Affection | Part(s) of plant | Preparation | Occurrence in XIX-XXI century TK of Campania | |
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Adiantum capillus-veneris L. | ||||
Corpus Hippocraticum | diuretic | aerial part | decoction | |
jaundice | aerial part | potion | ||
to promote menses | aerial part | potion | ○ | |
uterine affection | aerial part | potion | ||
against leucorrhaea | aerial part | potion with wine | ||
rectum prolapsus | aerial part | local application | ||
to relieve partum complaints | aerial part | potion | ||
to easy placenta expulsion | aerial part | potion | ||
to facilitate the conception | aerial part | local fumigation | ||
Dioscorides | against asthma | aerial part | decoction | ○ |
jaundice | aerial part | decoction | ||
mycosis | aerial part | decoction | ||
lithiasis and related affections | aerial part | decoction | ||
against diarrhoea | aerial part | decoction | ||
gynecological affections | aerial part | potion with wine | ○ | |
emmenagogue | aerial part | potion with wine | ○ | |
against hair losses | aerial part | local application, also in mixture with laudanum, hyssop and honey | ● | |
against alopaecia | aerial part | local application | ● | |
skin affections | aerial part | local application | ● | |
Pliny | affections of the liver and spleen | aerial part | decoction | |
against asthma | aerial part | decoction | ||
against excoriations of infants | aerial part | liniment combined with rose-oil, local application | ||
against head-ache | aerial part | local application | ||
antidote to the venom of serpents and spiders | aerial part | local application | ||
anti-hæmorrhagic | aerial part | potion with vinegar | ||
calculi of the bladder | aerial part | potion | ||
diuretic | aerial part | potion with wine | ||
expulsion of after-birth, emmenagogue | aerial part | potion | ○ | |
looseness of the bowels | aerial part | decoction in wine | ||
skin affections | aerial part | local application | ○ | |
strangury and affections of the kidneys | aerial part | liniment, local application | ||
Pseudo Apuleius | abdominal pain | leaves | wine potion with coriander and pepper seeds | ○ |
Petagna | respiratory system affections | aerial part | infusion, sirup | ● |
Artemisia absinthium L. | ||||
Corpus Hippocraticum | against sterility | aerial part | not described | |
emmenagogue | aerial part | local application, macerated in white wine | ||
jaundice | aerial part | not described | ||
opistotonus (neck rigidity) | aerial part | not described | ||
post partum affections | aerial part | infusion | ||
uterine affections | aerial part | local application | ||
Dioscorides | against animal bites or poisonous plants | aerial part | wine potion | |
against mosquito bites | aerial part | poultice mixed with oil | ||
dropsy and spleen pains | aerial part | poultice with Cyprus ointment | ||
ear and tooth pains | aerial part | decoction | ||
eye affections | aerial part | local application: the plant mixed with oil or honey | ||
jaundice, inappetence | aerial part | decoction | ||
sore throat | aerial part | ointment with figs soda and rye-grass flour | ||
stomach and visceral pains | aerial part | poultice (topic application) or potion | ||
tonic | aerial part | wine potion | ||
Pliny | antidote to animal and plant poisons | aerial part | potion with vinegar or wine | |
antihelmintic | aerial part | potion of the extracted juice | ● | |
diuretic | aerial part | potion with gallic nard | ||
ear affections | aerial part | decoction, local application or liniment of the plant bruised with honey | ● | |
emmenagogue | aerial part | taken with honey or employed as a pessary | ||
eye affections | aerial part | local application, with raisin wine or honey | ||
jaundice | aerial part | eaten raw, with parsley or adiantum | ||
liver complaints | aerial part | potion with gallic nard | ○ | |
iliac regions affection | aerial part | plaster with Cyprian wax or figs | ||
purgative | seeds | potion with sea water and honey | ||
sea sickness | aerial part | potion drunken as a preventive | ||
skin affections | aerial part | water infusion | ||
spleen diseases | aerial part | potion with vinegar and figs | ||
stomach affections | aerial part | decoction, or raw with rue, pepper, and salt | ||
to dispel nausea and flatulency | aerial part | potion with the addition of sile, gallic narde and a little vinegar | ||
tonic | aerial part | decoction | ○ | |
wounds | aerial part | local application | ● | |
Pseudo Apuleius | not reported | ---- | -------- | |
Petagna | hypochondria, hysteria | leaves | extract through the soap | ○ |
To stimulate liver function | leaves | extract through the soap | ○ | |
against malaria | ---- | 1/2 spoon of juice of the plant with clove in wine | ● | |
against scurvy | leaves | infusion | ||
against dropsy | leaves | infusion | ||
antihelmintic | leaves | 1 spoon of essence | ● | |
headache | Powdered leaves mixed with sugar, or infusion of diluted wine | |||
eyes inflammation | powder of leaves mixed with sugar, or infusion of diluted wine | ● | ||
edemata | leaves | fresh leaves | ||
gangrene | leaves | boiled in the sea water | ||
Parietaria judaica L. | ||||
Corpus Hippocraticum | abortive | leaves | potion | |
Dioscorides | skin affection | leaves | local application | ● |
glandular inflammation | leaves | local application | ||
oedema | leaves | local application | ||
ulcerations | leaves | juice and white lead ointment | ||
sore throat | leaves | ointment or juice gargle | ||
earache | leaves | ointment with rose oil | ||
cough | leaves | juice | ||
Pliny | for suppurated abscesses | leaves | the juice taken warm | |
to cure convulsions | leaves | the juice taken warm | ||
to cure ruptures, bruises | leaves | the juice taken warm | ● | |
Pseudo Apuleius | gout | aerial part | decoction mixed with pork fat and applied on foots or knee | |
Petagna | emollient | leaves | juice, decoction with bearberry | |
resolvent | leaves | juice, decoction with bearberry | ○ | |
diuretic | leaves | juice, decoction with bearberry | ○ |