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Herbal Cross Reference Listing
Common Name ~ Botanical Name ~ Folk Names
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| ACACIA |
(Acacia senegal) |
Also called Gum Arabic Tree, Cape Gum, or Egyptian Thorn |
| ADAM AND EVE ROOTS |
(Orchis spp.) |
POISONOUS ROOTS. for love and happiness. |
| ADDER'S TONGUE |
(Erythronium Americanum) |
Also called American adder's Tongue, Serpent's Tongue, Adder's Mouth, Yellow Snowdrop, Dog's Tooth
Violet. |
| AFRICAN VIOLET |
(Saintpaulia Ionantha) |
Used For Spiriuality and Protection |
| AGARIC |
(Amanita Muscaria) |
Also called Death Angel, Death Cap, Magic Mushroom, Fly Fungus. VERY POISONOUS |
| AGRIMONY |
(Agrimonia eupatoria) |
Also called Church Steeples, Cocklebur, Garclive, Philanthropos, Sticklewort, Stickwort |
| AGUE ROOT |
(Aletris Farinosa) |
Also called Ague Grass, Bitter Grass, Black Unicorn Root, Unicorn Root, Aletris, Blazing Star. |
| ALFALFA |
(Medicago Saliva) |
Also called Buffalo Herb, Lucerne, Purple Medic, Jat, Qadb. |
| ALKANET |
(Alkanna Tinctoria, Anchusa Spp.) |
Also called Dyer's Bugloss, Orcanet, Dyer's Alkanet. |
| ALLSPICE |
(Pimemta dioica or officinalis) |
Also known as Pimento, Jamaica Pepper |
| ALMOND |
(Prunus dulcis) |
Also called Sweet Almond |
| ALOE |
Aloe vera or Aloe ssp.) |
Also called Burn Plant, Medicine Plant |
| ALOES,WOOD |
(Cardia Dichotoma, Aquilaria Agallocha) |
Also called Lignum Aloes, Lolu, Mapou. |
| ALTHEA |
(Althaea Officinalis) |
Also called Marshmallow, Mortification Root, Sweet Weed, Wymote, Heemst, Slaz. |
| ALYSSUM |
(Alyssum Spp) |
Also called Gum Alison, Madwort |
| AMARANTH |
(Amaranthus Hypochondriaus) |
Also called Flower of Immortality, Huauhtli (Aztec), Love-Lies Bleeding, Red Cockscomb, Velvet Flower,
Princess Feather, Floramon. |
| ANEMONE |
(Anemone Pulsatilla) |
Also called Meadow Anemone, Pasque Flower, Passe Flower, Wind Flower. |
| ANGELICA |
(Angelica archangelica) |
Also called Wild Parsnip, Herb of Angels, Archange, Masterwort, Angel Food |
| ANISE |
(Pimpinella anisum) |
Also called Aniseed, Anneys |
| APPLE |
(Pyrus Spp, Malus spp.) |
Also called Fruit of the Gods, Fruit of the nderworld, Silver Branch, The Silver Bough, Tree of Love.
