Mandrake

Conciliat somnum, sedat pariterq; dolores
Mandragoras, & mollit ebur; tubercula, strumas
Discutit, & collecta; iuuat serpentis ad ictus,
Expellit partus, & menstrua, detrahit atram
Tum vomitu bilem, & pituitam: inducit & inde
Humorem, ac frigus; largo demittit ad orcum
Et potu.

The mandrake brings on sleep and calms pains alike, and softens ivory; it scatters swellings, scrofulous glands and gatherings; it helps against the bites of serpents; it drives out the birth and the menses; it draws off black bile, and phlegm, by vomiting; and thence it brings on moisture and cold; and, drunk in a large draught, it sends a man down to the underworld.