HOME REMEDIES BY SAINT HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

  St Hildegard writes: "When God created man, a different type of earth was used to form him. Henceforth, all substances were subject to man, because they sensed that in him was life, and they endeavoured to aid him in him in all his efforts, and man's aim, in turn, was to help them." FERN (ASPIDIUM FILIX MAS) Fern is warm and dry, and has quite a large amount of sap. It also has many virtues, yes, such power that the devil himself takes flight from it. Wherever it grows, the devil seldom succeeds with his sinister deeds; fern scares him off just as it does prevent damage from thunderstorms .  Whoever carries the fern with him is kept safe from the stalking of the devil and from evil attacks on life and limb . Just as each human has a sense of good and bad, so too are herbs made for him, good and bad. The sap of the fern, however, is directed towards the good and holy, that is why all evil and magic shies away from it.  Therefore, in a house where it is kept, fern does no...

  St Hildegard writes: "When God created man, a different type of earth was used to form him. Henceforth, all substances were subject to man, because they sensed that in him was life, and they endeavoured to aid him in him in all his efforts, and man's aim, in turn, was to help them." COMMON HOUSELEEK (SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM) Common houseleek is  warm and not beneficial for man, because it is greasy - it would cause lecherousness to the point that you go insane. For a remedy against  MALE DYSFUNCTION  you soak common houseleek in goat's milk that it is entirely saturated by the fluid. Then you cook the mixture, add a few eggs, and consume it. Take this daily for three to five days. This medicine does not help against infertility in women. Against DEAFNESS  take human milk of a woman who has given birth to a boy ten to twelve weeks prior, mix in the juice of common houseleek and regularly put three or four drops of the solution into the ears. (From: St Hildegard o...

  St Hildegard writes: "When God created man, a different type of earth was used to form him. Henceforth, all substances were subject to man, because they sensed that in him was life, and they endeavoured to aid him in him in all his efforts, and man's aim, in turn, was to help them." COMMON HOREHOUND (MARRUBIUM VULGARE) Horehound is  warm and cures various conditions. [Heated in water] and applied on the ears so that the warm steam enters into them and envelopes the head helps if you are HARD OF HEARING .  Horehound boiled - with some  wine added - relieves a SORE THROAT .  Against COUGH prepare a mixture by boiling horehound in wine, to which some fennel and  dill is added. (From: St Hildegard of Bingen, Physica) FAVOURITE MEDIEVAL REMEDIES AGAINST: • Constipation   This translation is for informative purposes only. If you suffer from any illnesses or conditions, please seek medical help.