63. Bitonica: i.e. betony; hot in the third degree and dry in the fourth degree. If given in wine to those with urinary stones, it will break the stones, and it will provoke the urine in the same way; it is good against dropsy, if it be dipped in wine or ale. Item, if powder be made of this herb and mixed with honey that has been purified by skimming, it is good against a cold cough. Item, the powder of this herb, if given in wine, will help with stomach pains, though, if the pains come from a fever, it should be given in water. Item, if the powder of this herb be given in the drink called mulsa, it will ease the abdomen gently of its dryness. Item, if it be pounded, and salt be put through it, and it be put in recent wounds, they will do no more harm. Item, if the foliage of this herb be boiled in water, and if unsalted butter be put through it, and it be applied as a plaster to the eyes, it will stop their pain. Item, if it be dipped in water and drunk, it will help with watering of the eyes. Item, if betony and rue be dipped in water, it will clarify the sight. Item, if four ounces of the foliage of betony and twenty eight grains of black pepper be given to those having disease of the kidneys, it will help them if it be put on the teeth. Item, if, likewise, a plaster be made of it, it will help with oppilation of the liver and spleen. Item, if the foliage of plantain and two ounces of the foliage of betony be drunk before the paroxysm in a case of quotidian fever, it will stop the fever. Item, against the disease known as displacement of the uterus, pound this herb and give it in wine or in water; and it will help with haemorrhoids. Item, if it be drunk in water or in wine,