Tacuinum Sanitatis, Acorns

Entitled: Nature: Cold in the second degree, dry in the third. Optimum: Those that are fresh and large. Usefulness: They help retention. Dangers: They prevent menstruation. Neutralization of the Dangers: By eating them roasted and with sugar. The Tacuinum Sanitatis is a medieval handbook based on the Taqwim as-sihhah, an 11th century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Listing its contents organically rather than alphabetically, it sets forth the six essential elements for well-being: sufficient food and drink in moderation, fresh air, alternations of activity and rest, alternations of sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, and finally the effects of states of mind. In addition to its importance for the study of medieval medicine, the Tacuinum is also of interest in the study of agriculture, cooking and society. Each scene is accompanied by a brief summary of the health aspects of the subject. From the Tacuinum of Rouen, 15th century

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Acorn Al-sihhah Animalia Arabic As-sihhah Boar Butlan Diet Dietetics Edible Even-toed Fourteenth Hygiene Hygienic Mammalian Medicinal Nestorianism Sanitatis Taccuinum Tacuinum Taqwim Tusk Tusked Ungulate Wold

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