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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 26

26. Ambra, spearma ceti: i.e. the foetus of the whale; it serves well. It is appropriate against epilepsy; take the heart-bone of the deer, make small pieces of it, put ambra through it, put it in a glass vessel on red coals, let its smell to the mouth and nose of the person with epilepsy, and it will certainly help; it has the comforting virtue, according to Platearius, and for that reason it is appropriate for people with heart-burn and syncope i.e. take ambra, lignum aloes, and the heart-bone of deer, equal amounts of each, mix them with the juice of rue, make pills of them, to be taken after meals, and they will serve well against epilepsy and the illnesses we spoke of.