الفُرَاسِيُونُ

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الفُرَاسِيُونُ , with damm, The كُرَّاث جَبَلِىّ [lit. mountain-leek]: so it is said to be: it is a four-sided أَصْل [app. meaning stem], from which rise many white, foursided, branches, whereon sometimes grow rough leaves like the thumb; and it has a blossom inclining to blueness and yellowness: it has the property of clearing the complexion, dissolves thick humours, is diuretic, opens obstructions, and is beneficial as a remedy for the bite of the dog, i. e. of the mad dog: [it is now applied in Cairo to euphrasia: and marrubium plicatum. ]

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