Owl of Minerva Herbal Advisory
WISE OWL RECIPES
On this page we list old and wise recipes which can be replicated. Feel free to browse them. Please send us your old recipes to upload (using the contact us page) if you think they may be useful. References or links to sources must be supplied.
Recipe 1.Egyptian Toothpaste
An Egyptian toothpaste formula dating to the fourth century A.D. recently was found in a collection of papyrus documents at the National Library in Vienna, Austria, making it the world's oldest-known recipe for toothpaste and also adding to the growing body of evidence that the medical system of ancient Egypt was one of the most advanced of its time. Ingredients for the recipe, revealed at a recent dental congress in Vienna, include one drachma of salt, two drachmas of mint, 20
grains of pepper and — perhaps the most active component
— one drachma of dried iris flower, which since has been found
to be effective against gum disease.
Recipe 2. Fig plaster as a natural anti-biotic for
topical infections
Make a fig plaster by cooking figs until soft in milk. Place over
infected areas. Figs carry natural mold spores which can kill
many bacteria. Isaiah cured King Hezekiah (717- 699 BC) of
a life threatening boilby means of a fig plaster (II. Kings, 22:
1-7).
Recipe 3. Angelica Medicine as an expectorant
Paradisi in Sole, John Parkinson, 1656. Click on the image on the left to enlarge the recipe.
Recipe 4. Pneumonia, Herb Tea and Poultice for "Congestion of the lungs
One ounce of each of the following, slippery elm bark, crushed thyme, coltsfoot flowers, hyssop or marshmallow. Simmer in two quarts of water down to three pints; strain and add one teaspoonful of cayenne. Dose:-- Wineglassful every half hour. Apply hot bran poultices or chamomile scalded in vinegar, changing often until the violence of the symptoms abate. If possible give vapor bath. Apply hot stones or bottles to the feet." Source: Mother's Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remidies from Mothers of the United States and Canada, T. J. Ritter