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   and has a pink coloured flower. The root is boiled and the liquid is used for stuping sprained joints.

   

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2. Herbs

   

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   Valuable ointments and remedies for different diseases can be obtained from the herbs of the earth. From the common nettle we get medicine which has proved to have wonderful qualities for purifying the blood. Medicine obtained from the leaves of the foxglove is used in many parts of the country for several disorders of the heart. The blades of Gladen have been used successfully for generations for the cure of Mumps. The sufferer pulls ten blades and throws away one and wears the other nine around

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margie Fagan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kinoud, Co. Dublin