Friday, May 16, 2008

Old Names For Herbs A To Z

Old Names For Herbs A To Z
In the old days, herbalists and midwives didn't use picture perfect botanical names for herbs. Therapeutic and magical birds had multihued descriptive names. Normally, old books about magic and herbal healing use the folk names pretty of the names customarily cast-off today, and it can be puzzling. So, all-around is an alphabetical tilt of individuals names, depressed with the Public and "names in gust use. You'll distinguish that some birds bring forth a diversity of names, and some names direct to a diversity of birds.

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* A Hawk's Heart: Support OF WORMWOOD * A Lion's Hairs: Idiom OF A TURNIP ["i.e., the plants of the taproot"] * A Man's Bile: TURNIP SAP * A Pig's Tail: LEOPARD'S Menace * A Titan's Blood: Fierce LETTUCE * Aaron's Rod: GOLDENROD -or- Earsplitting MULLEIN * A Prepare of an Ibis: BUCKTHORN * Absinthe: WORMWOOD * Adder's Fork: BISTORT * Adder's Mouth: CHICKWEED * Adder's Tongue: DOGSTOOTH Lavender * Alison ALYSSUM * Angel's Trumpet: JIMSONWEED / DATURA * Apple of Carthage: POMEGRANATE * Archangel: ANGELICA "* Artemis Herb: MUGWORT * Ass's Ear: COMFREY -or- COLTSFOOT * Ass's Foot: COLTSFOOT * An Eagle: Fierce GARLIC * Auld Man's Bells: BLUEBELLS" Nutans, Scilla non-scripta, Hyacinthoides non-"B

* Bad Man's Oatmeal: HEMLOCK * Bastard: Deceit OR Ashen DITTANY * Bat's Wings: HOLLY * Mustache of the Monk: CHICORY * Bear's Foot: LADY'S Mantle * Bear's Grape: Plunk Core -or- UVA URSA" Uva-"* Bear's Paw: Core Male Branch" Felix-"* Bear's Weed; YERBA SANTA * Beggar's Buttons: BURDOCK * Beggar's Lice: HOUNDSTONGUE * Bird's Eye: GERMANDER or SPEEDWELL * Bird's Foot: FENUGREEK" Foenum-"* Bird's Nest: INDIAN Pipe * Bishop's Elder: BETONY" Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis, Stachys "* BISHOP'S LEAVES: Water FIGWORT * BISHOP'S WORT: BETONY" Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis, Stachys "* BLACK SAMPSON: ECHINACEA" purpurea, Echinacea pallida, and Echinacea "* Cover EYES: POPPIES" Spp. ">C

* Calf's Snout: SNAPDRAGON * Candelmas Maiden: SNOWDROP * Candlewick Plant: MULLEIN * Capon's Tail: VALERIAN * Carpenter's Herb: Loaded BUGLE * Carpetner's Square: Disheveled FIGWORT * Cat: CATNIP * Cat's Foot: Ashen Ease -or- CANADA Make up Core -or- Home IVY * Cat's Herb: VALERIAN * Chameleon Star: BROMELIAD", Billbergia, Aechmae, Annanas, Bromelia, Guzmania, Cryptanthus, Neoreglia "* CHEESES: Bog MALLOW * CHRIST'S EYE: VERVAIN Herb * CHRIST'S LADDER: CENTAURY * CHRIST'S SPEAR: ADDER'S Idiom Branch * Church STEEPLES: AGRIMONY" Eupatoria, Agrimonia "* Coffee Flower: Fierce GERANIUM * Obliged Eye: CLARY Herb * Click: GOOSEGRASS * Clot: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Colt's Tail: CANADIAN FLEABANE * Residue Plant: INDIAN Pipe * Cuddy's Lungs: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Crane's Bill: Fierce GERANIUM * Crocodile Dung: ETHIOPIAN Territory

* Crowdy Kit: FIGWORT * Guffaw Foot: Fierce GERANIUM -or- Impassive ANEMONE * Peak for a King: WORMWOOD * Cuckoo's Bread: Public PLANTAIN * Cucumber Tree: MAGNOLIA D

* Blade Flower: Muted Suggestion * Daphne: LAUREL/BAY * Recent Man's Bells: FOXGLOVE" Purpurea, Digitalis "* DEATH'S HERB: BELLADONNA * High spirits OF THE EYE: ROWAN * Fiend PLANT: Loaded Rosemary * DEVIL'S APPLE: MAYAPPLE -OR- MANDRAKE * DEVIL'S BEARD: HOUSELEEK * DEVIL'S BIT; Deceit UNICORN Core * DEVIL'S CHERRIES: BELLADONNA * DEVILS DUNG: ASAFOETIDA * DEVIL'S EAR: Get up ROBIN" Triphyllum, Arum spp.

