CHAP. 7. (3.)—THE GOURD: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES. THE SOMPHUS: ONE REMEDY.
There is found also a wild gourd, called “somphos” by the Greeks, empty within (to which circumstance it owes its name),[1326] and long and thick in shape, like the finger: it grows nowhere except upon stony spots. The juice of this gourd, when chewed, is very beneficial to the stomach.[1327]