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The anthemis has been highly extolled by Asclepiades. Some persons call it "leucanthemis," [Note] some leucanthemum, others, again, "eranthemis," [Note] from its flowering in spring, and others "chamæmelon," [Note] because it has a smell like that of an apple: sometimes, too, it is called "melanthion." [Note] There are three varieties of this plant, which only differ from one another in the flower; they do not exceed a palm in height, and they bear small blossoms like those of rue, white, yellow, [Note] or purple.
This plant is mostly found in thin, poor soils, or growing near foot-paths. It is usually gathered in spring, and put by
for the purpose of making chaplets. At the same season, too,
medical men pound the leaves, and make them up into lozenges,
the same being done with the flowers also, and the root. All
the parts of this plant are administered together, in doses of one
drachma, for the stings of serpents of all kinds. Taken in drink,
too, they bring away the dead fœtus, act as an emmenagogue
and diuretic, and disperse calculi of the bladder. The anthemis is employed, also, for the cure of flatulency, affections of
the liver, excessive secretions of the bile, and fistulas of the
eye; chewed, it heals running sores. Of all the different
varieties, the one that is most efficacious for the treatment of
calculi is that with the purple flower, [Note]
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