CHAP. 78.—EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM ASARUM.
It is generally stated that asarum [Note] is good for affections of
the liver, taken in doses of one ounce to a semisextarius of
honied wine mixed with water. It purges the bowels like
hellebore, and is good for dropsy and affections of the thoracic
organs and uterus, as also for jaundice. When mixed with
must, it makes a wine with strongly diuretic qualities. It
is taken up as soon as it begins to put forth its leaves, and is
dried in the shade. It is apt however to turn mouldy very
speedily.