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name given in common to bulimia^^ and to a corrosive kind 
of ulcer, tithymalos^^ is taken in combination with sesame. 
CHAP. 69. THE ONOTHEEAS OK OKEAK I THEEE EEMEDIES. 
Among the various evils by which the whole of the body in 
common is afflicted, that of wakefulness is the most common. 
Among the remedies for it we find panaces^^ mentioned, 
clymenus,^ and aristolochia,^^ the odour of the plant being 
inhaled and the head rubbed with it. Aizoiim, or houseleek, 
is beneficial, wrapped in black cloth and placed beneath the 
pillow, without the patient being aware of it. The onotheras^ 
too, or onear, taken in wine, has certain exhilarating pro- 
perties ; it has leaves like those of the almond tree, a rose- 
coloured fiower, numerous branches, and a long root, with a 
vinous smell when dried : an infusion of this root has a 
soothing effect upon wild beasts even. 
For fits of indigestion^^ attended with nausea, betony is 
taken in drink : used similarly after the evening meal, it faci- 
litates the digestion. Taken in the proportion of one drachma 
to three cyathi of oxymel, it dispels crapulence. The same is 
the case, too, with agaric, taken in warm water after eating. 
Eetony is curative of paralysis, it is said; the same, too, with 
iberis, as already stated. This last is good, too, for numbness 
of the limbs ; the same being the case with argemonia,^^ a 
plant which disperses those affections which might otherwise 
necessitate the application of the knife. 
Epilepsy is cured by the root of the panaces which we have 
spoken"^^ of as the heraclion," taken in drink with sea-calf's 
rennet, the proportions being three parts of panaces and one of 
rennet. For the same purpose an infusion of plantago*^^ is 
taken, or else betony or agaric, with oxymel, the former in 
doses of one drachma, the latter in doses of three oboli ; leaves 
Voracious appetite — "sine modo esurientium." 
6'-^ See B. xxvi. c. 39. ^3 gee B. xxv. cc. 11 and 12. 
See B. xxv. c. 33. gge B. xxv. e. 54. 
^'^ Identified with the Epilobium roseum of Linnaeus, Rose-coloured 
CHAP. 70. EEMEDIES EOE EPILEPSY. 
willow-herb. 
In B. xxv. c. 49. 
'0 In B. xxv. c. 12. 
67 See c. 25 of this Book. 
69 See B. xxv. c. 56. 
71 See B. xxv. c. 39. 
