Page 3: Herbs "B"

Key:

P used for a deadly plant. Used as a painkiller 
mp used for mild poison 
M used for a magical plant 
W used for a herb that was used as a remedy for wounds 
F used for a herb that was used as a remedy for fractures 
B used for a herb that was used as a remedy for burns 
A used for a herb that was an "all-heal"

BARLEY - B

          Medicinal use: burnt barley seeds and eggs were recommended as a remedy for burns. The bag of hot seeds was used used externally to kill pain.

BASIL  - M

          Medicinal use: scorpion bites, stomach troubles. It was also used to drive away flies.

BLESSED THISTLE - mp

          Medicinal use: Together with butterbur, the plant was considered to be the most effective remedy for plague.

BUCKBEAN

          Medicinal use: appetite and digestive problems

BURNET SAXIFRAGE

          Medicinal use: Chewing the root of this plant was believed to keep off           plague. It was also used as a remedy for cough and sore throat.

BUTTERBUR - W

          Medicinal use: This huge plant was perhaps the most important medicine against plague. Therefore it is no wonder that it was commonly cultivated in the monastic gardens.