"Tacuinum Sanitatis", Roses

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Entitled: "Nature: Cold in the first degree, dry in the third (others in the second). Optimum: The fresh ones from Suri and Persia. Usefulness: Good for inflamed brains. Dangers: In some persons they cause a feeling of heaviness and constriction, or blockage of the sense of smell. Neutralization of the Dangers: With camphor, and at other times with the crocus. Effects: They are good for warm temperaments, for the young, in warm seasons, and in warm regions." 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. Each scene is accompanied by a brief summary of the health aspects of the subject. From the Tacuinum of Vienna, 14th century.

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