* Devil's Eye: HENBANE -or- PERIWINKLE" downright, Vinca "* Devil's Flower: BACHELOR'S BUTTONS * Devil's Fuge: MISTLETOE * Devil's Guts: Wobble * Devil's Herb: BELLADONNA * Devil's Milk: CELANDINE * Devil's Nettle: YARROW * Devil's Plaything: YARROW * Devil's Shoestring: BLACK HAW -or- Strain Bark -or- HOBBLEBUSH -or- NORTH AMERICAN GOAT'S RUE * Dew of the Sea: Sage * Dogberry: BRIER HIPS * Dog's Mouth: Assign DRAGON * Dog's Tongue: HOUNDSTONGUE * Dove's Foot: Fierce GERANIUM * Dragon: TARRAGON * Dragon Flower: Muted Suggestion * Dragon Wort: BISTORT * Dragon's Blood: CALAMUS * Dragon's Teeth: Muted VERVAIN * Drunkard: CALENDULA * Duck's Foot: MAYAPPLE Podop hyllum "* Dulcamara: Woody NIGHTSHADE * Dwale: Contaminated NIGHTSHADE E

* Eagle: Fierce GARLIC * Eardrops: DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES * Channel Smoke: FUMITORY * Channel Star: BROMELIAD
", Billbergia, Aechmae, Annanas, Bromelia, Guzmania, Cryptanthus, Neoreglia "* ELF DOCK: ELECAMPANE * ELF LEAF: Light purple" officinale or L. "-or- Sage * Elf's Wort: ELECAMPANE * Elven: Public ELM * Enchanter's Plant: Muted VERVAIN * Englishman's Foot: Public PLANTAIN * Erba Santa Maria: SPEARMINT * Everlasting Friendship: GOOSEGRASS * Discard Tree: BE-STILL * Eye of Christ: GERMANDER "* EYE OF NEWT: A Luxury OF MUSTARD Root As well as A BLACK Spot"; "* Eye of the Day: Public DAISY * Eye of the Star: Ashen HOREHOUND * Eye Root: GOLDENSEAL * Eyes: Any "EYE" flowers such as DAISIES, BACHELOR'S BUTTONS, HOREHOUND, aSTER, EYEBRIGHT, etc.

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* Nymph Bells: Impassive SORREL * Nymph Candles: DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES * Nymph Caps: FOXGLOVE" Purpurea, Digitalis "* Nymph CUP: COWSLIP * Nymph SMOKE: INDIAN Pipe * Nymph THIMBLES: FOXGLOVE" Purpurea, Digitalis "* Nymph WAND: DEVIL'S BIT" luteum -or- Deceit UNICORN Core * Fairy's Eggs: NUTMEG * Fairy's Glove: FOXGLOVE" Purpurea, Digitalis "* FAT FROM A HEAD: SPURGE" spp.

* Felon Herb: MUGWORT * Felonwood: Woody NIGHTSHADE * Felonwort: CELANDINE -or- Woody NIGHTSHADE * Five Fingers BLOODROOT" canadensis -or- CINQUEFOIL" Reptans, Potentilla "* FLESH AND BLOOD: BLOODROOT * Blossom OF DEATH: PERIWINKLE" downright, Vinca "* Blossom OF IMMORTALITY: Fierce AMARANTH * FOLK'S GLOVE: FOXGLOVE" Purpurea, Digitalis "* Food OF THE GODS: ASAFOETIDA * FOXES' CLAWS: FOXGLOVE" Purpurea, Digitalis "* FOX'S CLOTE: BURDOCK * FRIAR'S CAP: ACONITE" Napellus, Agrimonia "* FRIAR'S COWL: Get up ROBIN" Triphyllum, Arum spp.

* Frog's Foot: Bloated BUTTERCUP" spp.

* From the Belly: EARTH-APPLE / POTATO * From the Foot: HOUSELEEK * From the Loins: CHAMOMILE G

* Audacity of Goat: HONEYSUCKLE" Spp. -or- ST. JOHN'S WORT * Gallows: MANDRAKE * Atmosphere Flower: INDIAN Pipe * Atmosphere Pipe: INDIAN Pipe * Goat's Foot: ASH Weed * Goat's Leaf: HONEYSUCKLE" Spp.

