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Hazel-nuts [Note] are productive of head-ache, and flatulency of the stomach; they contribute, however, to the increase of flesh more than would be imagined. Parched, they are remedial for catarrhs, and beaten up and taken with hydromel, [Note] they are good for an inveterate cough. Some persons add grains of pepper, [Note] and others take them in raisin wine.
Pistachio-nuts [Note] have the same properties, and are productive of the same effects, as pine-nuts; in addition to which, they are used as an antidote to the venom [Note] of serpents, eaten or taken in drink.
Chesnuts [Note] have a powerful effect in arresting fluxes of the stomach and intestines, are relaxing to the bowels, are beneficial in cases of spitting of blood, and have a tendency to make flesh. [Note]
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