18. Albedarug, colubrina, basilicon: i.e. the three names of the columbine; it is hot and dry in the third degree; everybody who carries it or who rubs it on himself, snakes or mad dogs will not harm him; boil this herb and apply it as a poultice to the imposthumes and it will break them. Item, the juice of the same herb, or the herb itself when pounded, if put on a wound which is cankerous, will heal it; the juice of the root of this herb is good for the darkness and dimness of the sight; if the flower of the same herb be put in the nose of a pregnant woman, she will abort. Item, boil the same herb in wine, particularly its roots, and it will provoke menstruation; if it be boiled in butter like oil, it will help with the cold cough and with the illness called haemoptysis i.e. spitting of blood. Item, it is good for cleaning wounds, together with the powder of alum, if a poultice be made of it. Item, it is good for cleaning the face, if a poultice be made of it together with vinegar and it be put on it. Item, pound the roots of the same herb, and put water of alum through it, and it will help with chilblains.