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"Tacuinum Sanitatis", Sage
Entitled: "Nature: Warm in the first degree and dry in the second. Optimum: The domestic kind and, above all, its leaves. Usefulness: It is good for paralysis and for the nerves. Dangers: It removes the dark color from the hair. Neutralization of the Dangers: With a potion in which there is myrtle and garden crocus." 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 Theatrum of Casanatense, 14th century.
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