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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 121

121. Ematites: i.e. a stone that is cold and dry in the second degree; it is of pale grey colour; it is obtained in the East of India; it has the virtue of stopping the flow of blood; the reason why it is called ematites (haematite) is, ‘ema’ in Greek means fuil (blood) in Irish, and ‘titis’ means to confine, because it has the ability to staunch the blood. If the juice of shepherd's purse be rubbed on this stone and put in the nose, it will stop the flux of blood from the nose, and if cotton be dipped in the same juice and put in the wound, it will staunch the blood of the wounds. If the water of this stone be given to drink to those with haemoptysis, i.e. spitting of blood, it will help them. If this stone be washed in juice of plantain and given to women with a flux of menstruation, it will help them.