Bubonium, has been described under Aster Atticus.
Βούγλωσσον,
Buglossum, Bugloss, is humid and hot in its temperament. Hence when added to wines it is said to produce hilarity.
Commentary. The Borage, or Anchusa Buglossum, long held a place in the Materia Medica. From Dioscorides down to Boerhaave, it had the reputation of being a good cordial. See Dioscorides (iv, 126); Avicenna (ii, 2, 375.) We believe it is not met with in the works either of Hippocrates or Celsus.
Βούνειον,
Bunium (or Arctium), Rape; it is hot, diuretic, and emmenagogue; and the Pseudobunium in like manner.
Commentary. We treated of this article, which, notwithstanding the disagreement of the commentators and herbalists, we are willing to believe to be the Bunium Bulbocastanum, or Earth-nut, as a culinary herb in the [First Book]. The pseudobunium may be the Pimpinella tenuis. Dioscorides represents it to be diuretic, calefacient, possessing powers to promote the lochial discharge, and useful in affections of the spleen, kidneys, and bladder (iv, 122.) Galen and the other authorities give the same account of it as our author. It long held a place in our modern Dispensatories.
Βόυπρηστις,
Buprestis, Burncow, is an insect resembling the Cantharis, and may therefore be prepared like it.