103. Daucus asininus: .i. carrot; hot and dry in the third degree; its efficacy is great in its seed, its foliage, its root, and its flower; the reason why it is called by this name i.e. daucus asininus is that asininus is donkey, and it is the proper food of the donkey. There is another sort of this herb which is called daucus creticus and it is from the island called Crete that it is named, that is a Greek island, since it grows only in that island. This herb has the consuming, dissolving and attenuating virtues because of the fineness of its substance, and because of its equal qualities; this herb serves well when boiled with dry figs in wine against asthma and a cold wet cough; when there is trouble in the chest arising from cold matter, and without fever, this herb should be boiled in wine with liquorice and powder of cranesbill, and drunk early in the day and in the evening. Item, take two thirds of wine and one third of water, a handful of maidenhair spleenwort, a handful of mercury and of carrot, equal amounts of each herb, pound them, boil them in wine or water as we have said, strain them, and, when honey has been added, drink, and it will open oppilation of the liver and the spleen. Item, take juice of celery, boil carrot, press and clarify as with syrup, and it will certainly help with dropsy, and it will open the oppilation and the passages of the liver, the spleen, and the kidneys. Item, take this