Table 3
Pharmacotherapeutics—All taxa
Medical condition | Plant | Text | Plant | Co-ingredients/ excipients | Pharmaceutical form | Expected result | |||
Body part | Condition | no. | author | Part | Form | ||||
General | abscesses | mandragoras | [8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | - | friction | dissolves |
pickled | - | friction | dissolves | ||||||
cleaning | alikakkabon | [14] | Galen | - | - | vinegar | [potion] | - | |
struchnos | [44] | Galen | - | juice | vinegar | trochisc | - | ||
fluxes | mandragoras | [25] | Galen | - | - | henbane (seed), libanos, poppy, saffron, myrrh | trochiscs | - | |
fluxes, warm | alikakkabon | [11] | Galen | - | - | - | cataplasm | ||
internal inflammation | struchnos | [48] | [Galen] | - | - | goose fat | ointment | - | |
internal pus | mandragoras | [25] | Galen | - | - | henbane (seed), libanos, poppy, saffron, myrrh | trochiscs | - | |
major conditions | doruknion | [17] | Galen | root | - | - | - | - | |
mandragoras | [17] | Galen | root- | - | - | - | - | ||
Head | cephalalgy | alikakkabon | [4.4] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh, ground | none | applying | helps |
mandragoras | [36] | Galen | - | - | - | - | - | ||
struchnon kēpaion | [3.5] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh, ground | none | applying | helps | ||
struchnos | [36] | Galen | - | - | - | - | - | ||
[38] | Galen | - | juice | rose oil | ointment | - | |||
headache | alikakkabon | [10] | Galen | fruit | ground | goose fat/muron | suppository | - | |
struchnos | [35] | Galen | whole plant | - | none | - | - | ||
[35] | Galen | whole plant | - | barley groat | - | - | |||
[37.1] | Galen | - | - | - | - | - | |||
[37.2] | Galen | - | - | - | cataplasm | - | |||
heat | struchnos | [39] | Galen | - | juice | vinegar | sponges, applying | - | |
heat stroke | alikakkabon | [4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | rose oil | aspersion | indicated | |
[4.4] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | rose oil | aspersion | indicated | |||
struchnon kēpaion | [4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | rose oil | aspersion | indicated | ||
[3.6] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | rose oil | aspersion | ||||
pain, temples | alikakkabon | [10] | Galen | fruit | ground | goose fat/muron | suppository | - | |
struchnos | [37.1] | Galen | - | - | - | - | - | ||
[37.2] | Galen | - | - | - | cataplasm | - | |||
Brain | consciousness, loss | doruknion | [7.4] | Diosc. | - | - | - | - | property |
mandragoras | [8.13] | Diosc. | fruit | - | - | breathing | property | ||
[8.13] | Diosc. | fruit | - | - | eating | property | |||
sleep inducing | struchnon upnōtikon | [5.4] | Diosc. | root epidermis | - | wine | potion | property | |
[55] | Galen | root | liquid | wine | potion | property | |||
Senses | anesthesia, surgery | mandragoras | [8.6] | Diosc. | root | boiling | wine | - | property |
[8.12] | Diosc. | root epidermis | no boiling | wine | - | property | |||
Neck | scrofules | mandragoras | [8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | - | friction | reduces |
[8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | pickled | - | friction | reduces | |||
[8.11] | Diosc. | root | ground | water | - | dissolves | |||
tumor parotid glands | alikakkabon | [4.4] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh, ground | salt | cataplasm | reduces | |
struchnon kēpaion | [3.5] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh, ground | salt | cataplasm | reduces | ||
Eyes | amblyopia | struchnon upnōtikon | [5.7] | Diosc. | root | juice | honey | ointment | alleviates |
black eye | lukion | [19.3] | Galen | - | - | - | liquid medicine | - | |
blepharitic itches | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | - | heals | |
cataract | struchnos | [40] | Galen | - | - | - | - | heals | |
dull sight | struchnos | [40] | Galen | - | - | - | - | heals | |
fluxes | struchnos | [46] | [Galen] | - | - | - | - | - | |
fluxes, acrid | alikakkabon | [4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | water | collyrium | - | |
[4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | egg | collyrium | - | |||
