CHAP. 53.— HYPERICON, CHAMÆPITYS, OR CORISON: NINE
REMEDIES.
Hypericon, [Note] otherwise known as the "chamæpitys" [Note] or
"orison," [Note] is possessed of similar properties. It is a plant [Note]
with a stem like that [Note] of a garden vegetable, thin, red, and a
cubit in length. The leaf is similar to that of rue, and has
an acrid smell: the seed is enclosed in a swarthy pod, and
ripens at the same time as barley. This seed is of an astringent
nature, arrests diarrhœa, and acts as a diuretic: it is taken
also for diseases of the bladder, in wine.
