[Article] Article in Discover Magazine

[R. Sale]

It seems only logical to me, if we are dealing with an herbal (or pseudo-herbal), the text would ostensibly consider the medical properties of plants. For the various plants there are different parts that are used, for example, the roots. When the roots are relevant, they are mentioned; and when not, they are ignored. If 'chedy' were the word for some useful part of the plant, like the root, how would that be different?

Suppose the Currier B scribe did the certain set of plants that were medically significant because of their roots, but missed one. 

Granted there are a lot of other problems.