"Tacuinum Sanitatis", Wheat Soup
Entitled: "Nature: Warm and dry in the second degree. Optimum: Cooked over moderate heat. Usefulness: Good for humid intestines. Dangers: It irritates the respiratory passages. Neutralization of the Dangers: By mixing it with warm water. Effects: It causes the blood to be moderately warm. It is good for moderate temperaments, for old people, in Winter and Spring, and in all regions." 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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