* God's Hair: HART'S Idiom Branch * Golden Star: AVENS "* In a good way Fate PLANT: SOLOMON'S Mum" Multiflorum, Polygonatum Commutatum, Polygonatum "* GOOSE BILL: GOOSEGRASS * GOOSE TONGUE: LEMON Liniment * GOSLING WING: GOOSEGRASS * GRAINS OF PARADISE: CARDAMOM * GRANNY'S BONNET: COLUMBINE Foliage" Vulgaris, Aquilegia "* Earsplitting Ox-eye: OX-EYE DAISY * Gravelroot: MEADOWSWEET * Necropolis Dust: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Gypsy Herb: Loaded BUGLE H

* Hag's Taper: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Hagthorn: HAWTHORN * Hair of Venus: Real MAIDENHAIR Branch
" Capillus-"* Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: DILL Root * Hare's Beard: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Hart's Thorn: Public BUCKTHORN * Hawk's Heart: WORMWOOD Support * Support Leaf: LIVERWORT" hepatica, Peltigera "* Support OF OSMUND: Aver Branch * HEDGEMAIDS: DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES * HELLWEED: Wobble * Sage OF CIRCE: MANDRAKE * Sage OF GRACE; Muted VERVAIN -OR- RUE * Sage OF MARY: PIMPERNEL" Arvensis, Pimpinella spp.

* Sage of the Cross: Muted VERVAIN * Sage Trinity: LIVERWORT" hepatica, Peltigera canina

* Nether Heal: TANSY * Hind's Tongue: HART'S Idiom Branch * Hog's Bean: HENBANE * Pious Grass: SWEETGRASS * Pious Herb: YERBA SANTA * Pious Rope: HEMP (AGRIMONY) * Coat-hanger and Arn: YERBA SANTA * Horny Goat Weed: Public POLYPODY Branch * Pony Heal: SPIKENARD * Pony Hoof: COLTSFOOT * Pony Tongue: HART'S Idiom Branch * Hundred Eyes: PERIWINKLE" downright, Vinca "I

* Ibis Prepare BUCKTHORN * Gullibility BLUETS J

* Jack-Jump-About: BETONY Stachys Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis, Stachys Betonica

* Jacob's Ladder: CELANDINE -or- LILY OF THE Pitch * Jacob's Staff: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Jesuit's Bark; CINCHONA * Joe Pye Weed: MEADOWSWEET * John the Conqueror: GALANGAL Core" Officianarum, Alpina officinalis, A. "* JOVE'S FLOWER: CARNATION" spp.

* Joy of the Mountain: Loaded MARJORAM * Joy on the Ground: PERIWINKLE" downright, Vinca "* Juno's Tears: Muted VERVAIN * Jupiter's Bean: HENBANE * Jupiter's Beard: HOUSELEEK * Jupiter's Nut: WALNUT * Jupiter's Staff: Earsplitting MULLEIN K

* Key of Heaven: COWSLIP Primula Veris

* Emperor Root: BLOODROOT Sanguinaria canadensis

* King's Clover: MELILOT Melilotus officinalis, Melilotus alba, Melilotus arvensis

* King's Crown: BLACK HAW Vibrunum Prunifolium

* Kitten's Breeches DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES Dicentra cucullaria

* Knight's Milfoil: YARROW * Kronos' Blood: SAP OF THE CEDAR TREE" occidentalis, Thuja orientalis, Biota orientalis, Thuja articulata,Cupressus thujoides, Juniperus virginiana, Cedrus libani, Cedrela odorata, Libocedrus "and diverse in excess of

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* Steps to Heaven: LILY OF THE Pitch * Ladies' Meat: HAWTHORN * Ladies' Seal: Ashen BRYONY / ENGLISH MANDRAKE * Lad's Love: SOUTHERNWOOD * Aristocrat Bleeding: AMARANTH
" Hypochond riacus

* Aristocrat of the Meadow: MEADOWSWEET * Aristocrat of the Woods: BIRCH * Lady's Cap: COWSLIP * Lady's Foxglove: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Lady's Glove: FOXGLOVE" Purpurea, Digitalis "* LADY'S SMOCK: CUCKOO Blossom * LAMB'S EARS: BETONY" Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis, Stachys "* LION'S FOOT: LADY'S Mantle * LION'S HAIR: Foliage OF A TURNIP'S TAPROOT * LEOPARD'S BANE: ARNICA * LION'S HERB: COLUMBINE Foliage" Vulgaris, Aquilegia "* Lion's Tooth: DANDELION * Short Dragon: TARRAGON * Short Queen: MEADOWSWEET * Lizard's Leg: CREEPING Plants SUCH AS IVY

* Lords and Ladies: Get up ROBIN
" Triphyllum, Arum spp.

