TY - BOOK ID - 136264624 TI - Crocologia--a detailed study of saffron, the king of plants AU - Hertodt, Johann Ferdinand AU - Francis, Sally AU - Ramandi, Maria Teresa PY - 2020 SN - 9004435298 9789004435292 9789004423534 PB - Leiden Boston DB - UniCat KW - Saffron crocus. KW - Medicinal plants. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136264624 AB - "In Crocologia - A Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of Plants, Sally Francis and Maria Teresa Ramandi present the first translation into English of Johann Ferdinand Hertodt's seminal 1671 work Crocologia, a book uniquely devoted to the medical uses of saffron. Hertodt discusses saffron's origin, related species, cultivation, selection, properties and lists all its pharmaceutical preparations. Hertodt then journeys through diseases of the human body, presenting saffron-containing formulae for their treatment. The two authors complement the translation with a biography of Hertodt, and detail saffron's botany, current production, uses, its changing reputation as a drug, and review findings from new medical research. There is a full Glossary, and translation of a contemporary approbation of Crocologia by Hertodt's rival, Wenzel Maximilian Ardensbach"-- ER -