CHAP. 67.—ORIGANUM, ONITIS, OR PRASION: SIX REMEDIES.
Origanum, [Note] which, as we have already stated, rivals cunila in
flavour, includes many varieties employed in medicine. Onitis, [Note]
or prasion, [Note] is the name given to one of these, which is not
unlike hyssop in appearance: it is employed more particularly, with
warm water, for gnawing pains at the stomach, and
for indigestion. Taken in white wine it is good for the stings
of spiders and scorpions; and, applied with vinegar and oil, in
wool, it is a cure for sprains and bruises.
