The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sisymbrium Sophia
Flix \Flix\, n.
The flux; dysentery. [Obs.]
--Udall.
Flix weed (Bot.), the Sisymbrium Sophia, a kind of hedge mustard, formerly used as a remedy for dysentery.
Usage examples of "sisymbrium sophia".
Another plant of the same genus, Sisymbrium Sophia, a more slender plant, bears the name of Flixweed, or Fluxweed, from having been given in cases of dysentery.