Latin Texts & Translations

The tragonis, ^[Note] or tragion, grows nowhere but in the maritime districts of the Isle of Crete; it resembles the juniper in

the seed, leaf, and branches. Its milky juice, which thickens in the form of a gum, or its seed, taken in drink, expels pointed weapons from the flesh. The plant, too, is pounded fresh and applied as a liniment with wine, or, dried and powdered, with honey. It increases the milk in nursing women, and is a sovereign remedy for diseases of the mamillæ.