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Recipe · Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia (Bostock & Riley translation)

Persicon napy · vehicle not stated

Original passage

The other thlaspi, known by some as “,” has broad leaves and large roots, and is also very useful for sciatica. Both plants are very serviceable for inguinal complaints; it being recommended that the person who gathers them should mention that he is taking them for diseases of the groin, for abscesses of all kinds, and for wounds, and that he should pluck them with one hand only.

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 113 · THLASPI AND PERSICON NAPY: FOUR REMEDIES. · lines 11747–11752 · passage pliny-nh:b27:c113:002

Extracted field (numbered)Illegible in source

What the pipeline extracted

  1. 1PlantPersicon napy“Persicon napy”
  2. 2Formother“as an injection”
  3. 3Use (as written)sciatica“sciatica”
  4. PartNot stated in source
  5. Fresh or driedNot stated in source
  6. Solvent / vehicleNot stated in source
  7. HeatNot stated in source
  8. DurationNot stated in source
  9. FiltrationNot stated in source
  10. ProcessNot stated in source