Herbal & Animal Medicines — Medieval Manuscript

For difficult ulcers or sores: grind the roots of the herb pepticas and apply it; it purges and heals the scars.
For inflammation of the eyes: anoint with the juice of pnapista; it takes away inflammation and pain without delay.
If a man cannot perform with a woman: take the root of the herb papissa, if it has grown from its bulbs, crush it into wax and the rest of this sentence is obscure dissolve it in excellent wine and take nine measures. Gather it in the month of July.

To be painted: the herb genciana gentian.

Others alon. In Gaul, genciana.
Others necepnion.
Others aloires.
Others conicaalem.
Others dardanos.

It grows on twin mountains. This herb serves as an antidote for everything. It is soft to the touch, bitter to the taste, scarpulofidon.

Illustration of the Gentiana plant with five broad green leaves and four red, four-petaled flowers on tall stalks. Below the plant is a thick, tapering brown root. To the left, a green and yellow speckled snake with a red tongue is shown, signifying the plant's medicinal use against snake bites.

For snake bites: take the dried root of the herb genciana reduced to powder. Give one drachma weight in wine, three times over the swelling; it is most effective.

To be painted: the herb orbicularis cyclamen.

Others chiseron.
Others cristofilomes.
Others cheliera.
Others ostrantes.

Others mastpha.
Others antióuis.
Others chedononyozas.
Others strimpantes.

Aphete aspher.
Egyptian palaha.
Italian threo.
Others rupu terre.

Others firisclargia.
Others eibiadans.
Others rapum porrigini.
It grows in cultivated and mountainous places.

Illustration of the Orbicularis (Cyclamen) plant. It features a large, dark, circular tuber with fine roots emerging from the bottom. Above the tuber, several stalks bear heart-shaped green leaves and yellow five-petaled flowers.

For cleansing the head:
Take the juice of the herb orbicularis in a linen cloth and put it into the nostrils; it is excellent. The other method for a collyrium eye ointment made from the herb orbicularis is for cataracts.

For pain of the spleen: take the juice of the herb orbicularis in the amount of a drachma in excellent vinegar for five continuous days; you will marvel at the effect.

Likewise, its root hung on the neck so that it hangs against the spleen acts effectively; for whoever drinks its juice, it causes a wonderful and quick loosening of the bowels. Gather it at any time.

For British likely referring to a specific skin ailment or sore: the herb orbicularis ground into a powder and applied as a poultice heals them wonderfully.

Others chimos.
Others alpalaon.
Others caraneti.
Others mirtoperalon.
Others polygonatos.
Others policarpon.
Others crinopodionites.
Others thepin.
Egyptian zacrias.

Aphete serempir.
Others gonoflewnos.
Italian sanguinaria.
Others orinnos.
Others pterpmasa.
Others feritrum.
Others centinaria.
Others lerpinaem.

Botanical illustration of a single-stalked plant with green lanceolate leaves and a brownish-red root system, likely representing Centinodia (Sanguinaria).