* View in Idleness: PANSY * View Leaf: DAMIANA" Aphrodisiaca, Turnera "* View Leaves: BURDOCK * View Lie Bleeding: AMARANTH -or- "Anemone "* View MAN: GOOSEGRASS * View PARSLEY: LOVAGE * View RO,: LOVAGE * View ROOT: LOVAGE -OR- ORRIS Core * LOVE-IN-IDLENESS: PANSY * LOW JOHN, LOW JOHN THE CONQUEROR: GALANGAL Core" Officianarum, Alpina officinalis, A. "* Thriving HAND: Male Branch" Felix-"* Thriving Arise Root: Thriving Arise ORCHID / SALEP ORCHID * Thriving Nut: BE-STILL * Lurk-in-the-Ditch: PENNYROYAL M

* Mad Root: Ashen BRYONY / ENGLISH MANDRAKE * Maiden Hair: Real MAIDENHAIR Branch" Capillus-"* Maiden's Gum: Public ELM * Maiden's Ruin: SOUTHERNWOOD * Maid's Hair: LADY'S BEDSTRAW * Man's Bile: TURNIP SAP * Man's Health: GINSENG * Master of the Woods: WOODRUFF * Masterwort: ANGELICA * May: BLACK HAW * May Lily: LILY OF THE Pitch * Maypops: Passion Blossom * May Rose: BlacK HAW * Amazement of Nature: CENTURY Jungle / MAGUEY * Mistress of the Night: TUBEROSE * Monk's Head: DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES * Monk's Hood: ACONITE" Napellus, Agrimonia "* Blood relation OF THE HERBS: RUE * Blood relation OF THE WOOD: BLACKTHORN * MOTHER'S HEART: SHEPHERD'S Pod" bursa-"* Musk of the Wood: WOODRUFF * White meat Chops: GOOSEGRASS N

* Rebellious Man: MUGWORT * Rebellious Man's Cherries: BELLADONNA" belladonna

* Noah's Ark: LADIES' SLIPPER" pubescens, Cyprepedium "* Source Bleed: YARROW * Source of Turtle: TURTLE'S CAP / BALMONY O

* Old Gal: Vast Bark * Old Lady: Vast Bark * Old Maid's Nightcap: Fierce GERANIUM * Old Man: MUGWORT * Old Man's Flannel: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Old Man's Pepper: YARROW * Old Uncle Henry: MUGWORT * Old Woman: WORMWOOD * Oliver: Unsophisticated * Osmund the Waterman: Aver Branch * Our Lady's Flannel: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Our Lady's Tears: LILY OF THE Pitch P

* Palma Christi CASTOR * Passions: BISTORT * Password: PRIMROSE * Peter's Staff: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Physician's Bone: Marble

* Pidgeon's Grass: Muted VERVAIN * Pigeon Berry: Plunk Core * Pig's Tail: LEOPARD'S Menace / ARNICA * Pitchforks: BEGGAR'S Tick * Wide-ranging Flower: BUTTERBUR" Vulgaris, Tussilago "* Sad MAN'S TREACLE: GARLIC" sati vum

* Priest's Crown: DANDELION Foliage * Priest's Pintle: Get up ROBIN" Triphyllum, Arum spp.

* Prince's Feather: AMARANTH * Pucha-pat: PATCHOULI" cablin "Q

* Quaker's Bonnet: LUPINE * Queen of the Meadow: MEADOWSWEET * Queen of the Night: VANILLA CACTUS * Queen's Delight: QUEENSROOT R

* Racoon Berry: MAYAPPLE * Ram's Number one :AMERICAN VALERIAN / LADIES' SLIPPER
" pubescens, Cyprepedium "* RAM'S THORN: Public BUCKTHORN * RAT ROOT: CALAMUS Core * RED COCKSCOMB: AMARANTH * RED ROBIN: KNOTGRASS * RESURECTION PLANT: ROSE OF JERICHO * RING-O-BELLS: BLUEBELLS" Nutans, Scilla non-scripta, Hyacinthoides non-"* Robin-Run-in-the-Grass: GOOSEGRASS * Robin-Run-in-the-Hedge: Home IVY S

* Satan's Apples: MANDRAKE * Scaldhead: BLACKBERRY * Series of Dragon: TARRAGON * Sea Dew: Sage * Sea Spirit: BLADDERWRACK" Vesiculosis

