Ziołolecznictwo i zalecenia żywieniowe według św. Hildegardy z Bingen. Cz. II^**

*Małgorzata Kania, Justyna Baraniak, Anna Grys

Summary
St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a most remarkable woman, visionary, poet, composer, naturalist, scientist, herbalist and theologian and also one of the greatest figures of the 12th century. She wrote theological, botanical and medicinal texts. Additionally, she wrote two books on medicine and herbal cures. The longest and most comprehensive section of “Physica” contains information concerning the medicinal uses and harvesting of more than 200 herbs and other plants. “Causae et Curae” catalogs a lot of diseases according to causes, symptoms, and treatments. St. Hildegard lists more than 300 plants here, emphasizing medical and physiological theory as well as herbal treatments and also described the natural properties of hundreds of plant substances. She is well known as a author of texts concerning practical application of tinctures, herbs, and precious stones. In this part of article we describe the most important spices - cumin (Carum carvi L.), mint (Mentha piperita L.), wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.), garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) and fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) and their biological activity according to St. Hildegard. Plants mentioned above are well known as herbs useful for digestive problems, stomach pain, indigestion and also as a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms.

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