Origanum,1610 which, as we have already stated, rivals cunila in flavour, includes many varieties employed in medicine. Onitis,1611 or prasion,1612 is the name given to one of these, which is not unlike hyssop in appearance: it is employed more particularly, with warm water, for gnawing pains at the stomach, and for indigestion. Taken in white wine it is good for the stings of spiders and scorpions; and, applied with vinegar and oil, in wool, it is a cure for sprains and bruises.