In chapter 6 of his monumental book, Johann Ferdinand Hertodt von Todtenfeld, a Moravian physician and naturalist, avers that “rightfully, saffron [crocus] claims for itself the name Regis Vegetabilium (“the King of Plants”), and at the same time it deserved to be called also ‘Enlivening Panacea’” (p. 65). Although today saffron is used in cookery and is the subject of Asian traditions, home remedies and homeopathy, it appears to be one of the most important plants in early modern pharmacology, as this masterpiece published in 1671 and entirely devoted to the medical uses of this spice (and here translated for the first time into English), reveals.
Crocologia. A Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of Plants
Baldassarri, F
2021-01-01
Abstract
In chapter 6 of his monumental book, Johann Ferdinand Hertodt von Todtenfeld, a Moravian physician and naturalist, avers that “rightfully, saffron [crocus] claims for itself the name Regis Vegetabilium (“the King of Plants”), and at the same time it deserved to be called also ‘Enlivening Panacea’” (p. 65). Although today saffron is used in cookery and is the subject of Asian traditions, home remedies and homeopathy, it appears to be one of the most important plants in early modern pharmacology, as this masterpiece published in 1671 and entirely devoted to the medical uses of this spice (and here translated for the first time into English), reveals.
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