44 Aster HIsrory 
dament and the falling foorth of the gut called Saccus veniris, 
Gerarde. So Parkinson, 
In Labor-pains.—Aster aids those in labor-pains ; they say the 
purple part of the flower should be used; one should drink it in 
water. ye? Sdatog xolliy auvayyexots Soxfsiv.—D. (interpola- 
tion ?). 
Aster also aids those in labor pains even if the plant is used 
dry, if it be taken up and held in the left hand, and if it be tied 
on to the groin.—D. 
Cited by translators and commentators of the 16th century, 
without addition ; and onward, to Parkinson, 1640. 
For Hernia.—Aster Atticus was formerly employed for hernia, 
—Hoster, 1890. ‘ Germanis Bruchkrautt, qui ad herniam puer- 
orum, utuntur.’—Ay/f, 1543. 
Several of the preceding efficacies have been claimed to cover 
herniaas well ; and especially the one following. Confusion with 
Pliny’s Inguinaria [z. ¢., Aster] on account of similar properties led 
some to identify the modern genus Herniaria with /nguinaria. 
ASTER USED FOR EPILEPSY 
for Epilepsy in Children —They say the purple part of the 
flower is a remedy for epilepsy in children, éxeAndieg zatdwy, D. 
[Its relative Conyza was used for epilepsy too.—D., bk. 3, ¢ 
t 36}: 
The purple violet [confused with Aster] is so too.—D. 
The medical use of Asterion is for epilepsy—‘ ad caducos.””— 
Apuleius Platonicus, c. 400. 
The purple violet blossoms... et morbo regio opitulantur. 
Lat. tr. of Mesues. 
Aster is of aid, infantibus comitiale malum sentientibus.—Rwe/, 
1536; for ‘‘caduco morbu.” Dorstenius, 1340. 
The blew of the floure, drunken in water, is good to be given 
to young children, against the squinancie and the falling sicknesse. 
—Lyte ; in the main repeated, Gerarde. 
It helpeth children also that have the falling sicknesse.—/ark- 
tusOn. 
It is good against the epilepsie in children, chiefly the flowers. 
—Salmon, 1682. 
