ON LOCAL REMEDIES, BOOK 8

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Edition of Chartier XIII. [527.]

Edition of Basel II. (256. 257.)

...what they call butter. Also, a decoction of sweet root original: "glykeias rhizēs." This is licorice. boiled until it reaches the thickness of liquid Attic honey. However, for the sweet root, which they call licorice glycyrrhiza, it is better in the early stages to boil it in water, as I mentioned, and mix the boiled liquid with grape syrup original: "siraiō." This is sapa, a syrup made from unfermented grape juice. In our region of Asia, we call it hepsēma..

One might also mix this with sweet Cretan wine original: "glykei Krētikō." This refers to passum, a sweet raisin wine.. Whether it is mixed with grape syrup or Cretan sweet wine, it should be boiled again after the mixing. These preparations are useful for inflammatory conditions in the windpipe arteria and the larynx during the initial stages, until the inflammation is reduced to a moderate degree. Above all, the patient should avoid drinking wine during this period.

When the inflammation has become more moderate, it is permitted to drink sweet Theraean wine, or Scybelite wine, or wine from our Asia. Among these, Caryinum is preferred, then the one called Theraean, and then sweet Tmolite wine. At this time, butter is also appropriate, as is a drink made from almonds, or a mixture of milk and honey boiled together with a larger amount of added starch amylum. If starch is not available, use the flour known among the Romans as fine wheat flour siligo...