| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 25.57 | Plin. Nat. 25.58 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 25.59 |
Of the echios there are two kinds; one [Note] of which resembles pennyroyal in appearance, and has a concave leaf. It is administered, in doses of two drachmæ, in four cyathi of wine. The other [Note] kind is distinguished by a prickly down, and bears small heads resembling those of vipers: it is usually taken in wine and vinegar. Some persons give the name of "echios personata" [Note] to a kind of echios with larger leaves than the others, and burrs of considerable size, resembling that of the lappa. [Note] The root of this plant is boiled and administered in vinegar.
Henbane, pounded with the leaves on, is taken in wine, for the sting of the asp in particular.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 25.57 | Plin. Nat. 25.58 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 25.59 |
