182. Mala granata: i.e. pomegranates; cold and dry in the second degree; they are obtained in Spain; they have the comforting, styptic and drying virtues; they stop every flux of blood and every choleric vomiting. Ysaac says to apply the juice of pomegranates to the eyes which are affected by jaundice, and this will help them. Item, if the skin of pomegranates be finely pounded and honey be put through it, and this be applied to the eyes as an eye wash, this will clean them. Item, if juice of pomegranates, sugar and vinegar of white wine be mixed as an acid syrup and given to people with acute fever, it will comfort them. Item, if the skin of pomegranates be mixed with juice of plantain and applied as a pessary, it will help with the flux of menstruation. Item, if juice of pomegranates be taken and a linen cloth be dipped in it and put on the forehead and the temples, this will stop the flux of blood from the nose and the excessive heat of the acute fevers.