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There is a lot to be said for the recuperative properties that come with many medieval herbal remedies and medicines. Here we provide some excellent resources where you can learn all about teh ways in which these ancient cures were used and how scientists are redicovering some of their long forgotten proerties and using them to cuer ailments today.

On this page we look at the properties of Medieval Herbal Medicine.

Medieval Herbal Remedies

The Old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon Medicine by Anne Van Arsdall.

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This book presents for the first time and up-to-date and easy-to-read translation of a medical reference work that was used in Western Europe from the fifth century well into the renaissance. Its 350 pages are packed with useful information for anyone wanting to learn more about how herbs were used as healing plants in ancient times.

It lists 185 medicinal plants, the uses for each and remedies that were compounded using them. The translation of this great reference will fascinate medievalist, medical historians and the layman alike.

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