CHAP. 78.—HAZEL-NUTS: THREE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. PISTACHIO-NUTS: EIGHT OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. CHESNUTS: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.
Hazel-nuts[3175] 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,[3176] they are good for an inveterate cough. Some persons add grains of pepper,[3177] and others take them in raisin wine.
Pistachio-nuts[3178] 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[3179] of serpents, eaten or taken in drink.
Chesnuts[3180] 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.[3181]