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An Irish Version of Gualterus de Dosibus (Author: Walter de Agilon/Galterius Agilinus)

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Local actions are truly manifest in aloe socotrine relieving cancer; yarrow relieving hemorrhoids, and dandelion, i.e. scariole relieving jaundice, and the like. Actions resembling general actions as the medicine which promotes the flow of the urine, purges the abdomen, and such like. The reason why actions resembling general actions are so called is that they are the actions of things which are of general advantage to the entire body.