Kardamomon

Kardamomon

Taken as a decoction, it is good for those who have coughs, paralysis, hernias, convulsions and intestinal pain, and it expels rectal worms. Taken as a drink with wine it is good for those who have defective kidneys and difficulty urinating. It is also good for one who has been stricken by a scorpion and for all those hurt by the venom of other creatures. A teaspoonful (taken as a drink with bark from the roots of bay) breaks kidney and urinary stones. Taken as inhalations of smoke or fumes it is an abortifacient, and daubed on with vinegar it takes away parasitic skin diseases.

De Materia Medica