This page groups plants by their traditional hot, cold, moist or dry quality under the old humoral system of medicine. Wikipedia notes that "Galen supposed that a cold and wet thing could be used to treat an imbalance in a hot and dry organ," the reasoning this kind of plant classification rests on. Browsing by humoral temperament lets a visitor see which plants a historical healer would have reached for to correct a given imbalance.
Facts
Humoral temperament
Airy and quickening to the mind, nerves, and lungs
Humoral temperament
6 entries
Cooling, moistening, and soothing to the fluids of the body
Humoral temperament
5 entries
Expansive, nourishing, and kindly to the liver and the blood
Humoral temperament
7 entries
Hot, martial, and stimulating, a herb of heat and iron
Humoral temperament
7 entries
Soothing, softening, and beautifying
Humoral temperament
6 entries
Warming, vitalising, and heart-strengthening
Humoral temperament
5 entries
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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