The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)

Chapter 319: CHAP. 89.—REMEDIES FOB WARTS, AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SCARS.

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This volume catalogs remedies derived from forest trees and wild plants, presenting systematic entries for dozens of species with prescribed treatments and applications. It enumerates specific uses for resins, barks, leaves, berries, and sap, and gives instructions on preparation, dosage, and testing of potency. The text also records variations among species, regional observations on growth and harvesting, and anecdotes on how certain plants were discovered or associated with animals and human practices. Overall it functions as a practical herbal compendium combining botanical description with medicinal recipes and empirical notes.

CHAP. 89.—REMEDIES FOB WARTS, AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SCARS.

Argemonia 1571 with vinegar, or root of batrachion,1572 removes warts; this last having the effect also of bringing off malformed nails. The juice or the leaves, applied topically, of either kind of linozostis,1573 remove warts. All the varieties of tithymalos 1574 are efficacious for the removal of every kind of wart, as also of hangnails 1575 and wens. Ladanum 1576 imparts a fresh colour and seemly appearance to scars.

(15.) The traveller who carries artemisia 1577 attached to his person, or elelisphacus,1578 will never be sensible of lassitude, it is said.