13 Modern Civilizations Least to Most Likely to Collapse (10 - 50 years) Herbs were central to medieval contraceptive and abortifacient practices, with certain plants recognized for their effects ...

Imagine a medieval Vicks VapoRub,' she says. The recipes, for a herbal head poultice and a stale ale, mustard seed and nutmeg inhalation, were discovered among miscellaneous items from the ...

Medieval doctors also used astrology ... As late as the 17th century Nicholas Culpeper, a famous London herbalist wrote this advice about dandelion in his herbal. It is under the dominion of ...

Set in 1350, this medieval drama unfolds through a number of village characters telling their stories of life in the middle ages. We meet the baker, the herbalist, the landless labourer, the medicus ...