CHAP. 104.—THE PROSERPINACA: FIVE REMEDIES.
The proserpinaca,[1988] a common plant enough, is an excellent remedy for the sting of the scorpion. Powdered and mixed with brine and oil, in which the mæna[1989] has been preserved, it is an excellent cure, they say, for quinzy.[1990] It is also stated that, however fatigued a person may be, to the extent even of losing his voice, he will be sure to be refreshed, by putting this plant beneath his tongue; and that if it is eaten, a vomit will be the result, productive of good effects.