The Repository collects texts that can be recorded for Radio Hush Hush. It connects to the similar Repository on the Nothing of Importance site of Wendy Morris.
Cuttencruyt
Dit heel cruydeken is van eene seer vuylen reuck, selfs den bedorven ende verrotten gesauten Visch, ende het stinckende Peekel oft Vischsop, met sijnen moeyelijcken…
Miss Efficient
Bitter melon is known as Miss Efficient in Nigeria for its certainty as an abortifacient. In Cameroon the seeds are used as a pessary. In…
Tansy, Feverfew and Mullein. Receptaria: Hildegard von Bingen
Tansy emmenagogue A woman who is in pain from obstructed menses should take TANSY (Tanacetum vulgare) and equal weight FEVERFEW (Tanacetum parthanium), a bit more…
Receptaria: Tansy & gin
Very much recognised as an emmenagogue….. A strong decoction or infusion of the herb is in common use…
Uti var hage : Out in our meadow
Out in our meadow the blueberries grow If you want me, we’ll meet there. Refrain: Kom, rosor och salivia, kom, luva krusmynta, kom, hjärtan fröjd.…
Parsley, Parsley
Parsley, parsley, good for soup, growing in our garden. An is going to be a bride, so best not wait much longer, if she wants…
Aqua Matricariae
White bryony (Bryonia) roots juice 3 quarts; Feverfew (Tanecetum Matricaria /Parthanium) and Rue (Ruta graveolens) 3 pint each; Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) and Thyme (Thymus vulgare)…
Receptaria : Savin pessary
This remedy, also given to abort a dead fetus and to promote afterbirth and menstruation, contained a number of likely effective abortifacients: Take half a…
The Diuretic Syrup
Take the Bark of the Roots of Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) and that of Parsley (Petroselinum crispum/sativum), each 8 ounces; Spring Water 3 quarts. Digest in…
Hysteric Troches
Take of Asa Foetida (Ferula – dried latex/gum) and Galbanum (Ferula gummosa – aromatic gum resin) each 2 drams and half; Myrrh (Commiphora myrrh –…