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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 180

180. Maccula trifolium: i.e. red clover; hot and dry in the first degree; it has the diuretic and comforting virtues. If it be boiled in wine together with its flower, it will comfort the stomach and stop its windiness. Item, if the same herb together with burnet be boiled in wine, it will open the oppilation of the kidneys and bladder. If the flower of the same herb be eaten, it will help with bad breath; it retains its efficacy for four years, in its flower and its seed. If the seed of the same herb be put in soups and food, it will give them a good smell, and will comfort the stomach powerfully.