XX. The Fruit of the Mandragora (Fructus Mandragora)
XX. The Fruit of the Mandragora (Fructus Mandragora)
Nature: Cold in the third degree, dry in the second.
Optimum: The highly fragrant variety.
Usefulness: Smelling it helps alleviate headaches and insomnia;
spreading it on the skin works against elephantiasis and black infections.
Dangers: It stupifies the senses.
Neutralization of the Dangers: With the fruits of ivy.
Effects: It is not comestible. It is good for warm temperaments,
for the young, in Summer, and in the Southern regions.
From the Tacuinum of Vienna
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