SCOLYMOS · vehicle not stated
Original passage
This plant, gathered before it blossoms, and , , which, , makes the hair grow again when it has fallen off through alopecy. The root of either kind, boiled in water, creates thirst, it is said, in those who drink it. It strengthens the stomach also, and if we are to believe what is said, has some influence upon the womb in promoting the conception of male offspring: at all events, Glaucias, who seems to have paid the most attention to the subject, has written to that effect. The thin juice, like mastich, which exudes from these plants, imparts sweetness to the breath.
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 99 · THE THISTLE OR SCOLYMOS: SIX REMEDIES. · lines 11526–11535 · passage pliny-nh:b20:c099:002
What the pipeline extracted
- 1HeatProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.cold“beaten up and subjected to pressure”
- 2ProcessProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.expression“subjected to pressure, produces a juice”
- 3PartProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.juice“produces a juice”
- 4FormProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.other“applied to the head”
- 5Use (as written)ProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.makes the hair grow again when it has fallen off through alopecy“makes the hair grow again when it has fallen off through alopecy”
- 6PlantProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.SCOLYMOS“SCOLYMOS” (from the entry heading)
- Fresh or driedNot stated in source
- Solvent / vehicleNot stated in source
- DurationNot stated in source
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