Nature: Cold and humid in the second degree. Optimum: Those with large leaves and of a lemon-yellow colour. Usefulness: Relieves insomnia and spermatorrhea. Dangers: It is harmful to coitus and the eyesight. Neutralization of the Dangers: By mixing it with celery. The Tacuinum Sanitatis is a medieval handbook based on the Taqwim as-sihhah, an 11th century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Listing its contents organically rather than alphabetically, it sets forth the six essential elements for well-being: sufficient food and drink in moderation, fresh air, alternations of activity and rest, alternations of sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, and finally the effects of states of mind. In addition to its importance for the study of medieval medicine, the Tacuinum is also of interest in the study of agriculture, cooking and society. From the Tacuinum of Rouen, 15th century. | |
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