De materia medica (Greek manuscript Grec 2179)

TO INDUCE MENSTRUATION.

IT ALSO INDUCES MENSTRUATION original: "katamenia" WHEN DRUNK OR APPLIED AS A PESSARY ... ...? WITH FLOUR. TAKE A DRACHM A Greek unit of weight, roughly 3.4 grams OF THE ROOT IN A CUP. SIMILARLY, THE LEAVES DRUNK WITH WHITE WINE ARE BENEFICIAL FOR JAUNDICE original: "ikterous"; a yellowing of the skin, which the ancients treated with yellow-sapped plants. AND THE

MENSTRUAL FLOW SOFTENING TESSERIDES SIDUON AND EPHEDRAS.

SOFTENS THE TICKING Likely referring to a rhythmic pulse or throbbing in a localized area. THE JUICE OF THE ROOT, WHEN BOILED WITH HONEY IN A BRONZE VESSEL, CLEANSES MISTS original: "achluas"; referring to cataracts or corneal opacities AND OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE EYES.

LICE. ITCHING.

ITS SAP literally "tears" IS USED FOR LICE original: "phthirias" AND FOR ITCHING original: "psoras". FOR THOSE WITH SWOLLEN FEET, THE JUICE OF THE ROOTS

SPIDER BITES

MIXED WITH OXYMEL A medicinal mixture of vinegar and honey HELPS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY SPIDERS.

GREATER CELANDINE Dyers' Roots original Arabic: "Uruq al-Sabbaghin"

A botanical illustration of the Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus). The plant consists of a central brown root base from which large, green, pinnatifid (deeply lobed) leaves grow. From the center of the leaves, several stems grow upward, branching into thin stalks that hold small yellow and purple flowers, as well as long, thin seed pods. In the bottom right corner, a small human figure is reclining or sleeping. The figure is wearing a blue garment with a red cloak and has a golden halo around their head, possibly representing a personification of the plant's healing spirit or an afflicted person being cured.

G L A S

THIS PLANT IS REVEALED BY SWALLOWS original: "chelidonon"; the plant's name is derived from the Greek word for swallow, as it was said to bloom when they arrived and wither when they left. IT SEEMS TO MANY THAT THE SWALLOWS REVEAL ITS POWER. THE LEAVES ARE KEPT AND USED WITH THE WHOLE PLANT. IT HELPS ALL MATTERS OF THE EYE original: "spheiras"; literally the sphere, PARTICULARLY THE CORNEA original: "keratoeide".

THE PLANT IS SOMEWHAT YELLOWISH swallow-herb / itch-cure / medicine AND PRESERVES THE COLOR ...? AS BOTH FLOWERS BLOOM AT THE SAME TIME. FOR BITES, IT IS PREPARED IN BRONZE, AND THE JUICE PREPARED IN BRONZE IS STRENGTHENING. IT IS BITTER AND FOUL-SMELLING, BUT IT HELPS TO SOFTEN BITES AND AIDS ALL WHEN TAKEN WITH HONEY IN A CUP.