CHAP. 70.—DITTANDER: THREE REMEDIES.
Dittander [Note] is generally considered to rank among the caustic
plants. It is owing to this property that it clears the skin of the
face, not, however, without excoriating it; though, at the same
time, the excoriations are easily healed by employing wax and
rose oil. It is owing to this property, too, that it always removes,
without difficulty, leprous sores and itch-scabs, as well
as the scars left by ulcers. It is said, that in cases of toothache,
if this plant is attached to the arm on the suffering side,
it will have the effect of drawing the pain to it.