SEEDS IN LARGE AMOUNTS ARE POISONOUS. |
| APRICOT |
(Prunus Armeniaca) |
Also called Umublinkosi, Xing Ren. |
| ARABIC, GUM |
(Acacia Senegal, A. Vera) |
Also called Arabic, Egyptian Gum, Indian Gum. |
| ARBUTUS |
(Arbutus Unede) |
Used to chase away evil. |
| ASAFETIDA |
(Ferula asafoetida) |
Also called Assyfetida, Devils Dung, Food of the Gods |
| ASH TREE |
(Fraxinus americana or excelsior) |
Also called Nion, Asktroed, Jasen Beli, Freixo, Common Ash, Weeping Ash |
| ASPEN |
(Populus Tremuloides) |
Also called European Apen, Poplar, Quaking Aspen. |
| ASTER |
(Callistephus Chinensis) |
Also called China Aster, Michaelmas Daisy, Starwort. |
| AVENS |
(Geum urbanum ) |
Also known as Assaranaccara, Colewort, Herb Bennet, City Avens, Wild Rye, Way Bennet, Goldy Star,
Clove Root |
| AVOCADO |
(Persea Americans) |
Also called Ahuacotl, Alligator Pear, Persea, Zaboca. |
| BACHELOR'S BUTTONS |
(Centaurea Cyanus) |
Also called Devil's Flower, Red Campion, Bluet, Hurtlesickle, Blue Bottle. |
| BALM, LEMON |
(Melissa Officinalis) |
Also called Bee Balm, Lemon Balsam, Melissa, Sweet Balm, Sweet Melissa, Tourengane, Oghoul. |
| BALM OF GILEAD |
(Commiphora Opobalsamum, Abies Basamea, Populus Basamifera Var. Balsamifera, P. Jackii.) |
Also called Arabic, Egyptian Gum, Indian Gum. |
| BAMBOO |
(Bambusa Vulgaris) |
Also called Common Bamboo, Ohe, Kauayan-Kiling. |
| BANANA |
(Musa Sapientum) |
Also called Maia, Bacove, Sanging. |
| BANYAN |
(Ficus Benghalensis) |
Also called Arched Fig, Indian Fig Tree, Indian God Tree, Vada Tree. |
| BARBERRY |
(Berberis vulgaris ) |
Also known as Berbery, Pipperidge Bush, Berberis Dumetorum |
| BARLEY |
(Hordeum Spp. Vulgare, MALT.) |
Used For Love, Healing, Protection. |
| BASIL |
(Oncimum basilicum) |
Also called Sweet Basil, Common Basil, Albahaca, American Dittenay, "Our Herb", St. Joseph's Wort,
Sweet Basil, Witches Herb |
| BAYBERRY |
(Myrica cerifera) |
Also called Wax Myrtle, Myrica, Candle Berry, Arbre à suif, Myricæ cortex, Tallow Shrub, Wachsgagle |
| BAY LAUREL |
(Laurus nobilis) |
Also called Sweet Bay, Bay tree, Baie, Daphnne, Greecian Laurel, Laurel, Laurier d'Apollon, Laurier
Sauce, Lorbeer, Noble Laurel, Roman Laurel. |
| BEAN |
(Phaseolus Spp.) |
Also called Poor Man's Meat |
| BEARBERRY |
(Arctostaphylow Urva-Ursi) |
Also called Arbutus Uva-Ursi, Uva Ursi |
| BEDSTRAW, FRAGRANT |
(Galium Verum, G. Triforum) |
Also calledCleavers, Madder's Cousin. |
| BEE BALM |
(Monarda didyma) |
Also called Bergamot, Scarlet Monarda, Oswego Tea |
| BEECH |
(Fagus Sylvatica) |
Also called Bok, Boke, Buche, Buk, Buke, Faggio, Fagos, Faya, Haya, Hetre. |
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(Beta Vulgaris) |
Also called Mangel, Mangold. |
| BELLADONNA |
(Atropa Belladonna) |
VERY POISONOUS Also Called Banewort, Black Cerry, Deadly Nightshade, Death's Herb, Devil's Cherries,
