169. Leuisticus: i.e. lovage; hot and dry in the second degree; it has the diuretic, opening and attenuating virtues. Its root and seed serve best for medical purposes. If a plaster of this herb be put on the upper part of the stomach, it will stop its pain and coldness. If powder of this herb be boiled in wine, it will provoke menstruation and the urine; this herb will help with the bite of a mad dog if it be put as a plaster on the wound. If it be pounded with kernels of hazel nuts and put in the wound, it will help with any poison; take tops of lovage, alexanders, celery, red fennel, grey nettle, and chamomile, boil in fresh water as if for a bath, and give it in quantity to people with paralysis, and to people who have excesses under the skin; it retains its efficacy for four years. If it be boiled in wine, it will open the oppilation of liver and spleen. If the seed of this herb be eaten with powder of cinnamon, it will comfort the digestion, when given to eat in food and sauces and soups.