Radishes in wine
A toxicity concern is recorded for this plant. Shown for analysis only.
Original passage
are good, too, for curing ulcerations of the intestines and suppurations of the thoracic organs, if eaten with honey. Some persons say, however, that for this purpose they should be boiled in earth and water; a decoction which, according to them, promotes the menstrual discharge. Taken with vinegar or honey, radishes expel worms from the intestines; and , , is good for intestinal hernia. Employed in this way, too, they have the effect of drawing off the superfluous blood. Medius recommends them to be given boiled to persons troubled with spitting of blood, and to women who are suckling, for the purpose of increasing the milk. Hippocrates recommends females whose hair falls off, to rub the head with radishes, and he says that for pains of the uterus, they should be applied to the navel.
Pliny the Elder, The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6): Books XVIII–XXIII, translated by John Bostock; H. T. Riley (1856 edition) · Book 20, chapter 13 · THE CULTIVATED RADISH: FORTY-THREE REMEDIES. · lines 8580–8592 · passage pliny-nh:b20:c013:003
What the pipeline extracted
- 1PlantProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.Radishes“Radishes”
- 2ProcessProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.decoction“a decoction of them”
- 3HeatProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.boiled“boiled down to one-third”
- 4DurationProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.boiled down to one-third“boiled down to one-third”
- 5Solvent / vehicleProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.Wine“taken in wine”
- 6FormProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.drink“taken in wine”
- 7Use (as written)ProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.intestinal hernia“intestinal hernia”
- PartNot stated in source
- Fresh or driedNot stated in source
- FiltrationNot stated in source