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application of the plant polyophthalmon [same as Aster Atticus ? 
and partial cause, by application of doctrine of signatures, from its 
name, for the reputation of Aster as a remedy for the eyes] or 
by such other dressings as are used for wounds ; but nothing of a 
very cold nature is to be applied.” —/ippocrates. 
“Herba quae et fodg@aspos dicitur, vim habens siccandi et 
eandem quam tussilago; qua ad ulcera cum luxationibus con- 
juncta utitur, Wippocrates, 830,” Foés, c. 1582, of polyophthalmon. 
Porrum, the leek, is one of the six remedies for tumors and sores 
mentioned by Hippocrates as used by him in a certain case (see 
infra, under Hippocrates); and pounded onions are still common 
as a dressing for wounds in Greece to-day, Rodd, 165. 
Achillaea, (Achillios of Cratevas, in the unpublished Vienna 
codex as cited by Meyer, |. 255) ‘‘ when bruised, the whole plant» 
pounded up with old axle-grease, cures old and desperate ulcers.” 
—Cratevas. 
Achillaea is a remedy used for wounds, and, its decoction, in 
labor, and, ab utero, subdita in pesso.—D., bk. 4, ¢. 3 
Plantago [sometimes called Aster; from confusion of their 
uses ?] heals ulcers, carbuncles, also the bite of a dog, epilepsy in 
children ; as an amulet, hung by a chain from the neck, its root 
dispels tumors—[like Aster Atticus ].—D., ky 85414) 
Conyza leaves are used, laid on, for wounds.—D., bk. 3, c. 136. 
Argemon [?. ¢., Aster] cures ulcerating tumors.—//ny. 
Stellaria (Alchemilla) believed by many to be Aster Atticus, 
heals wounds and is sought by German surgeons and celebrated 
with wondrous praises, (mirisque laudibus), since they mix it with 
happy success in vulnerary potions.—Matthiolt. 
For Hemorrhoids.—Aster cures procidua sedi or hemorrhoids. 
"Qeele. .. TAS TPONTWOEES zd0ac.—D. 
So does the purple violet [confused with Aster] —D. 
So does Inguinaria or argemon [2. ¢., Aster].—Pliny. 
Aster...sedi prociduae illitus confert.—Rwel. 
Asterem. .. sedi procidenti prodesse.—Matthioli. 
It... helpeth and swageth the inflammation of the fundament or 
siege.—Lyte. 
It helpeth and prevaileth against the inflammation of the fun- 
