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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 271

271. Tamariscus: the skin of a tree that grows in India; according to Avicenna, it is hot and dry; it has the diuretic and cleaning virtues; it is of benefit against disease of the spleen, stranguria, dysuria, colic and ileus. If powder of the aforsaid tree be put in food or drink, it will give relief from the illnesses we have mentioned.