Poisons, Dandruff And Baldness
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"those who have swallowed quicksilver find a remedy in lard. Poisons-especially henbane, mistletoe,hemlock, sea-hare , and others-are neutralised by drinking ass's milk. "
"Bear-grease mixed with laudunum and maidenhair, prevents baldness and cures mange and thin eyebrows 
if compounded with lamp -black from lamp wicks.Mixed with wine bear grease is a cure for dandruff" (complex fatty acid/lettuce/maidenhair/carbon -q a mix)
Pliny might be a bit shaky in this area so dont shoot any bears,and certainly avoid drinking mercury ,the Maidenhair fern is certainly a good digestive aid and kidney tonic/gall bladder cleanser.. Henbane is a tricky plant, certainly the Romans used it for anasthesia (tropane alkoloids) but the Egyptian variety is much more potent than other species-so ift depends where the herb was supplied from.
Mistletoe is a European parasite with a potent mythical background,it is a cardiac tonic but it requires only a very low dosage - it can be violently purgative.This was the sacred herb of the Druids, a protection from all Evil-and it survives with us today in Xmas wreaths, so positioned to ward off malign influences at the solstice.
Like Poppaea you can bathe in ass's milk, though not for your skin-but to draw large roundworms out -hence I wondered if Cleopatra knew this trick as the Egyptians were keen on purging, and must have suffered with helminth infestation.
Apollonius says that scraping a sore tooth and gums with the tooth of a man who has met a violent death is highly effective. Again avoid this one I think.Clove oil will help though.
Foreign Beer Update:-
and as promised-this evening we consumed-Duchesse De bourgogne (west flanders not Ned Flanders ), Cuvee Des Trolls (Scalsis), and Chimay (Blond), and Orval (Trappist). Pantagathus did you get 
that?
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