A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Profluvium,-ii (s.n.II), abl. sg. profluvio: a flowing forth, a discharge, a flow; (med.) excessive discharge (as of blood, urine or other bodily fluid); looseness of the bowels; see discharge;

- aqua,-ae (s.f.I) profluens,-entis (part.B), ‘running water;’

- in locis uliginosis ad profluvia aquae nivalis in Alpibus Sibiricis supra Tschala (DeCandolle), in soaking places in the out-pourings of snow water in the Siberian Alps above Tschala.

- vinum, in quo Muscus arboreus maceratus, “Serapio altum ait inducere somnum, ventriculum corroborare, vomitiones compescere & alvi sistere profluvia." Hoc se expertum dicit Camellus (Dill.), [wine] in which the tree-like moss is steeped, it is said by Serapius to induce a deep sleep, to strengthen the stomach, to restrain vomiting and arrest flows of the bowels.” Camellus informs us that he made a trial of this himself.

- Lichenoides pulmoneum reticulatum vulgare, marginibus peltiferis. Common Lungwort. [Lichenoides pulmonic [i.e. spongy], reticulate, common, with the margins pelta-bearing [i.e. bearing shields, apothecia]].

[Vires & Usus, powers and uses:]

“Laudant, inquit Cæsalpinus, ad pulmonis vitia, ad tussim siccam spirandi difficultatem. Veteranarii pulvere utuntur cum sale ad pecorum tussim & asthma. Addunt alii vulnera, recentia potissimum, pulmonis glutinare & ad utrumque muliebre profluvium & dysenteriam conferre” (Dill.),

they commend [it], said Caesalpinus, with regard to defects of the lung, to dry cough and difficulty of breathing. Veterianarians use the powder with salt with regard to the cough of cattle and asthma. Others add more, ascribing it for closing wounds of the lung, [a wound] as recently acquired as possible, and for either female discharge and also dysentery.