CHAP. 107.—A PLANT GROWING ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER: ONE REMEDY.
Any plant that is gathered before sunrise on the banks of a stream or river, due care being taken that no one sees it gathered, attached to the left arm without the patient knowing what it is, will cure a tertian fever, they say.
CHAP. 108.—THE HERB CALLED LINGUA: ONE REMEDY.
There is a herb called “lingua,”[423] which grows in the vicinity of fountains. The root of it, reduced to ashes and beaten up with hog’s lard—the hog, they say, must have been black and barren—will cure alopecy, the head being rubbed with it in the sun.
CHAP. 109.—PLANTS THAT TAKE ROOT IN A SIEVE: ONE REMEDY.
Plants that take root in a sieve that has been thrown in a hedge-row, if gathered and worn upon the person by a pregnant woman, will facilitate delivery.
CHAP. 110.—PLANTS GROWING UPON DUNGHILLS: ONE REMEDY.
A plant that has been grown upon a dungheap in a field, is a very efficacious remedy, taken in water, for quinzy.
CHAP. 111.—PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN MOISTENED WITH THE URINE OF A DOG: ONE REMEDY.
A plant upon which a dog has watered, torn up by the roots, and not touched with iron, is a very speedy cure for sprains.