remedies - medieval england
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- Remedies
- Superstitions
- Those suffering from paralysis were advised to boil a fox in water and then bathe in it
- This was so that the quick and nimble properties of the fox would be transferred to the patient through the bath water.
- Those suffering from paralysis were advised to boil a fox in water and then bathe in it
- Herbal
- aloe vera, mint, camomile and rose oils, saffron, turpentine etc.
- Theriaca
- spice based mixture that could contain up to 70 ingredients: ginger, cardamon, pepper etc. as well as unusual ones.
- Bathing
- warm baths draw in heat to help dissolve blockages in the humours.
- gave the body the opportunity to steam out impurities and ease aching joints.
- herbal remedies could also be given this way
- warm baths draw in heat to help dissolve blockages in the humours.
- Food, to balance humours
- different foods were prescribed to encourage the balance of humours
- Popular books
- Materia medica
- gathered together knowledge of the healing powers of herbs and plants.
- Materia medica
- Superstitions
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