Epilepsy in Thomas Phayer's The Boke of Chyldren (1546)

Paeonia officinalis, paeony

“…However, unexplained diseases or events attract inexplicable remedies, in this case the use of paeony as an amulet (Domínguez-Rodríguez & González-Hernández 2007). Serapio explains this procedure works because, according to Abraham, the son of Solomon the Israelite, the fumigation cures epilepsy.…”