43. Athanasia, tanesetum: i.e. tansy; it is hot and dry, but the degree is not available from the authorities; "Athanasia" means a thing that prevents death and preserves life, because it does not allow death near to people who use it; it serves especially for women who have excessive flux of blood. As for every excessively thin choleric flux that comes from thinness of the blood, or from opening of the pores, this herb is good as a plaster or in drinks to prevent it. It serves against contamination of the blood, and against the illness known as malignant tumour; this herb is particularly effective in the month of May; it is powerful for many diseases; this herb serves well against flux of the abdomen such as diarrhoea, lienteria and dysentery. Item, if this herb be pounded and white of egg put through it, and it be put on the temples, it will help with a flux of blood from the nose. Item, if this herb be dried and powder made of it, and powder of ginger be put through it, and powders of anise, galangal rhizome, cinnamon, and mint, and these powders be put in a pottage or soup, it will serve well to make smooth the process of digestion.