11-04-2016, 03:35 PM
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They do look like tents of some sort... But the issue with this interpretation is then: why is water/steam underneath them, and apparently flowing from them? Is this some sort of sauna-tent?
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If pinecones: why are they only half pine cones? Why does water appear to be flowing from them: is some essence being extracted?
From Dioscorides De Materia Medica, Book 1, paragraph 88 (rough translation):
"The pine cones , in pure extract or taken with sweet wine or cucumber seeds , promote urine and relieve the bladder and kidney pain. Taken with purslane extract they soothe stomach jump [hiccups? vomiting?] , help to alleviate the weakness of the body and counteract the corruption of juices . All the pine cones, freshly crushed and cooked in sweet wine, are a good remedy for cough and obsolete consumption when the drink is taken every day from them in the administration of 3 cups."
Dioscorides also gives uses for the rest of the pine tree and nuts in paragraphs 87 & 89.
However, I can't find any use for pine cones relative to therapeutic bathing.
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If pinecones: why are they only half pine cones? Why does water appear to be flowing from them: is some essence being extracted?
From Dioscorides De Materia Medica, Book 1, paragraph 88 (rough translation):
"The pine cones , in pure extract or taken with sweet wine or cucumber seeds , promote urine and relieve the bladder and kidney pain. Taken with purslane extract they soothe stomach jump [hiccups? vomiting?] , help to alleviate the weakness of the body and counteract the corruption of juices . All the pine cones, freshly crushed and cooked in sweet wine, are a good remedy for cough and obsolete consumption when the drink is taken every day from them in the administration of 3 cups."
Dioscorides also gives uses for the rest of the pine tree and nuts in paragraphs 87 & 89.
However, I can't find any use for pine cones relative to therapeutic bathing.