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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 254

254. Sdafisagria: i.e. the seed of a herb that is hot and dry in the third degree; it draws the phlegmatic humour from the brain, if it be put on the teeth, and it serves against lithargia. If powder of stavesacre be put in the nostrils, it will provoke sneezing, which is a source of comfort to the brain. If stavesacre be boiled in vinegar and a sup of it be held in the mouth, it will help with elongation of the uvula. If powder of stavesacre be eaten with honey, it will kill worms of the abdomen.