Note E212 — 39.
Reading edition
"Orach," Atriplex hortensis, or sativa, formerly Arach, Prompt. Parv. Arage, in MS. Harl. 979 Arasches, Fr. arroche, from Low Lat. aurago from aurum = gold, by the addition to it of ago = wort, as in plantago, lappago, etc. At the same time its use in the cure of jaundice, aurugo, may have fixed upon the plant the name of the disease.
"Atriplicem tritam cum nitro, melle, et aceto, Dicunt appositam calidam sedare podagram: Ictericis dicitque Galenus tollere morbum Illius semen cum vino sæpius haustum." —Macer, cap. xxviii. l. 7, quoted by Dr. Prior.