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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Euphrasia or ocular herb is explained through an alleged power over diseased eyes, and sanguinaria through stopping blood. The source uses these as examples of naming from virtue rather than shape alone. Historical names can cover different plants from modern common names; the local explanation neither establishes species-level identity nor verifies the treatments associated with these names.
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- Book 9 · Signature · Passage 61Latin“Euphrasia seu Ocularis herba”