PLINY : NATURAL HISTORY 



pondo libra, mellis Attici semuncia ex aqua calida 

 cotidie bibentibus, aristolochia vel agaricum obolis 



34 ternis ex aqua calida aut lacte asini potum. cissan- 

 themos ad orthopnoeas bibitur, item hysopum et 

 asthmaticis, peucedani sucus in iocineris doloribus et 

 pectoris laterisque, si febres non sint. sanguinem 

 quoque expuentibus subvenit agaricum victoriati 

 pondere tritum et in mulsi quinque cyathis datum. 



35 idem et amomon focit. iocineri privatim teucria 

 bibitur recens draclmiis quattuor in poscae hemina, 

 vettonicae drachma una in aquae calidae cyathis 

 tribus, ad cordis vitia in frigidae cyathis duobus. 

 quinquefohi sucus iocineris et pulmonis vitiis san- 

 guinemque reicientibus et cuicumque vitio sanguinis 

 intus occurrit. iocineri anagalUdes mire prosunt. 

 capnon herbam qui edere bilem per urinam reddunt, 

 acoron iocineri medetur, thoraci et praecordiis 

 daucum. 



36 XX. Ephedra ab ahis anabasis vocata nascitur 

 ventoso fere tractu scandens arborem et ex ramis 

 propendens, foHo nullo, cirris numerosa qui sint 

 iunci geniculati, radice palHda. datur ex vino nigro 

 austero trita ad tussim, suspiria, tomiina et sorbi- 



• This probably means that a decoction or infusion is made, 

 as is often the case when a solid thing " bibitur." 



* The adverb intus is difficult. Literally the clause seems 

 to mean " fights any blood complaint within," or " advances 

 to the inside against any blood complaint." This 

 might mean that impure blood in the internal organs 

 was purified, or that trouble in the constitution of 

 the blood anywhere was rectified. Pliny is rather loose 

 in placing his adverbs and adverbial phrases, so that we 

 cannot be sure whether intus goes more closely with vitio 

 sanguinis or with occurrit. Grammatically the latter 

 would be more correct, but personally I feel that the 



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