[4.4] | Diosc. | - | juice | water | collyrium | - | |||
[4.4] | Diosc. | - | juice | egg | collyrium | - | |||
struchnon kēpaion | [4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | water | collyrium | - | ||
[4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | egg | collyrium | - | |||
[3.6] | Diosc. | - | juice | water | collyrium | - | |||
[3.6] | Diosc. | - | juice | egg | collyrium | - | |||
general conditions | mandragoras | [8.7] | Diosc. | root | liquid | - | ophthalmic medicines | - | |
greyness | struchnos | [41] | Galen | - | juice | - | instillation | acts on - | |
inflammation | mandragoras | [8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | barley groat | cataplasm | indicated | |
[8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | pickled | barley groat | cataplasm | indicated | |||
struchnos | [43] | Galen | - | juice | - | - | - | ||
irritations | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | - | heals | |
lachrymal fistula | alikakkabon | [4.4] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh, ground | none | applying | heals | |
[4.4] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | bread | - | acts on - | |||
struchnon kēpaion | [3.5] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh, ground | none | applying | heals | ||
[3.6] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | bread | - | acts on - | |||
struchnos | [42] | Galen | - | juice | illekebra moss, libanos, galbanum | - | - | ||
lachrymation, chronic | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | - | treats | |
nyctalopia | struchnos | [41] | Galen | - | juice | - | instillation | acts on- | |
lukion | [01.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | - | eliminates | ||
[19.4] | Ga;em | - | - | - | - | - | |||
wounds, inflamed | mandragoras | [8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | barley groat | cataplasm | indicated | |
[8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | pickled | barley groat | cataplasm | indicated | |||
Ears | otalgia | alikakkabon | [4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | - | instilled | is useful |
[4.4] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | - | instilled | is useful | |||
struchnon kēpaion | [4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | - | instilled | is useful | ||
[3.6] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | - | instilled | is useful | |||
purulence | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | - | efficacious | |
[19.3] | Galen | - | - | - | liquid medicine | - | |||
Nose | wounds | alikakkabon | [14] | Galen | - | - | - | - | acts on |
struchnos | [44] | Galen | - | juice | lithargurus, psimuthium, native sulfur, crocus, poppy | trochisc | - | ||
Mouth | gum, wounds | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | ointment | efficacious |
inflammation | lukion | [19.3] | Galen | - | - | - | liquid medicine | - | |
lips, chapped | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | ointment | efficacious | |
tonsils (inflammation?) | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | ointment | efficacious | |
wounds | lukion | [19.3] | Galen | - | - | - | liquid medicine | - | |
Teeth | odontalgia | struchnon upnōtikon | [5.6] | Diosc. | root epidermis | boiled | wine | potion | helps |
pain | alikakkabon | [13.1] | Galen | root | - | vinegar, oak gall | gargling | - | |
[13.2] | Galen | root epidermis | boiled | - | infusion | - | |||
[13.2] | Galen | splinter | cleaned | vinegar | infusion | ||||
struchon | [47] | [Galen] | - | - | - | gargling | - | ||
Blood | blood spitting | mandragoras | [25] | Galen | root epidermis | - | henbane (seed), libanos, poppy, saffron, myrrh | - | - |
lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | water | [potion] | - | ||
hemorrhages | struchnos | [49] | [Galen] | juice | - | - | - | - | |
Respiration | cough | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | water | [potion] | - |
Digestive system | bowel unease | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | potion | indicated |
[1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | clyster | indicated | |||
