Solaris herba
From Simon Online
Solaris herba a grecis eliotropium dicitur Cornelius celsus.
Apparatus:
eliotropium (-piũ A f) AC f | oliotropiũ e | etropia B
celsus om. f
Translation:
Solaris herba {lit. "sun-herb"} is what the Greeks call eliotropium {"heliotrope"}, says Cornelius Celsus.
Commentary:
Simon refers to Cornelius Celsus De medicina, 5, 27, 5, ed. Spencer (1935-8: II.118): Bibere autem oportet herbae solaris, quam heliotropion Graeci vocant, semen vel certe folia ex vino, which Spencer (1935-8: II.119) translates: "The patient should also drink wine in which have been steeped the seeds, or at any rate the leaves, of the herba solaris, which the Greeks call heliotropion."
See also: Eliotropia
