Show crisp iris snake bite cure iris typifies wisdom faith and courage its early medicinal value according to doctors of the time was as a ture cure tor for snake bites fits dropsy bruises aises anger and coughs some doctors went so far as to say that it if petals ot of the iris were placed on a black and blue spot for five days the flesh would assume the natural color the roots of the iris were used as teething rings for bai bies and are used to this day in some countries the iris was used by louis VII in his crusades in 1137 |