232. Rosmarinus: i.e. rosemary; hot and dry, but in what degree cannot be found in the authorities. It is its flower and foliage that are suitable for medical purposes; the name of this flower is dauntos anthos and it is from this that the electuary in which it is put is named i.e. dianthos; the foliage and flower of this herb retain their efficacy for a year. This herb has the comforting virtue because of its being aromatic, and the dissolving and opening virtues from its hotness, and the drying, corroding, cleansing, virtues from its dryness. If the flower of this herb be boiled in wine and given against swooning and heartburn, it will help with them. If the same flower be boiled in wine and drunk, it will comfort the brain and help with headache. Item, if the flower of this herb be boiled in wine and the fumes be allowed to the nose, it will greatly comfort the brain. If dianthos and mastix be boiled in wine, and a sup be held in the mouth for a long time, it will help with elongation of the uvula. Item, if the same herb together with cumin be boiled in wine and drunk, it will help with pain of the stomach and intestines. If the same herb be boiled in wine and put hot on the navel, it will help with stranguria and dysuria, it will provoke menstruation, it will clean the vagina, and it will comfort the conceiving virtue. The women of the city of Salerno are accustomed to boil the flower of this herb in common oil and to put it as a pessary in the genitals, and this makes them able to conceive, and they proceed to menstruate.