“Physician Preparing an Elixir”, Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides 

“Physician Preparing an Elixir”, Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides “dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224Figural book painting started in the Islamic world as an art form in the late Abbasid Iraq of the 13th century. The translation of a Greek manuscript shows a Physian preparing an elixir.Translation of text by R. D. Messaiah: Preparation of medicine (wine) for colds or coughs: ease the throat by taking ¼ oke of bitter root, 1/8 oke of licorice root, ¼ or 1/8 oke of white pepper. Pulverize them together and put the resulting powder into a cloth, tie it up, and immerse it in sweet wine for three days. Strain the liquor into a clean vessel. Drink after dinner.Notes: 1 oke, a measure of weight equaling about 2-¾ lbs., measure of capacity, equals about 2/3 of a quart.Translation of text by F. D. Day, 1950: The making of a drink (shirab) for catarrhs, coughs, swelling of the belly, and loosening of the stomach. Take myrrh ¼ uqiyya, roots of susan 1/8 uqiyya, white pepper ¼ and (…) 1/8 uqiyya. Pound them together, tie it up in a rag, put into 3 qusts of good wine, and let stand three days. Then strain and put into a clean vessel. Drink after supper.“Source and more info -- source link

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