CHAP. 17.—THE BECHION, KNOWN ALSO AS SALVIA: FOUR
REMEDIES.
There is another bechion [Note] also, known to some persons as
"salvia," [Note] and bearing a strong resemblance to verbascum.
This plant is triturated, and the juice strained off and taken
warm for cough and for pains in the side: it is considered
very beneficial also for the stings of scorpions and sea-
dragons. [Note] It is a good plan, too, to rub the body with this
juice, mixed with oil, as a preservative against the stings of
serpents. A bunch of hyssop is sometimes boiled down with
a quarter of a pound of honey, for the cure of cough.
