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rubbed with it in the sun. The bark 5 of the root, taken in 

 wine, in doses of two drachmae, is good for affections of the 

 spleen ; the patient, however, must forego the use of the bath. 

 It is said, too, that in the course of thirty-five days the whole 

 of the spleen maybe discharged under this treatment, by urine 

 and by stool. The caper is also taken in drink for lumbago and 

 paralysis ; and the seed of it boiled, and beaten up in vinegar, 

 or the root chewed, has a soothing effect in tooth-ache. A 

 decoction of it in oil is employed, also, as an injection for ear- 

 ache. 



The leaves and the root, fresh out of the ground, mixed 

 with honey, are a cure for the ulcers known as phagedseuic. 

 In the same way, too, the root disperses scrofulous swellings ; 

 , and a decoction of it in water removes imposthumes of the pa- 

 rotid glands, and worms. Beaten up and mixed with barley- 

 meal, it is applied topically for pains in the liver ; it is a cure, 

 also, for diseases of the bladder. In combination with oxymel, 

 it is prescribed for tapeworm, and a decoction of it in vinegar 

 removes ulcerations of the mouth. It is generally agreed 

 among writers that the caper is prejudicial to the stomach. 



CHAP. 60. LIGUSTICUM, OR LOVAGE I FOUR REMEDIES. 



Ligusticum, 6 by some persons known as " panax," is good 

 for the stomach, and is curative of convulsions and flatulency. 

 There are persons who give this plant the name of " cunila 

 bubula ;" but, as we have already 7 stated, they are in error in 

 so doing. 



CHAP. 61. (16.) CUNILA BUBULA : FIVE REMEDIES. 



In addition to garden cunila, 8 there are numerous other 

 varieties of it employed in medicine. That known to us as 

 " cunila bubula," has a very similar seed to that of penny- 

 royal. This seed, chewed and applied topically, is good for 

 wounds : the plaster, however, must not be taken off till the 

 fifth day. For the stings of serpents, this plant is taken iu 

 wine, and the leaves of it are bruised and applied to the 



5 Until recently, the bark was employed in the Materia Medica, as a 

 diuretic : it is now no longer used. 



6 Or Lovage. See B. xix. c. 50. 



7 In B. xix. c. 50, where he states that Crateuas has given to the wild 

 Ligusticum the name of Cunila buhula, or *' ox cunila." 



8 See B. xix. c. 50. 



