A Salernitan Regimen of Health - Page Nine
The "soupe au vin" has a quadruple effect: it cleans the teeth; it gives sharp
Vision; what is lacking it supplies; what is overabundant it reduces.

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I prescribe a regular diet for all people:
I recommend keeping that diet unless it is necessary to change it.
Hippocrates attests that disease may result otherwise.
A proper diet is one of the foremost goals of medicine;
Attend to your diet, or you foolishly direct your other efforts
and take care of yourself badly.

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What kind? what? when? how much? how often? where to be given?
These things a doctor should quickly take note of while prescribing a diet.

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Cabbage broth has a laxative effect; its substance is astringent;
When taken together they act as a laxative.

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The Ancients called mallow "malva" because it softens the belly (alvum).
The roots of the mallow act as a laxative;
They bring movement to the womb and cause menstrual flow to ocuur often.

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Mint would not be mint (mentitur menta) if it were slow to expel
Dangerous intestinal worms of the belly and stomach.

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Cummins, Patricia Willet. A Critical Edition of Le Regime Tresutile et Tresproufitable pour Conserver et Garder la Santé du Corps Humain. Chapel Hill: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures, 1976.

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