Herbal & Animal Medicines — Medieval Manuscript

...ten and seven grains, crushed, in heated wine; let [the patient] drink while fasting.
XVII ¶ For kidney pain: Give one drachma of Betony herb in two cyathos of hot water to drink. This composition will be apt for those whose intestines are twisted from indigestion. Five drachmas of Betony herb.
XVIII ¶ For a constipated bowel: Give nine cyathos of honey-water to drink, and it is moved immediately to the belly.
XIX ¶ For the colon: Betony herb mixed with wine is beneficial.
XX ¶ For a cough: Let [the patient] take two ounces of Betony herb with honey for nine days. Betony and pennyroyal drachmas...
XXI ¶ For quotidian fevers: Give ten cyathos of hot water to drink during the onset; it will heal. Three drachmas of hot water...
XXII ¶ For tertian fevers: Give ten cyathos of Betony herb to drink during the onset; it will heal wondrously. Three drachmas of honey...
XXIII ¶ For quartan fevers: Mix one ounce of Betony herb in three cyathos of hot water in wine; give it to drink before the onset, and it will be healed. Four drachmas of Betony herb...
XXIIII ¶ For the bladder: Three sprigs of celery roots. Boil the celery roots until the heat of the water is reduced to half. And when they are boiled, mix in Betony herb and give it to drink; it heals the pain permanently.
XXV ¶ For those with stones: Let [the patient] drink three drachmas of Betony herb in strong vinegar and one of honey and nine cyathos of hot water, and it will be healed. One drachma of Betony...
XXVI ¶ For dropsy: Give one cyathos of Betony herb; let him drink it for three days, and he will be healed.
XXVII ¶ For women who labor in childbirth and have a fever: Two drachmas of Betony herb in four cyathos of hot water. If it is without fever, give two cyathos in honey-wine and one cyathos of hot water to drink, and it will be healed. Crushed Betony and applied to the nerves...
XXVIII ¶ For paralysis: ...and it is believed to heal.
XXVIIII ¶ For tremors: Two drachmas of Betony herb...
XXX ...six cyathos of hot water, two cyathos of austere wine; give it to drink during the onset, and you will heal it. Where [the limbs] are kept by cold, Betony herb...

...XXXI ¶ For women's issues: Give three drachmas of Betony herb in three cyathos of hot water, to be drunk while fasting for three days; you will remedy it.
XXXII ¶ For spitting of blood: While fasting, take three drachmas of Betony herb and three cyathos of fresh goat's milk for three days, and [the patient] will be saved.
XXXIII ¶ For the breath, so that it does not become [labored]: Take three drachmas of Betony herb in two cyathos of heated old wine; let [the patient] drink it while heated.
XXXIIII ¶ For jaundice, that is, the royal disease, which are yellow: let [the patient] drink Betony herb in wine three cyathos frequently.
XXXV ¶ For carbuncles: One drachma of Betony herb in two cyathos of hot water. The same Betony, crushed with grease or perhaps 'ground' (grungia) and applied to the sore, will heal it. For dog bites, one ounce of Betony herb...
XXXVI ¶ For those who are asthmatic: ...drink in four cyathos of wine; [the patient] will be healed in two days.
XXXVII ¶ For those tired from a journey: Give one drachma of Betony herb in three cyathos of honey-wine to drink for three days.
XXXVIII ¶ For sickness: ...three drachmas of Betony herb for fastidious stomachs...
XXXVIIII ¶ To make the bowel easy: ...three drachmas of Betony herb. One ounce of honey...
XL ¶ For each [case] until it hardens: Give two cyathos in hot water and let him drink. If they cannot retain food, if [you take] Betony...
XLI ¶ For those who [have stomach issues]: Four drachmas of Betony herb, one ounce of honey decoction; make four tablets from it, and let [the patient] swallow one tablet and drink three cyathos of hot water.
XLII ¶ For swelling or pain of the nerves: Apply crushed Betony herb with wine; it acts powerfully.
XLIII ¶ For poison, if anyone has swallowed [it]: Give three drachmas of Betony herb in four cyathos of wine to drink; if [the patient] swallows it, he will immediately reject the poison.
XLIIII ¶ For snake bites: Four drachmas of Betony herb in three cyathos of wine; give it to drink; it heals the bites of all snakes.
XLV ¶ The same for snakes: Six drachmas of Betony herb in three cyathos of black wine; crush and place it upon the wound, and it will be healed.