Vienna Dioscorides I.24.rt

Top center and top right: οἱ δὲ ἀβούτονον, οἱ δὲ ἀψίνθιον, οἱ δὲ Ἡράκλειον, οἱ δὲ γλυκὺν ἀγκῶνα, οἱ δὲ ἀπόγαλον, οἱ δὲ μήρυκον, οἱ δὲ χολοποιόν, οἱ δὲ θηλυφθόριον, οἱ δὲ ἀψινθιόμηνον, οἱ δὲ προκάμπυλον, προφῆται νεῦρα φοίνικος, οἱ δὲ κυναγχῖτις, Ῥωμαῖοι ἀψίνθιουμ Πόντικουμ. πινόμενος βοηθεῖ ὀρθοπνοίᾳ, ῥήγμασι, σπάσμασιν, ἰσχιάσι, δυσουρίαις, ἐμμήνων ἐπισχέσει· καὶ θανασίμων φαρμάκων ἐστὶν ἀντίδοτος ποθὲν σὺν οἴνῳ σύγχρισμά τε ῥιγούντων μετ’ ἐλαίου ἐστί. διώκει δὲ καὶ ἑρπετὰ στιβαδευόμενον καὶ θυμιώμενον· καὶ πινόμενον δὲ σὺν οἴνῳ ὠφελεῖ τοὺς δηχθέντας, ἰδίως δὲ ἁρμόζει ἐπὶ φαλαγγίων καὶ σκορπίων. βοηθεῖ δὲ καὶ ὀφθαλμῶν φλεγμοναῖς σὺν ἑφθῷ μήλῳ κυδωνίῳ ἢ μετὰ ἄρτου καταπλασθέν, διαφορεῖ καὶ φύματα μετὰ ὠμῆς λύσεως λεῖον ἑψηθέν. μείγνυται δὲ καὶ εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἰρίνου ἐλαίου σκευασίαν.

Some call it aboutonon, some call it absinth, some call it Herakleion, some call it “sweet bend,” some call it apogalon, some call it merykon, some call it cholopoion, some call it thelyphthorion (literally, “an abortifacient for women”), some call it apsinthiomenon, some call it “forward-bent,” interpreted as “phoenix-tendons,” some call it kynanchitis, and the Romans call it “Pontic absinth.” Drinking it helps orthopnoea (breathing only in an upright position), fractures, spasms, diseases of the hips, difficulties urinating, the monthly flow. It is also an antidote for deadly poisons when it is drunk with wine and is an ointment for chills with olive oil. It even drives away serpents when used as a litter and a fumigant. When drunk with wine it helps those who have been bitten, it is especially useful for venemous spiders and scorpions. It also helps with eye inflammations when smeared on with boiled quince-apple or with bread, and it disperses growths when boiled ground up with loose meal. It is also mixed into the preparation of “iris oil.”