Historians find the remedies of the Middle Ages which reflect

Historians recently found “health hacks” dating from the Middle Ages and some seem to have come directly from Tiktok.

The database, called the Corpus of early medieval Latin medicine, offers a multitude of information on how people in the so-called “dark ages” have seen health, science and medicine. It was announced by the University of Binghamton in July.

Meg Leja, an aggregated professor at university, told Fox News Digital that she had helped catalog hundreds of medieval medical texts, focusing in particular on all surviving Latin manuscripts until the year 1000.

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“This means that we have covered most of continental Europe, but not England, where many early medieval medical writings were in the vernacular (that is to say old English),” she said.

“Because very few manuscripts survive before the year 600, our dates beach is actually 600 to 1000.”

Historians have recently uncovered the “Health Hacks” dating from the Middle Ages. Some drinks were intended to purge the mucus and the “undesirable matter” of the body, as well as juice juice today. (Images LTL / Heritage via Getty Images; Istock)

Some of the remedies said the researchers, could integrate into modern wellness circles. You will find below six examples they have found.

1 and 1 Original cleaning of juice

Historians have fallen several times on a 12 -month detoxification plan which included the consumption of herbs such as cinnamon, sage, ginger and fennel – one for each month.

Drinks should be purged the body of accumulation such as mucus and “unwanted matter”, much like cleaning modern juice.

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2 A mask of vinegar for brilliant skin

Another database recipe recommended a vinegar remedy “so that your face is bright”.

“Griner the wheat flour with vinegar (and) put it like a plaster mixed with oil,” advises the tip.

Medical care in the Middle Ages counted on hands, herbs and improvisation, according to the old files. (Photo 12 / Universal Image Group via Getty Images)

3 and 3 Barley water for digestion

Barley water appears occasionally on Tiktok as a “natural remedy” – and centuries before influencers promoted it, the first medieval writers recommend its use.

According to a text written before 1000 AD, a healer said that the mixture of barley with mulled wine would help digestion.

4 A remedy involving dead vultures

Other hacks were not at all similar to Tiktok, with ingredients that are both unpleasant and difficult to obtain.

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A text written before 1250 swore by dead vultures being a unique remedy for a myriad of health problems.

From birds to bottled beers, medieval healers had a remedy for each bizarre disease. (Images of Heritage Art / Heritage via Getty Images)

“You capture a vulture and behead it with an reed by saying” Angel, Adonai Abraham, on your account, the word is complete “”, advises the text.

The skull of the dead bird would have prevented migraines, while its eyeballs “relieved the pain of the eyes”. It was also deemed to link the feathers of the vulture to the legs of a pregnant woman who would help to accelerate the workforce.

5 Help of lizards

An end of the 9th century tip – found in the personal manuscript of a priest – suggested using full lizard ash for full hair.

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“For the flowing hair, cover the whole head with a flavor and salt and fresh fresh vinegar,” said the translated instructions. “(Then) rub with the ashes of a burned green lizard, mixed with oil.”

6. The goat dung remedy

The most repulsive recipe, from a text from the 11th century, offered the following council for chest pain.

“You dissolve a goat dung in the water and, sifted, you give it to drink,” advises the tip. “It soon relieves pain, but intensely hurts.”

Expert perspective

J. Matthew Knight, MD, a certified dermatologist and Mohs surgeon, urged caution for those who plan to try these remedies.

The Florida -based medical expert told Fox News Digital that, although barley, cinnamon and fennel can offer minor digestive advantages, the idea of detoxifying over 12 months is not supported by science.

“Regarding Tiktok’s trends or medieval remedies, there is painfully or little scientific basis for their use.”

Knight, the founder of the Knight Dermatology Institute, also noted that the facial mask of vinegar “could lead to irritating contact dermatitis”, although vinegar has antibacterial effects.

As for the more extreme remedies – like using goat dung for chest pain – the doctor warned that they were “unsanitary and dangerous” and stressed that anyone suffering from chest pain should go directly to the emergency room.

Some medieval remedies have called for exotic ingredients that are difficult to obtain today, such as vulture feathers. (Club Culture / Getty Images)

Although Knight said he appreciates the novelty of the list, they exist “somewhere between funny and completely ineffective”.

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“All of these patterns predate the microscope, the theory of germs of disease and modern medicine, and rely on the idea that diseases were due to a spiritual imbalance, moral transgression or cosmic forces,” he told Fox News Digital. “The disease was not considered bacterial or viral, but as a disturbance of invisible forces, as” body moods “.”

“Unfortunately, with regard to Tiktok trends or medieval remedies, there is painfully or no scientific basis for their use.”