Hysterical suffocations and irregularities of the catamenia are treated with agaric, taken in doses of three oboli, in one cyathus of old wine: vervain is used also in similar cases, as a pessary, with fresh hog’s lard; or else antirrhinum,[1590] with rose, oil and honey. Root of Thessalian nymphæa,[1591] used as a pessary, is curative of pains in the uterus; taken in red wine, it arrests uterine discharges. Root of cyclaminos,[1592] on the other hand, taken in drink and employed as a pessary, acts as an emmenagogue: a decoction of it, used as a sitting-bath, cures affections of the bladder. Cissanthemos,[1593] taken in drink, brings away the after-birth, and is curative of diseases of the uterus. The upper part of the root of xiphion,[1594] taken in doses of one drachma, in vinegar, promotes menstruation. A fumigation of burnt peucedanum[1595] has a soothing effect in cases of hysterical suffocation. Psyllion,[1596] taken in the proportion of one drachma to three cyathi of hydromel, is particularly good for promoting the lochial discharge. Seed of mandragora,[1597] taken in drink, acts as a detergent upon the uterus; the juice, employed in a pessary, promotes menstruation and expels the dead fœtus. The seed of this plant, used with live sulphur,[1598] arrests menstruation when in excess; while batrachion,[1599] on the other hand, acts as an emmenagogue. This last plant is either used as an article of food, or is taken in drink: in a raw state, as already stated,[1600] it has a burning flavour; but when cooked, the taste of it is greatly improved by the addition of salt, oil, and cummin. Daucus,[1601] taken in drink, promotes the catamenia, and is an expellent of the after-birth in a very high degree. Ladanum,[1602] used as a fumigation, acts as a corrective upon the uterus, and is employed topically for pains and ulcerations of that organ.