Four thieves vinegar
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Four thieves vinegar is a concoction of vinegar infused with herbs, spices or garlic that was believed to protect users from the plague.
Vinaigre des quatre voleurs
A 17th-century bottle
Filipendula ulmaria
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Filipendula ulmaria, commonly known as meadowsweet or mead wort, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows. It is native throughout most of Europe and Western A
Four thieves vinegar
…Yersinia pestis. Wormwood has properties similar to cedar as an insect repellent, as do aromatics such as sage, cloves, camphor, rosemary, and campanula. Meadowsweet, although known to contain salicylic acid, is mainly used to mask odors like decomposing bodies. Another plausible reason for its effectiveness may be…
20140715Filipendula ulmaria
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Wild meadowsweet in Wharfedale, near Conistone, North Yorkshire, England
Meadowsweet is the food plant for many species of moth caterpillars