Herbal & Animal Medicines — Medieval Manuscript

A detailed illustration of a long, undulating snake (viper) with dark brown and black patterning on its back and a flickering red tongue, positioned at the top of the page.

i For a viper's bite: the powder of the herb centauree minoris or its juice given to drink in strong old wine is very effective.
ii For vices or pains of the eyes: the juice of the herb centauree minoris anointed on the eyes sharpens and heals the vision.
iii Also for dimmed eyes, so that clarity is restored while performing it rightly so that no danger is incurred: boil one handful of centauree minoris in wine and let it soak for three days, then express it. Let one drink it daily on an empty stomach with a cup of honey and vinegar.
iiii For jaundice: boil the herb centaurea minor in water down to a third, and give it daily as much as one wants, and it will be healed.
v For worms and moth-worms: you shall give the herb centauream minorem as a drink.
vi For those who have swallowed poison: you shall give the herb centauream minorem crushed with water; it soon disperses the poison. Likewise, let one drink the roots of centauree minoris in the weight of ten denarii in wine for three days.

Name of the herb Personacia Burdock

By the Greeks it is called prosopes.
Others bactrion.
Others elefantosis.
Others nephrahon.
Others elephas.
Italians personaciam.
Others mausefolium.
Others cardaua.
Gauls betaroleu.
Dacians botulca.

i For fevers: anoint the patient with the leaves of the herb personacia; it wonderfully drives away fevers at once.
ii For all wounds: foment with the water of the herb personacie, then apply it itself...

Botanical illustration of a plant with multiple thin green stalks, each topped with a pale green cup-shaped flower structure. It has a thick, fibrous reddish-brown root system.

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with soda and lard and phlegm from vinegar, crush them, and wrap them in a cloth; it will heal.
iii For pain of the intestines: let one drink one cup of the juice of the herb personacie with honey.
iiij For old wounds and phlegmatic humor: crush the roots of the herb personacie which you find growing in moist places in equal weight and apply them.
v For bites of a rabid dog: crush the roots of the herb personacie with salt and wine and place it over the bite.
vi For burns: let one drink one cup of the juice of the herb personacia and two cups of honey.

Name of the herb Flagra

It grows in rich and clean places and on hills.
i For pain of the spleen: the juice of the herb flagre given to drink with honey is wonderfully beneficial.
ii For those with gas colic and colic: the herb flagra mixed with white pepper and given to drink is effective. Gather it in clean places.

Botanical illustration of a small, branched plant with dark green leaves and small red berries at the ends of the twigs.

Name of the herb Viscum Mistletoe

Others alterargio.
Others mola aneretice.
Others aleomalon.
Others anadendron molochin.
Italians viscum.

It grows in damp and watery places.
i For gout: crush the herb viscũ placed with old pork lard; it heals in a day. Many authors affirm the experiment of this herb.
ii For collections growths that grow in the body: the decoction of the herb euiscu with lard...

Botanical illustration of a plant with large, heart-shaped or rounded green leaves on individual stalks, with a massive and complex brown root structure showing multiple thick, horizontal roots.