Divale, Dwale, Dwaleberry, Dwayberry, Fair Lady, Great Morel, Naughty Man's Cherries, Sorcerer's Berry, Witch's Berry. |
| BENZOIN |
(Styrax benzoin) |
Also called Ben, Benjamen, Gum Benjamin, Gum Benzoin, Siam Benzoin, Siamese Benzoin, Sumatra Benzoin |
| BERGAMOT |
(Citrus bergamia) |
Also called Orange Mint, Orange Bergamot |
| BERGAMOT MINT |
(Mentha x piperita 'citrata') |
| BE-STILL |
(Thevetia Peruviana, T. Nereifolia) |
POISONOUS Also called Trumpet Flower, Yellow Oleander, Flor Del Peru, Lucky Nut. |
| BETONY |
(Stachys officonalis or Stachys betonica or Betonica officionalis) |
Also called Wood Betony, Bishopwort, Lousewort, Purple Betony |
| BIRCH |
(Betula alba) |
Also called Common Birch, White Birch, Beithe, Bereza, Berke, Beth, Bouleau, Lady of the Woods, Monoecia
triandria, B. pubescens, B. verrucosa |
| BISTORT |
(Polygonum Bistorta) |
Also called Dragonwort, Easter Giant, English Serpentary, Osterick, Passions, Patience Dock, Red Legs,
Snakeweed, Sweet Dock. |
| BITTERSWEET |
(Celastrus Scandens_American Bittersweet; Solanum Dulcamara-European Bittersweet) |
American Bittlesweet: POISONOUS |
| BLACKBERRY |
(Rubus fructicosus); ((Rubus villosus)American Blackberry) |
Also called Bly, Bramble, Brombeere, Fingerberry, Bramble-Kite, Bumble-Kite, Cloudberry, Dewberry,
Thimbleberry, Brummel, Brameberry, Scaldhead, Brambleberry, R. cuneifolius |
| BLACKTHORN |
(Prunus spinosa) |
Also called Sloe, Mother of the Wood, Wishing Thorn |
| BLADDERWRACK |
(Fucus Vesiculosus; Various Other Plants) |
Also called Bladder Fucus, Cutweed, Kelp, Sea Spirit, Seawrack, Seetang, Meeriche, Sea Oak, Black
Tang. |
| BLEEDING HEART |
(Dicentra Spectabilis or D. Formosa) |
For Love |
| BLOODROOT |
(Sanguinaria Canadensis) |
Also called King Root, Red Root, Tetterwort. POISONOUS |
| BLUEBELL |
(Campanula Rotundifolia) |
Also called Harebell. |
| BLUEBERRY |
(Vaccinum Frondosum, V. Angustifolium, V. Corymbosum, V. Pallidum) |
Also called Bilberry. |
| BLUR FLAG |
(Iris Versicolor) |
POISONOUS Also called Flag Lily, Fleur-de-Lys, Iris, Liver Lily, Poison Lily, Poison Flag, Snake Lily,
Water Flag, Water Iris. |
| BODHI |
(Ficus Religiosa) |
Also called Bo-Tree, Peepul Tree, Pipul, Sacred Tree. |
| BONESET |
(Eupatorium Perfoliatum) |
Also called Agueweed, Crosswort, Feverwort, Indian Sage, Sweating Plant, Teasel, Thoroughwort, Wood
Boneset. |
| BORAGE |
(Borago officionalis) |
Also called Bugloss, Burrage, Herb of Gladness |
| BRACKEN |
(Pteridium Aquilinum) |
Used For: Healing, Rain Magic, Prophetic Dreams. |
| BRAZIL NUT |
(Bertholletia Excellsa) |
EAT ONLY THE PROCESSED NUT. |
| BRIAR ROSE |
(Rosa rubiginosa) |
Also called Wild Rose, Hip, Old Garden Rose |
| BRIONY |
(Bryony Spp. Dioica) |
POISONESS Also called Gout Root, Ladies' Seal, Mad Root, Snake Grape, Tamus, Tetterberry, Wild Hops,
Wild Vine, Wood Vine, English Mandrake. |
