The Secrets of Albertus Magnus on the Nature of Women and the Virtues of Herbs

A detailed botanical woodcut illustration of a plant, possibly Shepherd's Purse, showing tall, slender stems with small, heart-shaped seed pods and a basal rosette of deeply lobed leaves above a taproot.

This herb water, drunk morning and evening, four lot measure of weight each time, is also good in the same way against all blood flow of the belly, whether it is red or white Ruhr dysentery, or bloody urine. It stops all of this, and also regulates a woman's menses when drunk in this manner.