The Voynich Botanical Plants

Folio 87r. Aloe (Aloe vera). Dioscorides mentions the bitter taste of aloes. He describes the value of aloe juice, from the “conglutinating of wounds and loosening of the belly to procuring of sleep and preventing the hair falling off.” The Grete Herball adds that this herb is “good for worms in the belly and ears and for ill color caused of the coldness of the stomach” (2) (B)