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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 202

202. Mora selsi: i.e. blackberries; they are cold and dry; there is another sort of them which is hot and dry, and which grow on trees; the berries that grow on brambles have the dissolving virtue, and they serve well against quinsy, elongation of the uvula, and scrofula.


p.590

They may be put in the electuary called diamoron. If the juice of blackberries and honey be boiled together, they will serve instead of diamoron, and it will retain its efficacy for ten years. If the juice of blackberries be given on their own, or together with food, they will kill the worms of the stomach and the intestines, and they will relax the abdomen.