[19.4] | Galen | - | - | - | - | ||||
burning stomach | alikakkabon | [4.4] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh, ground | none | applying | helps | |
struchnon kēpaion | [3.5] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh, ground | none | applying- | helps | ||
diarrhea | struchnos | [51] | [Galen] | - | juice | libanos | potion | - | |
fistula, anal | alikakkabon | [14] | Galen | - | - | - | - | acts on - | |
lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | ointment | - | ||
struchnos | [44] | Galen | - | juice | lithargurus, psimuthium, native sulfur, crocus, poppy | trochisc | - | ||
[4.5] | Diosc. | whole plant | dried | - | application | active | |||
[4.5] | Diosc. | fruit | - | - | potion | acts on - | |||
inflammation, anus | lukion | [19.3] | Galen | - | - | - | liquid medicine | - | |
intestinal pain | lukio | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | potion | indicated | |
[1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | clyster | indicated | |||
[19.4] | Galen | - | - | - | - | - | |||
liver | alikakkabon | [9.4] | Galen | - | - | - | compound medicines | - | |
wounds, anus | lukion | [19.3] | Galen | - | - | - | liquid medicine | - | |
Urinary tract | bladder | alikakkabon | [9.4] | Galen | - | - | - | compound medicines | |
dropsy | struchnon | [50] | [Galen] | - | juice | honey | potion | - | |
struchnon upnōtikon | [5.6] | Diosc. | fruit | - | none | potion | - | ||
kidneys | alikakkabon | [9.4] | Galen | - | - | - | compound medicines | - | |
diuresis | struchnon upnōtikon | [5.5] | Diosc. | fruit | - | - | - | ||
[55] | [Galen] | seed | - | - | - | property | |||
Gynecology | amenorrhea? | mandragoras | [8.8] | Diosc. | root | liquid | none | - | acts on - |
cervix induration? | mandragoras | [8.7] | Diosc. | root | liquid | pessary | sooths | ||
discharges | alikakkabo | [4.4] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | wool | tampon | stops | |
[4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | wool | tampon | stops | |||
lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | applying | stops | ||
[19.4] | Galen | - | - | - | - | - | |||
struchnon kēpaio | [3.6] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | wool | tampon | stops | ||
[4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | wool | tampon | stops | |||
discharges, red | mandragoras | [8.14] | Diosc. | seed | - | native sulfur | applied | stops | |
pregnancy, stopping | mandragoras | [8.8] | Diosc. | root | liquid | none | - | provokes | |
uterus, cleaning | mandragoras | [8.14] | Diosc. | seed | - | - | potion | cleans | |
Humors | bile | mandragoras | [8.7] | Diosc. | root | liquid | melikraton | potion | evacuates |
phlegm | mandragoras | [8.7] | Diosc. | root | liquid | melikraton | potion | evacuates | |
Sleep | insomnia | mandragoras | [8.6] | Diosc. | root | boiled | wine | potion | |
Psyche | consciousness | doruknion | [7.4] | Diosc. | shole plant | - | - | - | seems |
struchnon manikon | [6bis.3] | Diosc. | root | - | wine | potion | property | ||
Pain | general pain | mandragoras | [8.6] | Diosc. | root | boiled | wine | potion | - |
[8.7] | Diosc. | root | liquid | - | - | - | |||
[24] | Galen | root | - | - | - | - | |||
struchnon upnōtikon | [5.6] | Diosc. | root epidermis | - | none | antalgics | - | ||
[5.6] | Diosc. | root epidermis | - | - | trochiscs | - | |||
Articulations | articulations | doruknion | [17] | Galen | root | - | - | - | - |
gout | doruknion | [17] | Galen | root | - | - | - | - | |
pain | mandragoras | [8.11] | Diosc. | root | ground | barley groat | - | ||
Skin | abscesses | mandragoras | [8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | - | friction | dissolves |
[8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | pickled | - | friction | dissolves | |||
abrasions | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | ointment | - | |
[19.3] | Galen | - | - | - | liquid medicine | - | |||
eruptions in the face | alikakkabon | [12] | Galen | twigs | fresh | - | - | - | |
erysipelas | alikakkabon | [4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | barley groat | cataplasm | indicated | |
