For the cure of erysipelas, aizoüm[1] is used, or else pounded leaves of hemlock, or root of mandragora;[2] this last being cut into round slices like cucumber and suspended over must,[3] after which it is hung up in the smoke, and then pounded in wine or vinegar. It is a good plan too to use fomentations with myrtle wine: two ounces of mint beaten up in vinegar with one ounce of live sulphur, form a mixture sometimes employed; as also soot mixed with vinegar.

There are several kinds of erysipelas, one in particular which attacks the middle of the body, and is known as "zoster:"[4] should it entirely surround the body, its effects are fatal. For this disease, plantago[5] is remedial, mixed with Cimolian[6] chalk; vervain, used by itself; or root of persolata.[7] For other kinds of erysipelas of a spreading nature, root of cotyledon[8] is used, mixed with honied wine; aizoüm also,[9] or juice of linozostis,[10] in combination with vinegar.