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25.83 CHAP. 83. (11.)—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE HEAD. NYMPHÆA HERACLIA: TWO REMEDIES.

But we shall now proceed to point out the various classes of remedies for the several parts of the body, and the maladies to which those parts are subject, beginning in the first place with the head.

The root of nymphæa heraclia [Note] effects the cure of alopecy, if they are beaten up together, [Note] and applied. The polythrixs [Note] differs from the callitrichos [Note] in having white, rushlike suckers, larger leaves, and more numerous; the main stem, [Note] too, is larger. This plant strengthens the hair, prevents it from falling off, and makes it grow more thickly.



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