In the old days, herbalists and midwives didn't use textbook botanical names for herbs. Medicinal and magical plants had colorful descriptive names. Often, old books about magic and herbal healing use the folk names instead of the names commonly used today, and it can be confusing. So, here is an alphabetical listing of those names, along with the
common and
botanical names in current use. You'll notice that some plants have a variety of names, and some names refer to a variety of plants.
- A Hawk's Heart: Heart of Wormwood Artemisia absinthium
- A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot] Brassica napus
- A Man's Bile: Turnip Sap Brassica napus
- A Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane Arnica montana
- A Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce Lactuca virosa
- Aaron's Rod: Goldenrod Solidago Virgaurea -or- Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
- A Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica
- Absinthe: Wormwood Artemisia Absinthium
- Adder's Fork: Bistort Polygonum Bistorta
- Adder's Mouth: Chickweed Stellaria Media
- Adder's Tongue: Dogstooth Violet Erythronium multiscapoideum
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Finally! You've clarified many of my queries. Well, I knew the Eye of Newt wasnt REALLY an eye of newt, but now i know its modern name!
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