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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 218

218. Petrosilium: i.e. parsley; hot and dry in the third degree; there are two sorts of it, the domestic sort and the wild sort; its seed and root serve best for medical purposes; its seed retains its efficacy for five years; it has the diuretic and comforting virtues; this herb is of benefit against windiness if eaten raw or cooked, it greatly comforts the stomach, and it gently relaxes the abdomen. If this herb be boiled with borage and mutton, it will serve powerfully against stranguria, dysuria and oppilation of the liver and spleen. If a


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plaster of the same herb be applied to the testicles, it will stop their swelling and pain.