272 : COMPOSITA. 
Achilleos vocatur. Hac sanasse Telephum dicitur. Alii primum - 
eeruginem invenisse, utilissimam emplastris, ideoque depingitur 
ex cuspide decutiens eam gladio in vulnus Telephi. Alii utroque 
usum medicamento volunt. Aliqui et hane panacen heracleon, 
alii sideriten. Hane apud nos millefolium vocant, cubit- 
ali scapo, ramosam, minutioribusque quam foeniculi foliis 
vestitam abimo. Alii fatentur quidem illam vulneribus utilem, 
sed veram achilleon esse scapo cceruleo pedali, sine ramis.” 
(25,19). A species of Achillea is the Kaiswm of the Arabians, Ibn. 
Sina says of it :— paiva I yo aly I, By) Ce zivla 5)J (according 
to Galen its flowers are more conspicuous than those of worm- 
wood). The same plant is the Biranjdsib or Biranjdsif of the 
Persians, which has been identified by Stocks with A. santolina, 
Liun.; the description of biranj4sif in the Tuhfat-el-muminin 
is unmistakably that of an Achillea; another Persian name for 
the plant is Bu-t-maderdn; it is in common use as @ tonic in 
Persia and Sind. In Egypt a species of Achillea is used medi- 
cinally under the name of Barbara (1p). In Europe and 
in the Kast the plants belonging to this genus have long been 
considered to have stimulant, — tonic, emmenagogue and 
antiheemorrhoidal properties, A. Moschata (Génepi blanc) is 
an Alpine plant witha musky odour, having sudorific and healing 
properties. At Engadine, in Switzerland, a volatile oil is 
extracted from it called Esprit d’Iva. For administration 402. 
of A. millefolium may be infused ina pint of water and 
reduced to 6 oz., of this 1 oz. may be given every hour. This 
plant has of late years been reintroduced into medical use in 
America ; it is spoken of as a general stimulant and tonic, with 
peculiar relations to the pelvic organs. Like other stimulant . 
tonics, it has been found capable of curing certain cases of 
intermittent fever, and is apt to promote the appetite and | 
digestion in atonic gastric disorders. Its special local action is 
illustrated by the virtues ascribed to it in piles and amenorrhea, 
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