DICTO DE MEDICINIS SIMPLICIBUS attractivis, et cetera: i.e. having spoken of the simples which purge by attractive force, it is meet that we speak of the simples which deplete the humors by compression. Myrobalan is one. There are five kinds of it: citrini, chebuli, indi, emblici, and bellerici.15 Nature: all of them are cold and dry in the third degree. They are the fruit of different trees. They are good when gummy, because by their gumminess they purge. It is said that the citrini are hotter than the inndi, and that the inndi are less cold than the chebuli. Of them the citrini purge most; for that reason it is proper to speak of them first.