Melanogoga—
Sunt ludiæ balani, lazuli lapis, armenusque,
Senna, polypodium quernum, helleborusque, epithymum.
Averrhoes states that the lapis lazuli is the most potent medicine of this class. (Collig. v, 43.)
On Phlegmagogues. Mesue’s list is as follows:
| Clementer. | Valenter. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phlegmagoga | { | Cnicus. | Lachryma | { | Euphorbium. |
| { | Lupulus. | { | Opoponax. | ||
| { | Hyssopus. | { | Scammonium. | ||
| { | Eupatorium etiam cholag. | { | Sagapenum. | ||
| { | Sarcocolla. |
Serapion directs us to administer these medicines to persons of a cold habit, in cold seasons of the year, to those affected with anasarca and apoplexy, in sciatica and hemorrhages. His list is little different from our author’s. Margravius enumerates the phlegmagogues as follows:
Phlegmagoga—
Carthamus, agaricus, turpeth, mechoaca, jalappa,