General Index

- Mind Medicine

- Recipes

Bibliography

Notes

Woodheart

Typically believed to be caused by evil spirits.

First, it must be explained that "the old Saxon term 'wood' is applied in these recipes to the frenzied. It survives in the Scotch 'wud', or mad" (53).

Among the most interesting of recipes, the cure for this disorder is a mixture of ale and holy water. In more difficult cases, a salve is to be "smeared on the temples and above the eyes" (54)