“And a man who has pain in the chest, or in the heart, or in the spleen, or in the stomach, or who has jaundice, let him powder nutmeg and licorice in equal weight, and let him scrape ivory bones, and let him mix twice as much this powder with the aforementioned Latwerge, and he often eats it on an empty stomach and after eating, and it will get better.
This ivory latwerge has proven to be ideal for heart, stomach and intestinal problems caused by poisoning, especially amalgam poisoning. So if you have a piece of jewelry or a figurine made of ivory, you should scrape or grate some of it finely or bring it to your Hildegard pharmacist so that he can use it for your Latwerge.
The Latwerge (also Elektuarium, Latin Electuarium, German also Leckmittel) is a thickened juice honey -Preparation with a thick, viscous consistency and was used as a durable Arzneiform particularly in medicine in the Middle Ages. (Wikipedia)
The grand scheme of Galen
Element | Body juice | Qualities | Color | Taste | Organ | Season | Age | Type of fever | Gender |
Air | Blood | warm and humid | red | sweet | Heart | Spring | Youth | continuous fever | (none) |
Fire | Yellow bile | warm and dry | yellow | bitter | Liver | Summer | young man | Tertiana | male |
Earth | Black bile | cold and dry | black | hot and sour | Spleen | Autumn | old man | Quartana | (none) |
Water | White slime | cold and damp | white | salty | Brain | Winter | Old man | Quotidiana | female |
In the temperature theory, people were categorized in their basic nature depending on the predominant body fluid:
Blood (cheerful, active)
Mucus (passive, ponderous)
Black bile (melancholic)
Yellow bile (choleric, irritable and excitable)