Dioscorides, De Materia Medica
Περί Μελισσοφύλλοn
Synonyms:
- Melittaina, Melittaion, Meliphyllon, Erythra, Temele
- the Romans call it Apiastrum, Citrago
- the Gauls call it Meriseimorion
It is called so because bees feast on the plant.
- The leaves drunk with wine and as cataplasmare a good remedy against scorpion andspider stings and dog bites.
- It is also useful as a mouthwash for toothacheand as a clyster for dysentery.
- The leaves drunk with baking soda help thosewho are tormented by the consumption of(poisonous) mushrooms and against stomach-ache.
- With salt as a cataplasm they dissipate glands on the throat and cleanse ulcers.
- They soothe joint pain as a poultice.
De Materi Medica, Book III, chapter 108 (118)
Translation following Berendes, Die Arzneimittellehre des Dioskurides (1902)
