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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)

subsection 277

277. Uirga pastoris, osaragi: i.e. teasel; it is cold and dry, but in what degree is not to be found; it has the retentive virtue; it is suitable against flux of the abdomen. A plaster of this herb, together with white of egg and meal of barley, on the navel, will stop flux of the abdomen. Powder of the same herb given in a soft egg will stop flux of the abdomen. If a plaster of this herb together with white of hen-egg be put on erysipelas, it will help with it. If a plaster of the same herb be put on the head, it will give relief in cases of frenzy.


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