The Voynich Botanical Plants

Folio 47r. Houseleek ( Sempervivum tectorum). The juice from this succulent plant was used to soothe burns, bites, stings and a variety of skin conditions.” Dioscorides recommended it for inflammation of the eyes, feet gouts, hemorrhage and headaches. Crescentius notes that the “juice laid on hot ulcers drives away infection … mixed with oil of roses is good for burns.” Hortus Sanitatis states that “who ever is deaf should take the milk of a woman nursing a 10 to 12 week old boy and put with this the juice of the houseleek and the drip 3 or 4 drops in the ear soothingly and hearing will return.” (2) (A)