Plum Wood Ash Lye

Lixivum crinale »H«, Pruni Clinis corticis et folium

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

Historical botanical drawing: Plum — Plum

Tradition (Hildegard's writings)

Used for the care of hair and scalp — with dandruff, lacklustre hair and in connection with increased hair loss, and on an irritated, over-acidified scalp.

Ingredients

Plum wood ash, wine and water.

Preparation

Reduce 3 handfuls of bark and leaves of the plum tree to ash in a muffle furnace, or wrapped in aluminium foil over glowing charcoal, so that the bark does not simply burn. Crush or pulverise the ash and stir it, while still hot, into 1 litre of hot wine.

Note

Caution: strongly alkaline — dilute it 1:1 with water before use. Where the hair roots have already died off, no new growth is possible.

Sources & references

Strehlow, Wighard: Die Hildegard-Naturapotheke. Heilmittel und Rezepte von A bis Z. Knaur Verlag 2014. S. 213.
Strehlow, Wighard: Der Hildegard-Kompass. Die wichtigsten Heilmittel und Anwendungen. Knaur Verlag 2014. S. 98.

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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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