trichomanes · vehicle not stated
Original passage
The is a plant that resembles the adiantum, except that it is more slender and of a darker colour; the leaves of it, which are similar to those of the lentil, lie close together, on opposite sides, and have a bitter taste. A decoction of this plant, taken in white wine, with the addition of wild cummin, is curative of strangury. , it prevents the hair from falling off, and, where it has come off, restores it: pounded and applied with oil, it effects the cure of alopecy. The mere taste of it is provocative of sneezing.
Pliny the Elder, The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6): Books XXIV–XXXI, translated by John Bostock; H. T. Riley (1856 edition) · Book 27, chapter 111 · THE TRICHOMANES. FIVE REMEDIES. · lines 11706–11714 · passage pliny-nh:b27:c111:001
What the pipeline extracted
- 1PlantProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.trichomanes“trichomanes”
- 2HeatProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.cold“Bruised and applied to the head”
- 3FiltrationProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.not applicable“Bruised and applied to the head”
- 4ProcessProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.other“Bruised and applied”
- 5FormProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.poultice“Bruised and applied to the head”
- 6Use (as written)ProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.prevents the hair from falling off, and, where it has come off, restores it“prevents the hair from falling off, and, where it has come off, restores it”
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- Fresh or driedNot stated in source
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