydromel, accelerates delivery. Leaves of dittany are given 

 for the same purpose, in water, with remarkable success. It 

 is a well-known fact, too, that these leaves, to the extent of a 

 single obolus even, will bring away the foetus instantaneously, 

 even when dead, without the slightest inconvenience to the 

 patient. Pseudodictamnum ^^ is productive of a somewhat 

 similar effect, but not in so marked a degree : cyclaminos,'^ 

 too, attached as an amulet; cissanthemos,^^ taken in drink; 

 and powdered betony, in hydromel. 



CHAP. 91. AESENOGONON : ONE MEDICINAL PROPERTY. THELY- 



GONON : ONE MEDICINAL PROPERTY. 



Arsenogonon ^''' and thelygonon are plants, both of them, 



2 See B. XXV. c. 100. ^ ggg B. xxi. c. 29. 



* See B. XXV. c. 96. 5 ggg B. xxi. c. 103. 



^ See B. xxii. c. 30, and B. xxv. c. 86. '' " Albugines." 



8 See c. 68 of this Book. '•' See c. 31 of this Book. 



10 See B. xxv. c. 70. ^^ See B. xxv. c. 90. 



12 See B. xxvii. c. 24. i3 See B. xxv. c. 27. 



1^ See B. xxv. c. 53. is See B. xxv. c. 67. 

 16 See B. xxv. c. 68. 



1' These two plants, the names of which signify " begetting males," 



