CHAP. 71.—THE PALIURUS: TEN REMEDIES.
The paliurus, [Note] too, is a kind of thorn. The seed of it, known
by the people of Africa as "zura," is extremely efficacious for
the sting of the scorpion, as also for urinary calculi and cough.
The leaves are of an astringent nature, and the root disperses
inflamed tumours, gatherings, and abscesses; taken in drink
it is diuretic in its effects. A decoction of it in wine arrests
diarrhea, and neutralizes the venom of serpents: the root
more particularly is administered in wine.
