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A Hawk's Heart: Heart of Wormwood Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia absinthium A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot] Brassica napus

[i.e., the leaves of the taproot] Brassica napus A Man's Bile: Turnip Sap Brassica napus

Brassica napus A Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane Arnica montana

Arnica montana A Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce Lactuca virosa

Lactuca virosa Aaron's Rod: Goldenrod Solidago Virgaurea -or- Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

Solidago Virgaurea Verbascum thapsus A Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica

Rhamnus cathartica Absinthe: Wormwood Artemisia Absinthium

Artemisia Absinthium Adder's Fork: Bistort Polygonum Bistorta

Polygonum Bistorta Adder's Mouth: Chickweed Stellaria Media

Stellaria Media Adder's Tongue: Dogstooth Violet Erythronium multiscapoideum

n 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 theand 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.... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, Magickal Ingredients , and can be found in its entirety here: Old Names For Herbs