The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)

Chapter 357: CHAP. 100.—THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BUTCHER’S BROOM.

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CHAP. 100.—THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BUTCHER’S BROOM.

A decoction of the root of butcher’s broom 2360 is recommended to be taken every other day for calculus in the bladder, strangury, and bloody urine. The root, however, should be taken up one day, and boiled the next, the proportion of it being one sextarius to two cyathi of wine. Some persons beat up the root raw, and take it in water: it is generally considered, too, that there is nothing in existence more beneficial to the male organs than the young stalks of the plant, beaten up and used with vinegar.