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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 6

6. Arasca, elleborus albus: .i. da ainm an tataba gil, & as teasaide tirim sa treas ceim he. Et adeir Avicenna gurab do na leigesaibh folmaideas co dasachtach suas & sis e, & as mor urcoidigheas munfa dileaghtar an t-adbar roimhe & ata ruidhleas aigi d'impogh na rann fliuch a ngaethamlacht gan fuireach & gnathaightear e a leigesaib comsuigighte & a siroipibh lactacha & daberur e mai{ms folio 49a3}lle re sugh cruithneachta no tsisain eorna cum bogaidh na leannann & as luga urcoidigheas arna bruith na arna caitim fuar. Et as lugha urcoidigheas a cumasc na leigis na arna tobairt co haenda & adeir Ipocras a Libro Ampoirismorum madh ailt an leiges so da tobairt gan comhnaighe da denam da eisi acht an corp da gluasacht co prap da eisi & ase as adbar do sin .i. on comnaighi a haitli an leigis so impaidtear an fliuchaideacht a ngaetamlacht & teagmaidh an gaethamlacht so cum an craighi innus co teit an anbainne & uair ele a mbas. Et folmaidh an leiges so linn finn righin co hoireada & linn ruagh co tanaiste guru{ms folio 49b1}b airi sin as imcubaidh an leiges so da gach uili easlainti tic o leannaib righne fuara amuil ata apoplexia & eipilepsia & sietica & potagra & artetica


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& coilica & ilica & a cosmuili. Et tuic leat co fuil da gne ar eliborus .i. eleborus geal & eleborus dubh & is inann brigh doib ach amain as mo lagas eliborus dubh dan leth sis & is mo lagas eliborus geal don leith suas & folmaidh linn dubh mi-nadurda co hoireada gurab airi sin as imcubaidh e da lucht quartana & don luct ara mbi mania & melangcolia & uertigo & scotomia & da gac uili easlainte tic o linn dubh & ni dleagar an leiges so da tabairt a meit as mo na en ʒ. Et adeir Platiairius pudur an tataba gil da tobairt isin sroin & togairmidh an tsraedach noch as cuis comhfurtacta d'eipilepsia. Item, gabh pudur an tatabha gil & croith arin ceann a haitli a foilce & foiridh an carraighi.