174. Linga auis, pigla: i.e. stitchwort; hot and wet in the first degree; its efficacy is great when it is fresh, but small when it is dried. If this herb be boiled in wine, it will increase the sperm and induce sexual desire. Item, take the juice of this herb, and put it in the compounding of electuaries that are used to comfort the kidneys and the bladder, such as benedicta and the likes. If the same herb be boiled in tisane of barley, it will greatly comfort people with phthisis. If the juice of the same herb with sugar be taken, it will serve likewise for people with phthisis and high temperature. The juice of the same herb with tragacanth serves well for excessive heat of the members.