trichomanes in oil
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. Bruised and applied to the head, it prevents the hair from falling off, and, where it has come off, restores it: , 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”
- 2FiltrationProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.not applicable“pounded and applied with oil”
- 3ProcessProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.other“pounded and applied with oil”
- 4Solvent / vehicleProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.Oil“applied with oil”
- 5FormProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.ointment“applied with oil”
- 6Use (as written)ProvisionalNot independently validated. Read it as a lead, not a finding.alopecy“alopecy”
- PartNot stated in source
- Fresh or driedNot stated in source
- HeatNot stated in source
- DurationNot stated in source