| BROMELIAD |
(Crypanthus Spp.) |
Also called Chameleon Star, Earth Star. |
| BROOM |
(Genista scoparius syn. Cytisus scoparius and Sarothamnus scoparious) |
Also known as Scotch Broom, Banal, Basam, Besom, Bisom, Bizzon, Breeam, Broom Tops, Brum, Genista
Green Broom, Irish Tops, Link, Irish broom. |
| BUCHU |
(Barosma Betulina, Agathosma Betulina) |
Also called Bookoo, Bucoo, Buku, Oval Buchu, Short Buchu, Sab, Pinkaou. |
| BUCKTHORN |
(Rhamnus Catharticus, R. Frangula, R.Spp) |
Also called Hart's Thorn. |
| BUCKWHEAT |
(Fagopyrum Spp.) |
Also called Beechwhwat, Brank, French Wheat, Saracen Corn. |
| BURDOCK |
(Arctium Lappa) |
Also called Bardana, Beggar's Buttons, Burrseed, Clotbur, Cockleburr, Great Burdock, Happy Major,
Hardock, Hurrburr, Personata. |
| CABBAGE |
(Brassica Oleracea) |
USED FOR lUCK. |
| CACTUS |
(Few Are Poisonous, Ingest Only Those Used For Food.) |
Also called Sloe, Mother of the Wood, Wishing Thorn |
| CALAMUS |
(Acorus Calamus) |
VERY POISONOUS Also called Gladdon, Myrtle Flag, Myrtle Grass, Myrtle Sedge, Sweet Cane, Sweet Flag,
Sweet Grass Sweet Root, Sweet Rush, Sweet Sedge, Lubigan. |
| CAMELLIA |
(Camellia Japonica) |
Used To Bring Riches. |
| CAMPHOR |
(Cinnamomum camphora) |
Also called Laurel Camphor, Gum Camphor |
| CAPER |
(Capparis Spinosa) |
Also called Fakouha, Lasafa, Shafallah. |
| CARAWAY |
(Carum carvi) |
Also called Caraway Seed |
| CARDAMOM |
(Elettario cardamomum) |
Also known as Amomum Cardamonum, Alpinia Cardamomum, Matonia cardamomu, Cardamomum minus, Amomum repens,
Cardamomi Semina, Cardamom Seeds, Malabar, Cardamums, Ebil, Kakelah seghar, Capalaga, Gujattati elachi, Ilachi, Ailum |
| CARNATION |
(Dianthus caryophyllus) |
Also called Pink , Clove Pink, Gillies, Gillieflower, Jove's Flower, Nelka, Scaffold Flower, Sops-In-Wine,
Gilly Flower. |
| CAROB |
(Jacaranda Procera, Prosopis Dulcis, Ceratonia Siliqua) |
Also called Caaroba, Caroba, Carobinha, Chocolate. |
| CARROT |
(Daucus Carota) |
Also called Bird's Nest, Philtron, Gizri, Queen Ann's Lace. |
| CASCARA SAGRADA |
(Rhamnus Purshiana) |
Also called Sacred Bark, Bitter Bark, Ecorce Sacree, Yellow Bark, Cittim Bark. |
| CASHEW |
(Anacadium Occidentale) |
Also called Mbiba, Kasui, Mkanju. |
| CASSIA |
(Cinnamomum aromaticum var. cassia) |
Bastard Cinnamon, Chinese Cinnamon, Cassia lignea, Cassia Bark, Cassia aromaticum, Canton Cassia |
| CASTOR |
(Ricinus Communes) |
POISON Also called Palma Christi, Palms Christi Root, Mamona, Makula Kula, Mbono, Mbogo, Racznick. |
| CATNIP |
(Nepeta Catoria) |
Also called Cat, Catmint, Catnep, Catrup, Cat's Wort, Field Balm, Nepeta, Nip |
| CAT TAIL |
(Typha Capensis, T. Spp.) |
Also called Tabua, Ibhuma, Balangot. |
| CEDARWOOD |
(Cedrus libani or Cedrus spp. or Thuja occidentalis or T. spp) |
Also known as Cedar, Tree of Life, Arbor Vitae (Thuja occidentalis) or Yellow Cedar (T.
