CHAP. 92.—MASTOS: ONE REMEDY.
Aizoüm, which we have spoken of under the name of digitellus,1630 is the great specific for diseases of the mamillæ. The milk is increased by taking erigeron1631 in raisin wine, or else sonchos1632 boiled with spelt. The plant known as “mastos,”1633 applied topically, removes the hairs from the mamillæ,1634 which make their appearance after child-birth: it has the effect also of dispersing scaly crusts1635 upon the face, and other cutaneous affections. Gentian also, nymphæa heraclia1636 employed in a liniment, and root of cyclaminos,1637 remove all blemishes of the skin. Seeds of cacalia,1638 mixed with melted wax, plump out the skin of the face and make wrinkles disappear. Root of acoron,1639 also, removes all spots upon the skin.