Herbal & Animal Medicines — Medieval Manuscript

• Name of the herb ostrago.
¶ It grows around monuments or on monuments or in walls, and indeed around the roots of walls.
1 It serves to heal those things that grow on a man. If you wish to pull up this herb, do so clean, before sunrise in the month of July.

An illustration of a plant with a single central stalk and several pairs of opposite, serrated lanceolate leaves. It has a fibrous brown root system.

Name of the herb britannica.
¶ By the Greeks it is called britannia.
Others damasinos.
Italians britannia.
Others call it uiuonem.
Others beta plantaginis.
Africans eleuros.
1 For those things that grow in the mouth: the green herb britannica crushed like lettuce, and the juice which is pressed out by itself, held in the mouth and some of it swallowed, is equally beneficial.
y For pain in the fingernails or if they are festering: the herb britannia helps with a certain powerful virtue; its juice or powder should be kept well. For its juice does not always appear, you shall save it dried and pulverized in a silver vessel, for it is effectively beneficial for the same uses when taken in wine.
uij For paralysis: the green herb britannica crushed with its roots and taken in two or three cups of excellent pure wine is said to be wonderfully beneficial.
viij For moving the bowels: the crushed herb britannica and its juice given as a drink by itself purges without danger.

v For the spleen: the green herb britannica crushed with its roots and taken with two cups of pure wine is said to be wonderfully beneficial.
vi For the snake condition which the Greeks call cynance: the flower of the herb britannia collected before it is crushed, if eaten, one will not feel the snake condition throughout the whole year.

Name of the herb lactuca siluatica wild lettuce.
An illustration of a plant with serrated leaves emerging from a central stalk and a thick, tapering brown root.
¶ By the Greeks it is called charidragria.
Others sermaon.
Others pigris.
Egyptians boutos.
Others aspidion.
Italians lactuca siluatica.
It grows in cultivated and sandy places.
¶ For dimness of the eyes: it is said that when an eagle flies on high to look out over the nature of things, it pulls up a leaf of wild lettuce and touches its eyes with the juice, from which it receives great clarity of vision. Therefore, the juice of the herb lactuca siluatica mixed with old wine, adding a little honey, should be mixed together and stored in a glass flask, and you will experience it as the highest medicine for the eyes.

Name of the herb agmonia agrimony.
• Others sarcocolla.
¶ Greeks agmonia.
i For a spot or pain in the eyes: the green herb agmonia crushed by itself, or if it is dry, soaked in hot water so it can be easily crushed, placed in a linen cloth and applied to the eyes, wonderfully disperses the spot.
ij For pain in the belly: the green herb agmonia crushed, give the root to drink, it is beneficial.

An illustration of a plant with a basal rosette of green, serrated leaves and a tall, thin stalk topped with small yellow flowers. The root system consists of several dark, bulbous structures hanging from the base.