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Wax salve kneaded with cold water cools 11.3
How a moist wax salve is made ibid. 9
Hare's brain 691. 8
Blue pigment original: "Ceruleus"; likely azurite or a similar blue mineral used in medicine 602.19
White lead original: "Cerussa"; lead carbonate, used in plasters and cosmetics despite its toxicity 619.1
Betony original: "Cestrum"; often identified as wood betony 444.22
Galbanum original: "Chalbane"; an aromatic gum resin from Persian plants 546.6
Blue vitriol original: "Chalcanthos"; copper sulfate 614.15
Copper ore original: "Chalcitis"; a roasted copper-bearing mineral 617.7
Burnt copper original: "Chalcos cecaumenos"; copper oxide produced by heating the metal 617. 23
Copper flower original: "Chalcu anthos"; a byproduct of copper smelting 618.2
Ground-ivy original: "Chamecissos" 546.21
Ground-laurel original: "Chamedaphne"; likely butcher's broom 403.23
Wall germander original: "Chamedrys" 546.12
Dwarf olive original: "Chamelea"; a shrub with purgative properties 546.25
Chameleon plant original: "Chamaleon"; referring to certain thistles 547.3
Coltsfoot original: "Chamaleuce" 547.1
Chamomile original: "Chamemelum" 380.7
Ground pine original: "Chamepitys" 547.18
Ground-fig original: "Chamesyce"; a type of spurge 548.4
Burnt swallows original: "Chelidones vsta"; the ash of the bird, once used for throat ailments 711.13
Celandine original: "Chelidonium"; known as "swallow-wort" in traditional medicine 548.13
Bile original: "Chole"; or gall 644.2
Groats original: "Chondrus"; usually a preparation of spelt or similar grain 549.6
Gum-succory original: "Chondrila" 549.1
Goldy-locks original: "Chrysocome"; a species of helichrysum 549.21
Chrysocolla original: "Chrysocolla"; a green mineral used for gold-soldering and as a topical medicine 618.7
Chrysocolla medicine made from the urine of a boy 653.15
What "juice" is original: "χυλὸς" (chylos); refers to the expressed juice of plants or the fluid from digested food 61.24
What "humor" is original: "χυμὸς" (chymos); the fluids or "humors" of the body 62.5
Bean original: "Cyamos"; usually the Egyptian bean 465.3
Cornflower or blue mineral original: "Cyanos" 602.19
Cicada 711.22
Chickpea 414.8
Castor oil plant original: "Cici"; also known as Ricinus 446.20
Chicory 519.19
Hemlock 469.16
Hemlock seed is the most powerful of all cooling things 22.25
Bedbugs original: "Cimices"; used in various folk remedies of the time 714.11
Cinnabar original: "Cinnabari"; mercury sulfide 601.11
Cinnamon 446.27
Ash 534.29
Dog's mercury original: "Cynocrambe" 381.16
Cypress 467.20
Galingale original: "Cyperus"; an aromatic root 468.20
Enchanter's nightshade original: "Circaea" 447.6
Henna original: "Cypros" 469.1
Pumice stone original: "Ciseris, pumex" 579.27
Pumice 601.14
Ivy original: "Cissos" 449.15
Rock-rose original: "Cistus" 447.12