The same is the case too with the lingulaca,[827] a plant that grows in the vicinity of springs, and the root of which is reduced to ashes, and beaten up with hog’s lard. Due care must be taken, however, that it is the lard of a female, of a black colour, and one that has never farrowed. The application is rendered additionally efficacious, if the ointment is applied in the sun. Root, too, of cyclaminos is employed in the same manner for a similar purpose. A decoction of root of hellebore in oil or in water is used for the removal of porrigo. For the cure of head-ache, root of all kinds of panaces[828] is used, beaten up in oil; as also aristolochia[829] and iberis,[830] this last being applied to the head for an hour or more, if the patient can bear it so long, care being taken to bathe m the meanwhile. The daucus, too, is curative of head-ache. Cyclaminos,[831] introduced into the nostrils with honey, clears the head; used in the form of a liniment, it heals ulcers of the head. Peristereos,[832] also, is curative of diseases of the head. CHAP. 85.—THE CACALIA OR LEONTICE: THREE REMEDIES. The name of “cacalia”[833] or “leontice” is given to a plant with seed resembling small pearls in appearance, and hanging down between large leaves: it is mostly found upon mountains. Fifteen grains of this seed are macerated in oil, and the head is rubbed with the mixture, the contrary way to the hair. CHAP. 86.—THE CALLITRICHOS: ONE REMEDY. A sternutatory, too, is prepared from the callitrichos.[834] The leaves of this plant are similar to those of the lentil, and the stems resemble fine rushes; the root is very diminutive. It grows in shady, moist localities, and has a burning taste in the mouth. CHAP. 87.—HYSSOP: TEN REMEDIES. Hyssop,[835] beaten up in oil, is curative of phthiriasis and prurigo of the head. The best hyssop is that of Mount Taurus in Cilicia, next to which in quality is the produce of Pamphylia and Smyrna. This plant is injurious to the stomach: taken with figs, it produces alvine evacuations, and used in combination with honey, it acts as an emetic. It is generally thought that, beaten up with honey, salt, and cummin, it is curative of the stings of serpents. CHAP. 88.—THE LONCHITIS: FOUR REMEDIES. The lonchitis[836] is not, as most writers have imagined, the same plant as the xiphion[837] or phasganion, although the seed of it does bear a resemblance to the point of a spear. The lonchitis, in fact, has leaves like those of the leek, of a reddish colour near the root, and more numerous there than on the upper part of the stem. It bears diminutive heads, which are very similar to our masks of comedy, and from which a small tongue protrudes:[838] the roots of it are remarkably long. It grows in thirsty, arid soils. CHAP. 89.—THE XIPHION OR PHASGANION: FOUR REMEDIES.