The Voynich Botanical Plants

Folio 26r. Wormwood (Artemesia absinthium). “The juice of the bitter woodworm mingled with sweet mulk is good for the worms in the womb and for the worms in a man’s ears,” states Bancker’s Herbal. “When drunk with Spicknard it assuages the wicked winds of the stomach. Pounded with the gall of bull, and there after put into a man’s eyes, it putteth away all manner of impediments of the sight. It is good to comfort the heart.” (2) (B)