TheokinsJ
Troubadour
In my WIP, set in a cold-scandinavian climate in the early ninth century AD, my main character takes an arrow to the knee (quite literally) and needs healing. Now- not knowing much about medieval medicine I presumed that to heal the would and clear it of infection, maggots would eat the dead flesh and then (I am guessing?) the wound would have been patched with a bandage of herbs or something to sterilise it. Basically I'm wondering what herbs and plants used for medicinal purposes grow in cold climates in europe?