Herbal & Animal Medicines — Medieval Manuscript (1300) - Page 21

¶ Termine luni applied with the thumb disperses all hardness.
¶ For all causes in the body: the decoction of its herb with fenugreek applied is valid, and foment the belly with the water, and it will be healed.
¶ For pain of the intestines: appease the belly for each cause, and wash with the aforementioned herb and afterwards with warm water, and on the third day it will be healed as aforementioned.

Name of the herb Equiseti Horsetail

Italians equiseiam. Others aguatillun.
¶ For dysentery: let one drink the juice of the herb equiseis with wine on an empty stomach; it soon restricts the flow.
¶ For those who throw up blood through the mouth: the juice of the herb equiseis given with wine, let him drink it on an empty stomach without smoke vapors/fumes, it soon restricts the blood.

A botanical illustration of Equisetum (horsetail), showing a central stalk with multiple whorls of thin, green, needle-like leaves and a reddish-brown root system.

Name of the herb Malve erratica Wild Mallow

By the Greeks it is called malocangrios.
Others olomoloacin.
Others acoron.
Others colliris.
Others eliostrolon.
Others noloxtupnos.
Italians osiriala.
Others malua rustica.
It grows everywhere in cultivated places.
¶ For pain in the bladder: you shall give the herb malua erratica with all its roots, boiled in a pot of water to half its volume, to be drunk on an empty stomach, and it will be healed.
¶ For pain of the nerves: the herb malue erratice crushed with old pork lard and applied as a plaster wonderfully mitigates the pain.
¶ For pain of the side: boil the herb malua erratica with oil, afterwards crush the whole thing in a mortar, and strain it through a clean cloth, and make a plaster...

A drawing of a Malva (mallow) plant with broad, rounded, lobed green leaves and small reddish-pink flowers, with a detailed root structure shown below.

and place it over the side and do not remove it until the third day, and it will be healed.
¶ For recent wounds: the root of the herb malue erratice boiled under ashes and crushed and applied to the wound heals excellently.

Name of the herb Lingua bovis Oxtongue

Aphere concoelsgrigiossa.
Others oftaria amuca.
Egyptians auenenerbelos.
Romans linguam bubam.
Lucanians corrager.
It grows in cultivated and sandy places.
Cradez. ¶ For tertian or quartan fevers in the body: decoct the herb lingua bovis in water to a third part, and let him drink it in four courses on an empty stomach, and he will be healed.
¶ Another herb is similar to this herb which has smaller leaves; taken in its place, it is hostile to frogs and serpents.
¶ For shortness of breath in the body: the herb lingua bovis and bread crushed in the manner of a poultice wonderfully breaks the condition; gather this in the month of July.

A botanical drawing of Lingua Bovis (Oxtongue), featuring several large, broad green leaves with a textured surface and small, star-shaped dark flowers on vertical stalks.

Name of the herb Fallibullus

By the Greeks it is called ftecas. Others calamalabozon.
Others panamoym. Others thyvnos. Egyptians subtho.
Aphere obolmon. Italians tallachuina raga.
Others bulbus fallicus.
¶ For dropsy: the herb fallibullus is roasted, then cleaned, and its center is boiled; when it has been boiled, take it out and crush three parts with honey and vinegar, and thus it is moved through the urine.
¶ For quenching thirst: the herb fallatica placed under the tongue sedates thirst. Gather it at any time.

A drawing of a bulbous plant labeled Fallibullus, showing a large, rounded brownish bulb with roots at the base and a single tall stalk ending in a cluster of small white flowers.