Istirak - styrax

Nature.
Hot, dry to the third degree.

Cosmetics.
Marigolds rubbed with vinegar help against fox disease.

Tools with joints.
Marigold ash with vinegar is useful for inflammation of the sciatic nerve.

Eruption organs.
Dioscorides says:  “If a pregnant woman touches mountain marigolds or administers them in the form of suppositories, she will immediately throw them out.”

 Poisons.
Marigolds help against all poisons and especially against the bites of poisonous animals.

Essence.
Dioscorides says that it is a type of maya, and according to some doctors it is olive tree gum. Fumigation with styrax in all cases replaces fumigation with incense.

Choice.
The best styrax is the one with the sharpest smell.

Nature.
Hot is in the third degree, dry is in the first.

Actions and properties.
Very warming, ripening and softening.

Tools with joints.
Styrax is mixed with anti-exhaustion medications.

 Organs of the head.
It causes drowsiness, heaviness in the head and headache. Helps with runny nose and catarrh.

Respiratory and chest organs.
It helps with cough, hoarseness and loss of voice.

Eruption organs.
Styrax oil is useful for hardening in the uterus; it strongly drives menstruation and opens the uterus. Styrax, swallowed with a small dose of terebinth gum, softens the nature, brings out the juice, cleanses the intestines and expels the fetus.

Nature.
Cold in the first degree, dry in the second. It dries more than red sulfate, that is, suri.

Actions and properties.
Ismid knits and dries without causing burning and stops bleeding.

 Wounds and ulcers.
It cleanses ulcers, removes excess meat and heals wounds. It is applied with fresh lard to burns and the burns do not ulcerate, and if an ulcer has formed, then ismid mixed with wax and white lead heals it.

Organs of the head.
Ismid prevents cerebral bleeding through the nose, in which blood comes from the meninges.

Organs of the eye.
Ismid keeps the eye healthy and clears away dirt from eye ulcers.

Eruption organs.
The introduction of ismid in the form of suppositories helps with bleeding from the uterus.

Substitutes.
It is replaced by burnt lead