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Recent research by historians has uncovered several “healthy life hacks” dating back to the Middle Ages, some of which sound like they came from TikTok.
The database, called the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine, contains extensive information about how people in the so-called Dark Ages viewed health, science, and medicine. Its creation was announced by Binghamton University in July.
Associate Professor Meg Leha from the university told Fox News Digital that she was able to catalogue hundreds of medieval medical texts, with a particular focus on all surviving Latin manuscripts dated before the year 1000.
“This means we have covered most of continental Europe, with the exception of England, where many early medieval medical works were written in the vernacular (i.e. Old English),” she said.
“Since there are very few manuscripts left that date before 600, our range is actually from 600 to 1000.”
Historians have recently uncovered “health hacks” dating back to the Middle Ages. Some drinks were meant to flush out mucus and “unwanted substances” from the body, much like juice cleanses today. (LTL/Heritage Images via Getty Images; iStock)
Some of these treatments may have relevance in modern wellness practices, the researchers say. Here are six examples they found.
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Historians have repeatedly come across a 12-month detox plan that included taking herbs such as cinnamon, sage, ginger, and fennel—one for each month.
These drinks were believed to cleanse the body of accumulated waste such as mucus and “undesirable substances,” similar to modern juice cleanses.
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Another recipe in the database recommended a vinegar-based product “to make your face glow.”
“Mix wheat flour with vinegar [and] apply this mixture on your face like a plaster mixed with oil,” the advice goes.
According to ancient records, medical care in the Middle Ages relied on doctors, herbs, and improvisation. (Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Barley water is sometimes mentioned on TikTok as a “natural remedy” — and centuries before influencers started promoting it, it was recommended by early medieval writers.
According to a text written before 1000 CE, a healer claimed that mixing barley with hot wine aided digestion.
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Other life hacks were completely un-TikTok-like and involved nasty and hard-to-find ingredients.
One text written before 1250 claims that dead vultures are a cure-all for a variety of health problems.
From birds to bottled drinks, medieval healers had a cure for any ailment, no matter how strange. (Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
“You catch the vulture and behead it with a reed, saying: 'Angel, Adonai Abraham, for your sake the word has come true,'” the text says.
The skull of a dead bird was thought to prevent migraines, and its eyeballs were thought to “relieve eye pain.” Tying vulture feathers to the legs was also thought to
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