The Voynich Botanical Plants

Folio 16r. Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is one of the worlds oldest crops. “It was prescribed for distended stomachs, dropsy, pains in the anal region, and as a plaster for boils and carbuncles. Applied to wounds it relieved pain, and a decoction of its roots and seeds mixed with white lead and oil of roses was used to treat erysipelas. Only when its vapors were employed to ease a headache did it come close to its modern use as a hallucinogen.” (An Illustrated History of Herbals, F. Anderson, p.94.) (B)