the Middle Ages it was used as a 'strewing' herb to improve the atmosphere at gatherings and festivals and to the Anglo Saxons it was one of the 'Nine Sacred Herbs' and known as 'Maythen'. In these times it was also used widely in Beer Making as a bittering ingredient and it was not until hops took over that function in beer-making that it ceased to be used for this purpose.
It was the monks during the middle ages who became the main custodians of herbal knowledge in Europe collecting and translating ancient works on herbal remedies and developing their ...
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