CHAP. 17.—SPHAGNOS, SPHACOS, OR BRYON: FIVE REMEDIES.
Sphagnos, sphacos, or bryon, grows, as we have already [Note]
stated, in Gaul. A decoction of it, employed as a sitting-bath,
is useful for affections of the uterus: mixed with nasturtium,
and beaten up in salt water, it is good for the knees and for
swellings in the thighs. Taken in drink with wine and dried
resin, it acts very powerfully as a diuretic. Pounded in wine
with juniper berries, and taken in drink, it draws off the water
in dropsy.
