CHAP. 63.—CUNILAGO: EIGHT REMEDIES.
There is a third species, also, known to the Greeks as "male
cunila," and to us as "cunilago." [Note] This plant has a fœtid smell,
a ligneous root, and a rough leaf. Of all the varieties of cunila,
this one, it is said, is possessed of the most active properties.
If a handful of it is thrown anywhere, all the beetles in the
house, they say, will be attracted to it; and, taken in vinegar
and water, it is good for the stings of scorpions more particularly.
It is stated, also, that if a person is rubbed with three leaves
of it, steeped in oil, it will have the effect of keeping all
serpents at a distance.