occidentalis) |
| CELANDINE, GREATER |
(Chelidonium majus) |
POISON Common Celandine, Garden Celandine |
| CELANDINE, LESSER |
(Ranunculus ficaria) |
POISON Small Celandine, Figwort, Smallwort, Pilewort |
| CELERY |
(Apium Graveolens) |
Also called Aipo, Karafs, Elma. |
| CENTAURY |
(Erythraea Centaurium, Centaurium Spp. Erythraea.) |
Also called Christ's Ladder, Feverwort. |
| CHAMOMILE |
(Chamaemelum nobile or Anthemis nobilis) |
Also called Roman chamomile, English chamomile, Perennial Chamomile, Wild Chamomile, Camomyle, Chamaimelon,
Maythen (Saxon), Whig plant, Heermannchen (German), Manzanilla (Spanish), Ground Apple. |
| CHERRY |
(Prunus serotina) |
Also known as Black Cherry, Wild Cherry, Sweet Cherry (P. avium), Virginian Prune, Chokecherry
(P. virginiana). |
| CHESTNUT |
(Castanea Sativa, C. Dentata, C. Spp.) |
Used For Love. |
| CHICKWEED |
(Stellaria Media) |
Also called Adder's Mouth, Indian Chickweed, Passerina, Satin Flower, Star Chickweed, Starweed, Starwort,
Stellaire, Stitchwort, Tongue Grass, Winterweed, Qoqobala. |
| CHICORY |
(Cichorium Intybus) |
Also called Succory, Wild Cherry, Wild Succory. |
| CHILI PEPPER |
(Capsicum Spp.) |
Also called Red Pepper. |
| CHINA BERRY |
(Melia Azederach) |
POISON Also called Chinatree, Ku Lian Pi. |
| CHRYSANTHEMUM |
(Chrysanthemum Sinense, C. Spp.) |
POISON Also called Mum |
| CINCHONA |
(Cinchona Ledgeriana or Succirubra.) |
For Luck And Protection. |
| CINNAMON |
(Cinnamomum verum or zeylanicum) |
Also called Sweet Wood, Laurus cinnamomum |
| CINQUEFOIL |
(Pontentilla reptans) |
Also called Five Fingered Grass, Creeping cinquefoil, Crampweed, Five Fingered Blossom, Goosegrass,
Goose Tansy, Moor Grass, Pentaphylon, Silver Cinquefoil, Silverweed, Sunkfield, Synkefoyle, Five Finger Grass, Five Leaved
Grass. |
| CITRON |
(Citnus Medica) |
Also called Sukake, Forbidden Fruit, Rough Lemon. |
| CLARY SAGE |
Salvia sclarea) |
Clarry, Orvale, Toute-bonne, Clear Eye, See Bright, Eyebright |
| CLEAVERS |
(Galium Aparine) |
Used For Relationships, Commitment, Protection, Tenacity |
| CLOTH-OF-GOLD |
(Crocus Angustifolia) |
Used In Animal Magic |
| CLOVE |
(Syzgium aromaticum) |
Also known as Eugenia aromatica |
| CLOVER |
(Trifolium Spp.) |
Also called Honey, Honeystalks,Shamrock, Three-Leaved Grass, Trefoil, Trifoil. |
| CLUB MOSS |
(Lycopodium selago or clavatum) |
Also called Selago, Foxtail, Lycopod, Vegetable Sulpher, Wolf Claw or Stag's Horn Moss. Also known
as Muscus terrestris repens |
| ** |
(Cinnamomum camphora) |
Also called Laurel Camphor, Gum Camphor |
| CAMPHOR |
(Cinnamomum camphora) |
Also called Laurel Camphor, Gum Camphor |
| COLTSFOOT |
(Tussilago farfara) |
Also called Horsehoof, Horsefoot, Foal's Foot, Coughwort, Hallfoot, Ass's Foot, Foalswort, Fieldhove,
Bullsfoot, Donnhove, Pas d'âne (French) |
