XLVIII. Sugar (Cucharum)
Nature: Warm in the first degree, humid in the second.
Optimum: The white, clear kind.
Usefulness: It purifies the body, is good for the chest, the kidneys,
and the bladder.
Dangers: It causes thirst and moves bilous humors.
Neutralization of the Dangers: With sour pomegranates.
Effects: Produces blood that is not bad. It is good for all temperaments,
at all ages, in every season and region.
From the Tacuinum of Vienna
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