HERB - colds and flu

Mon Jan 22 17:42:33 PST 2001

Cecille here.......

Thanks for the information m'lady Iasmin de Cordoba.

I am making both an herbal COLD remedy and an herbal FLU remedy for an herbal competition.

That is why I wanted to know what these illness were called or what they were known as in the Middle Ages.  

Can you or someone recommend some good period books that can substantiate and expound upon the information you gave me?

I have Vol I &II of Mrs Grieves.  
I know that Culpepper is available electronically.
I am trying to get a copy of The Leech Book of Bald. 

1. I am going to use sage and hot water for a sore throat gargle.

2. For my Cold remedy I will make tisane of the following:

Angelica
Marshmallo
Elecampane
Licorice
Fennel
Fenugreek
Wild Cherry Bark

3.  For my Flu remedy, I have decided on a tisane of the following:  

Melissa
Chamomile
Peppermint
Licorice
Meadowsweet

I have been making the above recipes and using them on myself and family for several years....AND THEY ARE EFFECTIVE!!

Any thoughts (from any herbalist out there!), on the above are appreciated!

****
Cecille de Baskervyl - Principality of Cynagua,Kingdom of the West

Purpure, four swords inverted fretted and interlaced saltirewise and on a chief enarched Or, two foxs' heads erased purpure.

(I just had to print both my Society name and Blazon.  They both just became Registed!!!)
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> ** Original Subject: RE: HERB - colds and flu
> ** Original Sender: Gaylin Walli <iasmin at home.com>
> ** Original Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:29:41 -0500 (EST)

> ** Original Message follows... 

>
> Cecille asked:
> 
> >If you had a cold or the flu during the Middle Ages, 
> >what was the name given for this condition?
> 
> Well, to be honest, there really wasn't one per se.
> 
> >In other words...Does anyone know what the Medieval 
> >synonyms for "Cold" and "Flu" might have been?
> 
> In all honesty, the medieval mind was treating symptoms,
> not whole conditions like we do today. To them, the cough
> was a treated thing, the fever was a treated thing, the
> running nose was a treated thing, the aching body was a
> separate thing. Does that make sense?
> 
> Iasmin
> 
> Iasmin de Cordoba, iasmin at home.com
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