Latin Texts & Translations

The erythrodanus, ^[Note] by some called "ereuthodanus," and

in Latin, "rubia," is quite a different plant. It is used for dyeing wool, and skins for leather are prepared with it. Used medicinally, it is a diuretic, and, employed with hydronel, it is turative of jaundice. ^[Note] Employed topically with vinegar, it leals lichens; and a potion is prepared from it for sciatica and paralysis, the patient while using it taking a bath daily. The root of it and the seed are effectual as an emmenagogue the act astringently upon the bowels, and disperse gatherings. The branches, together with the leaves, are applied to wounds inflicted by serpents; the leaves too have the property of staining the hair. ^[Note] I find it stated by some writers that this shrub is curative of jaundice, even if worn as an amulet only, and looked at every now and then.