Tacuinum Sanitatis, Folio 23r. Garlic

Tacuinum Sanitatis, Folio 23r. Garlic

Ibn Buṭlān - original author

Early printed books

Tacuinum Sanitatis was originally written in the 11th century in Arabic by physician Ibn Buṭlān as a collection of health remedies. The work was alter translated into Latin and widely used. This page focuses on Garlic, and its health benefits and uses.

Buṭlān, Ibn

Tisch Special Collections ND3399 .I15 2009

Tufts University. Tisch Library.

2015-03-26

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Originally in Arabic--translated into Latin

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11th century

Garlic. Nature: hot in the fourth degree, dry in the third. Optimum: the best of this type is moderately juicy. Benefit: against cold poison and the bite of scorpions and vipers; it kills worms. Harm: it damages the eyes and brain. Remedy for harm: with vinegar and oil. Effects: thick, sharp humour. Advisable for cold [temperaments], the elderly and the very old, in winter and in mountainous and northern [regions]. http://www.moleiro.com/en/books-of-medicine/tacuinum-sanitatis/miniatura/4fe2dd4ac906c

Page 23r.

Early Printed Book -- 11th century book written in Arabic, translated into Latin