Lovage Juice

Succus Levistici

Historical tradition – not medical advice, and no health or healing claims. more

Historical botanical drawing: Lovage — Lovage

Tradition (Hildegard's writings)

In Hildegard's tradition, lovage juice was regarded as a women's herb and associated with the female cycle.

Ingredients

Fresh lovage juice, eggs and wine.

Preparation

Whisk 2 eggs into vegetable or chicken stock, add 125 ml of wine, 2 tbsp of fresh lovage juice and 3 to 4 tbsp of cream and bring it all to the boil. As an egg-yolk soup: whisk 2 eggs into clear chicken stock and stir in 3 to 4 tbsp of soured cream or crème fraîche, half a glass of organic wine and 2 tbsp of lovage juice.

Note

A Hildegard bloodletting is recommended alongside. Beef, raw food and carbonated water are to be avoided.

Botanical background

Lovage contains plant hormones credited with a balancing effect on hormonally related women's complaints. In German it is also known as “Maggikraut”.

Sources & references

Strehlow, Wighard: Die Hildegard-Naturapotheke. Heilmittel und Rezepte von A bis Z. Knaur Verlag 2014. S. 172.
Hildegard von Bingen: Heilsame Schöpfung. Die natürliche Wirkkraft der Dinge (Physica). Hrsg. von der Abtei St. Hildegard, Eibingen. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2012 (4. Auflage 2024). Cap. 1-139 (Liebstöckel).
Breindl, Ellen: Das große Gesundheitsbuch der Hl. Hildegard von Bingen. Bassermann Verlag 2004. S. 232.

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More preparations using Lovage

Lovage Lovage Compress

Historical tradition. The above describes how this preparation was recorded and used in the tradition of Hildegard of Bingen. This is cultural-historical information, not medical advice and not a health or healing claim, and it is no substitute for advice from a doctor or pharmacist. If you have health complaints, please consult your doctor or pharmacy.

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