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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 152

152. Herba Sangti Petri: i.e. cowslip; hot and dry; it serves well against paralysis, i.e., take roots of cowslip, autumn crocus, tops of savory, calamint, roots of burnet, horseradish, elecampane, water crowfoot, equal amounts of each, boil them in lard of capon and grease of cat or fox, press through a linen cloth, put into it oil ot chamomile and an oil that is made of flowers of elder, put an ounce of oleum laurinum into it, put it in a vessel, and rub it on the back of the head and on the root of the nerves, and this will help with paralysis. Take the same herb, pound it well, put breast milk of a woman who is nursing a daughter through it, press it through a linen cloth, and put one drop of it in each nostril, and this will purge the phlegmatic humour from the brain. Take the foliage of this herb, sea wormwood, lovage, red fennel, chamomile, and chervil, equal amounts of each, boil them in water and make a stupe to the head of it, and this will help with coldness of the head and migraine.