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

A botanical woodcut illustration depicts a periwinkle plant, showing slender upright stems with opposite oval leaves and five-petaled flowers, supported by a fibrous root system.

And if you place this into the mouth of a buffalo, it immediately leaps from one side to the other, and this has been tested by the new philosophers.

But if this mixture and confection prepared medicinal compound is placed into a fire, it is immediately turned into a black, dark color.

Ingrün Periwinkle water consumed, morning and evening, three Lot a unit of weight, approx. half an ounce each, is good for women who are cold in the womb. It is also good for those...