156. Ipoquisdidos: i.e. hypocistis; cold and dry in the second degree. Its roots should be gathered in the spring and dried, and it will retain its efficacy for two years; it has the styptic and constrictive virtues, and it serves well against the choleric flux of the abdomen that is caused by weakness of the retentive virtue if it be mixed with rose water. If the powder of the same herb be mixed with juice of plantain and put as a plaster on the kidneys and navel, it will stop the flux of the abdomen. If the same plaster be put on the upper part of the stomach, it will stop vomiting. If a pessary be made of this herb and dipped in juice of plantain and put in the proper place, it will stop the flux of menstruation.