Abbess of the Rupertsberg near Bingen on the Rhine, mystic, composer, and Doctor of the Church. Her Physica describes the healing powers of plants, stones, and animals, joining learned medicine to the folk names and remedies of her Rhineland.
6 Entries in the Materia Medica
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- CloveThe unopened flower-buds of a pyramidal evergreen tree of the myrtle family, up to twelve
- CowslipPrimula veris. An early-spring meadow flower related to the primrose, its yellow blooms no
- GalangalThe rhizome of lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum.
- HopHumulus lupulus.
- The precious stonesGround sapphire, emerald, jacinth, garnet, and topaz, as they were used in medicine.
- TansyTanacetum vulgare.
