CHAP. 88.—POLYCNEMON: ONE REMEDY.
Polycnemon [Note] is a plant which resembles cunila bubula; [Note]
it has a seed like that of pennyroyal, a ligneous stem with
numerous articulations, and odoriferous umbels, with a pleasant though pungent smell. This plant is chewed and applied
to wounds inflicted with iron, the application being removed
at the end of four days. Symphyton [Note] causes sores to cicatrize
with the greatest rapidity; the same, too, with sideritis, [Note]
which is applied in combination with honey. The seed and
leaves of verbascum, [Note] boiled in wine and pounded, are used for
the extraction of all foreign substances adhering to the body; and
a similar use is made of leaves of mandragora [Note] mixed with polenta, [Note] and roots of cyclaminos [Note] with honey. Leaves of trixago, [Note]
bruised in oil, are used for ulcers of a serpiginous nature more
particularly, as also sea-weed bruised with honey. Betony,
with the addition of salt, is employed for the cure of carcinomatous sores and inveterate blisters on the neck.
