"Tacuinum Sanitatis", Spinach
Entitled: "Nature: Cold and humid in the first degree, of moderate warmth at other times. Optimum: Those leaves still wet with rain water. Usefulness: They are good for a cough and for the chest. Dangers: They disturb the digestion. Neutralization of the Dangers: Fried with salted water, or with vinegar and aromatic herbs. Effects: Moderately nourishing. They are good for warm temperaments, for the young, at all times, and in every region." 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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