Kashus - dodder

Essence.
It is something that wraps itself around thorns and trees and is similar to a Meccan bodice. Dodder has no leaves, but has small, white flowers, which are bitter and astringent; The bitter substance predominates in it.

Nature.
Slightly hot at the beginning of the first degree, dry at the limits of the second, although mutually opposing forces are inherent in it.

Properties.
Cleanses and removes rarefied excess from blood vessels. It burdens the stomach due to its astringent properties, but it cleanses the blood vessels and removes the excess contained in them. Causes slipping and thinning.

Nutritional organs.
Dodder, especially when roasted, strengthens the stomach. Drinking with vinegar, it soothes hiccups, opens blockages in the liver and stomach and strengthens them. Its juice is surprisingly good for jaundice. The squeezed juice of the wild species, ground into powder and sprinkled on wine, strengthens a weak stomach.

Eruption organs.
Dodder clears dirt from the belly of the embryo, as it cleanses blood vessels, drives urine and menstruation, and is useful for pain in the intestines. It is inserted into the vagina and this stops the bleeding. Roasted dodder strengthens the nature and cleanses the uterus from the flow of Fever.

Its seeds and juice are very helpful against old fevers.