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St John’s wort and cheese preservation

hypericon; perforata; hyperico; caseus; casei; caseorum

The cheese paragraph presents hypericon or perforata as names for the plant credited with preventing and expelling worms.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

The cheese paragraph presents hypericon or perforata as names for the plant credited with preventing and expelling worms. The edition identifies the plant as St John’s wort. The two names identify one plant in this passage, not two separate ingredients. The assertion that contact makes existing worms die and fall from cheese belongs to the historical preservation claim, not a validated food-safety practice.

Places to read

  1. Book 3 · Preservation · Passage 18Latin“herba hypericon vel perforata”