Herbal & Animal Medicines — Medieval Manuscript

To be illustrated: The poppy herb.

A botanical illustration of a wild poppy (Papaver silvaticum) with multiple spiky leaves and two closed flower heads or seed pods at the top of long stems. The root system is shown as a thick, gnarled mass at the bottom.

It is called meconias by the Greeks.
Others call it orthiatonos.
Others mecones agrios wild poppy.
The Italians call it papaver.
Others papaver siluaticum wild poppy.

1For inflammation of the eyes in children: apply the juice with its own cantharis blister beetle fried in oil to the eyes.

4For migraine or headache: crush the wild poppy herb with a little vinegar, apply it to the forehead, and it mitigates the pain.

4For inducing sleep: if you anoint someone with the juice of the wild poppy herb, they will fall into sleep and succumb to drowsiness.

To be illustrated: The hyantes herb.

A botanical illustration of a plant with several upright stems bearing small, orange-colored flowers and narrow leaves, terminating in a root structure.

For strangury difficulty or pain in urination: the hyantes herb, reduced to powder, is given with two cups of wine.

4For a cough: the hyantes herb, given as noted above, soothes a cough.

To be illustrated: The narcissus herb.

A botanical illustration of a narcissus plant featuring long, green, sword-shaped leaves radiating from a large, round central bulb with roots growing from the bottom.

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For those with a cough or colic: the narcissus herb, crushed and given as a drink, is said to be beneficial for colic or coughing.

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Others call it Erinion.
Others Scolopendrion spleenwort.
Others prigia.
Others pterodites.
Others tiberion.
Others tinagratis.

A botanical illustration of the Scolopendrion (Spleenwort) plant, depicted with five large, dark, rounded leaves or lobes emerging from a central brown base decorated with two green curls. A thick, branching root is visible below.

1For pain in the spleen: you will experience a supreme medicine if you take the root of the splenion spleenwort herb, ground into a very fine powder, and given to the living as a drink.

It is said that it was discovered such that astufixer? pnectasset? luni? it became erinatusset; for this reason, it is called splenion by some. It is told that? those who eat its root are found to be without a spleen. Some call it crispul surculus curly twig; others call the same plant autohaba?. Gather it with its flower and use a clean cloth or uagvine? willow and pifide? for the praised remedy.

Name of the herb polion.

It grows in rough places.

A botanical illustration of the Polion plant, consisting of a single straight stem with pairs of serrated, dark green leaves, and a substantial root system at the base.

1For the lunatic those suffering from epilepsy or mental instability: mix the juice of the polion herb with vinegar and anoint those who suffer before the condition strikes them.

4Also for a pustule: if you tie its root with a clean linen cloth around the neck of the person who suffers, they will find relief.