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Old Names For Herbs
Old Names For Herbs
Old Names For Herbs
A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot] Brassica napus
Aaron's Rod: Goldenrod Solidago Virgaurea -or- Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Bear's Grape: Poke Root Phytolacca decandra -or- Uva Ursa Arctostaphylos Uva-
Ursi
Cat's Foot: White Balsam Gnaphalium polycephalum -or- Canada Snake Root
Asarum Canadensis -or- Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea
Crow Foot: Wild Geranium Geraniaum Maculatum -or- Wood Anemone Anemone
Nemorosa
Devil's Eye: Henbane Hyoscyamus Niger -or- Periwinkle Vinca major, Vinca minor
Devil's Shoestring: Black Haw Vibrunum Prunifolium -or- Cramp Bark Viburnum
opulus -or- Hobblebush Viburnum alnifolium -or- North American Goat's Rue
Tephrosia virginiana
Eye of Newt: A type of mustard seed with a black spot Cruciferae; Brassica
Eyes: Any "eye" flowers such as daisies, bachelor's buttons, horehound, aster,
eyebright, etc.
Fairy Wand: Devil's bit Chamaelirium luteum -or- False Unicorn Root
Chamaelirium luteum
Gall of Goat: Honeysuckle Lonicera Spp. -or- St. John's Wort Hypericum
perforatum
Gallows: Mandrake Atropa Mandragora
Herb of Grace; Blue Vervain Verbena Officinalis -or- Rue Ruta Graveolens
Jacob's Ladder: Celandine Chelidonium Majus -or- Lily of the valley Convallaria
Magalis
Kronos' Blood: Sap of the Cedar Tree Thuja occidentalis, Thuja orientalis, Biota
orientalis, Thuja articulata,Cupressus thujoides, Juniperus virginiana, Cedrus libani,
Cedrela odorata, Libocedrus bidwillii, and many more.
Love Root: Lovage Levisticum Officinale -or- Orris Root Iris florentina
Low John, Low John the Conqueror: Galangal Root Alpinia Officianarum, Alpina
officinalis, A. galanga
St. John's Herb: Hemp / Agrimony(this is not St. John's Wort)Agrimonia Eupatoria
Unicorn Horn: True Unicorn Root Aletris Farinosa -or- False Unicorn Helonias
Dioica
Unicorn Root: Boneset Eupatorium Perfoliatum -or- Ague Root / Star Grass Aletris
farinosa