Agallochon
Dublin Core
Title
Agallochon
Description
When it is chewed and a decoction of it is gargled up and down in the mouth it causes sweet breath. The powder sprinkled on the whole body serves to deodorise it. It is used in perfumes. One teaspoonful of the roots (taken in a drink) lessens moist disorders of the stomach, its weakness and heat. It is good taken as a drink with water for those who have pains of the rectum, for the liver, dysentery and edema.
Source
De Materia Medica
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Citation
“Agallochon,” Modern Vienna Dioscorides, accessed September 18, 2024, https://modernviennadioscorides.omahahistories.net/items/show/21.