31 January
Photo: Lila la Loop Knowledge from Werdener Monastic Medicine Wormwood was one of the strongest bitter herbs in monastic medicine. Its name comes from the Middle High German *wermuote*, meaning "good courage". Even in antiquity, it was considered a plant that "strengthens the stomach and clarifies the mind." The Benedictines of the abbey Werden in the Ruhr Valley near present-day Baldeneysee [...] Read More