CHAP. 67.—ORIGANUM, ONITIS, OR PRASION: SIX REMEDIES.
Origanum,[1610] which, as we have already stated, rivals cunila in flavour, includes many varieties employed in medicine. Onitis,[1611] or prasion,[1612] is the name given to one of these, which is not unlike hyssop in appearance: it is employed more particularly, with warm water, for gnawing pains at the stomach, and for indigestion. Taken in white wine it is good for the stings of spiders and scorpions; and, applied with vinegar and oil, in wool, it is a cure for sprains and bruises.