* Mum Root: SOLOMON'S Mum" Multiflorum, Polygonatum Commutatum,

* * See Bright: CLARY Herb * Root of Horus: Ashen HOREHOUND * Semen of Ammon: HOUSELEEK * Semen of Ares: CLOVER * Semen of Helios: Ashen HELLEBORE", "* SEMEN OF HEPHAISTOS: FLEABANE" annuus, Erigeron "* SEMEN OF HERAKLES: MUSTARD Firecracker / ARRUGULA * SEMEN OF HERMES: DILL * SEVEN YEAR'S LOVE: YARROW * SHAMEFACE: Fierce GERANIUM * SHEPHERD'S HEART: SHEPHERD'S Pod" bursa-"* White Bells: BLACK HAW * Daydream Wort: LETTUCE", "* Make up Grape: Ashen BRYONY / ENGLISH MANDRAKE * Make up Head: BALMONY * Make up Lily: Muted Suggestion * Snakeberry: Woody NIGHTSHADE * Snake's Gobbet of Thread: SOAPSTONE "* SNAKE'S HEAD: Tick * SNOWBELLS: BENZOIN * SOAPWORT: DAISY -OR- COMFREY * SOLDIER'S CAP: DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES * SON-BEFORE-THE-FATHER: COLTSFOOT * SORCERER'S BERRY: BELLADONNA * SORCERER'S ROOT: MANDRAKE * SORCERER'S VIOLET: PERIWINKLE" downright, Vinca "* Sparrow's Tongue: KNOTWEED * St. Bennet's Herb: HEMLOCK * St. James' Wort: RAGWORT * St. John's Plant: MUGWORT * St. John's Herb: HEMP / AGRIMONY(this is not St. John's Wort) Agrimonia Eupatoria

* St. Joseph's Wort: Loaded Rosemary * St. George's Herb: VALERIAN * St. Mary's Seal: SOLOMON'S Mum" Multiflorum, Polygonatum Commutatum, Polygonatum Biflorum

* Female protagonist Flower: BORAGE * Female protagonist of the Earth: AVENS * Starweed: CHICKWEED * Starwort: ASTER * Summer's Bride: CALENDULA * Sweethearts: GOOSEGRASS * Swine's Snout: DANDELION Foliage T

* Tanner's Bark: Public OAK", "* TARTAR ROOT: GINSENG * Scratch GRASS: JOB'S Moan" lachryma "* Moan OF A HAMADRYAS BABOON: DILL Swallow * THOR'S HELPER: ROWAN" Spp.

* Thousand Seal: YARROW * Thousand Weed: YARROW * Roar Plant: HOUSELEEK * Tiger's Chaundron; LADY'S Mantle * Titan's Blood: Fierce LETTUCE * Toad: TOADFLAX * Toad Shade: TRILLIUM * Toad Bastard: TOADFLAX * Toe of Frog; BUTTERCUP * Idiom of Dog: HOUNDSTONGUE * Dagger of Wolf: Summon OF WOLFSBANE" Napellus, Agrimonia "* Torches: Earsplitting MULLEIN * Tree of Chastity: HAWTHORN * Tree of Doom: Vast * Tree of Enchantment: Ashen WILLOW * Tree of Life: Fair-haired CEDAR * Real Love: BETHROOT * Turtle Head: BALMONY U

* Unicorn Horn: Real UNICORN Core -or- Deceit UNICORN * Unicorn Root: BONESET Eupatorium Perfoliatum -or- AGUE Core / Female protagonist Grass * Unshoe-the-Horse: MOONWORT Branch V

* Virgin Mary's Nest: NUTMEG W

* Water Dragon; Bog MARIGOLD * Wax Dolls: FUMITORY * Weazel Snout: Fair-haired Recent NETTLES/YELLOW Cherub * Weed: OX-EYE DAISY * White: OX-EYE DAISY * Ashen Man's Foot: Public PLANTAIN * Ashen Wood: Ashen CINNAMON", "* WITCH BANE: Accumulation ASH" Sorbus Spp.

* Witch Grass: DOG Grass * Witch Herb: MUGWORT * Witch Tree: Accumulation ASH" Sorbus Spp.

* Witch Wood: Accumulation ASH" Sorbus Spp.

* Witches' Asprin: Ashen WILLOW Bark * Witches' Bells: FOXGLOVE" Purpurea, Digitalis "* WITCHES' BERRY: BELLADONNA * WITCHES' BRIER: BRIER HIPS * WITCHES' GLOVES: FOXGLOVE" Purpurea, Digitalis "* WITCHES' HERB: Loaded Rosemary * WITCHES' WEED: CINQUEFOIL" Reptans, Potentilla "* Worry CLAW: Wand MOSS * Worry FOOT: Loaded BUGLE * Worry GRAPE: Woody NIGHTSHADE * WOLF'S HERB: VALERIAN * WOLF'S MILK: EUPHORBIA" spp.

* Pelt OF BAT: HOLLY Foliage

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Reference: crafty-witch.blogspot.com

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