Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition
An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 196

196. Morsus demonis: i.e. the bite of the devil i.e. scabious; cold and dry in the first degree. If it be rubbed in wine and drunk, it will comfort the stomach, open the oppilation of the liver and spleen, and dry the immoderate wateriness of the blood. If it be rubbed in water and drunk, it will clean out the exudations of the vagina. Item, take scabious, fumiter, heart's ease, bugloss, roots of tansy,

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roots of avens, hound's tongue and yarrow, pound those herbs, put them into strong ale, add skimmed honey ad lib.; if it be drunk in the morning and before going to bed, it will open the oppilation of the liver and spleen and of the vagina, and it will clean the blood suitably.