Amusing article on Saxon Herbs and remedies – amusing that is for us. Not so funny for the Saxons!
http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/saxon-healing-herbs.html?spref=fb Watch out for fascinating details appearing in the next books of lots of the English Historical Fiction Authors…
Now if I’d only known that cabbage was the thing when my kid’s school had an outbreak of lice…beats the painful ‘nit’ combs anyway.
But on balance I think I’m grateful for the NHS.