CHAP. 47. (12.)—PETROSELINON; ONE REMEDY. BUSELINON;
ONE REMEDY.
Another kind again, which grows in rocky places, is known
by some persons as "petroselinon:"[1] it is particularly good
for abscesses, taken in doses of two spoonfuls of the juice to
one cyathus of juice of horehound, mixed with three cyathi of
warm water. Some writers have added buselinon[2] to the list,
which differs only from the cultivated kind in the shortness
of the stalk and the red colour of the root, the medicinal
properties being just the same. Taken in drink or applied topically, it is an excellent remedy for the stings of
serpents.
1. "Rock-parsley:" from this name comes our word "parsley." It is
not clearly known to what variety of parsley he refers under this name.
2. Or "ox-parsley." C. Bauhin identifies this with the Petroselinum Cre-
ticum or Agriopastinaca of Crete; but, as Fée remarks, it is not clear to
which of the Umbelliferæ he refers under that name.