[4.4] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | psimythium, lithargyrus, rose oil | - | acts on - | |||
[4.4] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | barley groat | cataplasm | - | |||
mandragoras | [8.11] | Diosc. | root | ground | vinegar | - | cures | ||
[3.6] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | psimythium, lithargyrus, rose oil | - | acts on - | |||
struchnon kēpaion | [4.6] | Diosc. | leafage | juice | barley groat | cataplasm | indicated | ||
[3.5] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | barley groat | cataplasm | indicated | |||
struchnos | [45] | Galen | - | juicr | psimythium, alum, saffron paste, native sulfur | applying | - | ||
exanthemata | alikakkabon | [12] | Galen | twigs | fresh | - | - | - | |
furuncles | alikakkabon | [12] | Galen | twigs | fresh | - | - | - | |
growths | alikakkabon | [12] | Galen | twigs | fresh | - | - | - | |
mandragoras | [8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | - | applying | dissolves | ||
[8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | pickled | - | applying | dissolves | |||
[8.11] | Diosc. | root | ground | water | - | ||||
indurations | mandragoras | [8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | - | friction | dissolves | |
[8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | pickled | - | applying | dissolves | |||
lichen, swelling | alikakkabon | [12] | Galen | twigs | fresh | - | - | - | |
pimples | alikakkabos | [14] | Galen | - | - | - | - | acts on - | |
struchnos | [44] | Galen | - | juice | lithargurus, psimuthium, native sulfur, crocus, poppy | - | |||
pustule, night | alikakkabon | [14] | Galen | - | - | - | - | acts on | |
struchnos | [44] | Galen | - | juice | lithargurus, psimuthium, native sulfur, crocus, poppy | - | |||
shingles | alikakkabon | [4.4] | Diosc | [whole plant] | juice | psimythium, lithargyrus, rose oil | - | acts on - | |
[4.4] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | barley groat | cataplasm | indicated | |||
lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | - | heals | ||
[19.3] | Galen | - | - | - | liquid medicine | - | |||
struchnon kēpaion | [3.5] | Diosc. | leaves | fresh | barley groat | cataplasm | indicated | ||
[3.6] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | juice | psimythium, lithargyrus, rose oil | - | acts on | |||
sores, infected | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | - | heals | |
[19.3] | Galen | - | - | - | liquid medicine | - | |||
spots without wound | mandragoras | [8.10] | Diosc | leaves | - | friction | deletes | ||
[8.10] | Diosc. | leaves | pickled | - | friction | ||||
swellings | alikakkabon | [12] | Galen | twigs | fresh | - | - | - | |
whitlow | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | - | heals | |
[19.3] | Galen | - | juice | - | - | - | |||
wounds, gangrenous | lukion | [19.3] | Galen | - | juice | - | - | - | |
Venoms | bites, reptiles | mandragoras | [8.11] | Diosc. | root | ground | honey or oil | - | |
rabies | lukion | [1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | - | potion | - | |
[1.10] | Diosc. | root | juice | water | potion | - | |||
viper, prevention | struchnos | [52] | [Galen] | - | juice | - | - | - | |
Toxicology | antidoton | mōrion | [8bis.4] | Diosc. | root | - | struchnon manikon | potion | - |
struchnon manikon | [8bis.4] | Diosc. | root | - | mōrion | potion | - | ||
Iatrogenic | consciousness, loss | mandragoras | [8.13] | Diosc. | fruit | - | - | - | property |
death | doruknion | [7.4] | Diosc. | - | - | - | - | property | |
mandragoras | [8.7] | Diosc. | root | liquid | melikraton | potion | property | ||
struchnon manikon | [6bis.3] | Diosc. | root | - | wine | potion | property | ||
mental disorder | struchnon manikon | [6bis.3] | Diosc. | root | - | wine | potion | property | |
[55] | [Galen] | fruit | - | - | potion | property | |||
[56] | [Galen] | fruit | - | - | potion | ||||
[57] | [Galen] | fruit | - | - | property | ||||
struchnon upnōtikon | [6] | Diosc. | [whole plant] | - | - | property | |||
[5.6] | Diosc. | fruit | - | - | property | ||||
stupor | mōrion | [8bis.4] | Diosc. | - | - | ||||