Rasan - tall elecampane

Essence.
There is a garden elecampane, but there is also another type of it, in which each leaf is from a span to an elbow long and spreads along the ground like thyme and lentil leaves. The most useful part of it is the root.

Choice.
The strength of the syrup from it is great in its actions and most significant. It is best to take it in the form of jam with vinegar, the heat of which has been reduced.

Nature.
Hot, dry to the third degree. It contains excess moisture and therefore does not warm the body as soon as it comes into contact with it.

Actions and properties.
It is useful for all cold pains, excited winds and swelling. It has redness-inducing power as well as strong cleansing power.

Tools with joints.
It is useful for inflammation of the sciatic nerve and pain in the joints, as well as its root and leaves, in a medicinal dressing, and helps against cold pains and muscle tears.

Organs of the head.
It causes a headache, but resolves, especially if watered with it for mucous migraine.

Respiratory and chest organs.
In the form of a licking medicine with honey, it promotes expectoration and works very well when mixed with licking medicines that cleanse the chest. It belongs to the means that invigorate and strengthen the heart. Wine is sometimes prepared from it in the following way: they take fifty mithqals of elecampane for six obols of grape must and drink it after three months. This wine cleanses the chest and lungs.

Eruption organs.
A decoction of its root, especially its syrup, drives away urine and menstruation. Someone who is accustomed to consuming elecampane does not need to urinate hourly.

Poisons.
Elecampane, especially Egyptian, helps against reptile bites.