سَقْمُونِيَا
Root: سقمونيا
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سَقْمُونِيَا
, or سَقَمُونِيَآءُ, said to be an ancient Greek word, [Σκαμμωηία ] or, as some say, Syriac, [Seammony;] a certain plant, from the hollows of which is extracted a mucilage, which is dried, and is called by the name of its plant: it is more repugnant to the stomach and the bowels than all the laxatives; but it is rendered good by aromatic substances, such as pepper and ginger and aniseed: the weight of six barleycorns thereof to twenty eases the yellow bile, and noxious viscosities, from the most remote parts of the body; and a portion thereof with a portion of
تُرْبُد, or تِربَد, [so in different copies of the K, or تُرْبَذ, or تِرْبَذ, i. e. turpeth,] in fresh milk, taken fasting, will not leave a single worm in the belly: it is wonderful in that effect, and proved by experiment.
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