188. Mellago: i.e. balm; hot and dry in the second degree; its efficacy is great both fresh and dried; it should be dried in the sun at first, and preserved in a cool place, and it will retain its efficacy for a year; it has the dissolving and consuming virtues. If it be boiled in wine or ale and drunk, it will help with swelling and pain of the abdomen, and it will open the oppilation of the liver and spleen. If the smell of it be frequently applied to the nose, it will comfort the brain. If its foliage be boiled in wine and put hot on the top of the head, it will stop the flow of rheum and headache. If the same herb be put in a bath, and the woman be immersed in it up to her belly, it will provoke menstruation very well.