| COMFREY |
(Symphytum officonale) |
Also called Slippery Root, Knitbone, Blackwort, Assear, Black Wort, Boneset, Bruisewort, Consolida,
Consound, Gum Plant, Healing Herb, Knit Back, Yalluc (Saxon), Ass Ear, Miracle Herb, Wallwort |
| COPAL |
(Bursera odorata) |
| CORIANDER |
(Coriandrum sativum) |
Also called Chinese Parsley, Cilantro, Cilentro, Culantro |
| CUMIN |
(Cuminum cyminum) |
Also called Cumino aigro (Malta) |
| CYPRESS |
(Cupressus sempervirens) |
Also called Tree of Death |
| DANDELION |
(taraxacum officinale) |
Also called Blowball, Cankerwort, Lion's Tooth, Piss-a-Bed, Priest's Crown, Puffball, Swine Snout,
White Endive, Wild Endive |
| DILL |
(Anethum graveolens) |
Also called Aneton, Dill Weed, Dilly, Garden Dill. |
| DRAGONS BLOOD |
(Draceana draco spp.) |
Also called Blood, Blume, Calumus draco, Draconis resina, Sanguis draconis, Dragon's
Blood Palm. |
| ECHINACEA |
(Echinacea angustifolia) |
Also called Black Sampson, Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Niggerhead, Rudbeckia, Brauneria pallida |
| ELDER |
(Sambucus canadensis or nigra) |
Also known as Ellhorn (Low Saxon), Hollunder (German), Elderberry, Lady Elder, Black Berried Elder,
Old Gal, Old Lady, Pipe Tree, Rob Elder, Tree of Doom, Bour Tree (14th Century), Bore Tree, Elrum, Alhuren, Battree, Hylder,
Hylantree, Eldrum (Anglo-Saxon), Sureau (French), Sweet Elder. |
| ELECAMPANE |
(Inula Helenium ) |
Also called Scabwort, Elf Dock, Wild Sunflower, Horesheal, Velvet Dock |
| ELM |
(Ulmus campestris ) |
Also called, Ulmi cortex, Broad-Leaved Elm, Ulmus suberosa, Common Elm |
| EUCALYPTUS |
(Eucalyptus spp.) |
Also called Blue Gum Tree, Stringy Bark Tree |
| LEMON EUCALYPTUS |
(E. citriodora) |
Also called Citron Scented Gum, Lemon Gum |
| EYEBRIGHT |
(Euphrasia officionalis) |
Also called Euphrosyne, Red Eyebright, Euphrasia |
| FENNEL |
(Foeniculum vulgare) |
Also called Fenkel, Sweet Fennel, Wild Fennel |
| FERNS |
| Male Fern |
(Dryopteris filixmas) |
Also Called Male Shield Fern |
| Lady Fern |
(Aspenium Felix-foemina ) |
Also known as Athrythium Filix-foemina |
| Maidenhair Fern, True |
(Adiantum Capillus-veneris ) |
Also known as Capillaire commun, de Montpellier, Hair of Venus |
| Maidenhair Fern, Common |
(Asplenium trichomanes ) |
| Sheild Fern |
(Aspidium spinulosum) |
Also calledPrickly-Toothed Shield Fern |
| Spleenwort, Common |
(Asplenium ceterach) |
Also called Scaly Fern, Finger Fern, Miltwaste, Ceterach (Arabian) |
| Spleenwort, Black |
(Aspenium Adiantum nigrum) |
Also called Black Maidenhair |
| Wall Rue |
(Asplenium Ruta-muraria ) |
Also called White Maidenhair, Tenwort |
| Hart's Tongue |
(Scolopendrium vulgare; Asplenium scolopendrium) |
Also called Hind's Tongue, Buttonhole, Horse Tongue, God's-hair, Lingua cervina |
| Bracken |
(Pteris aquilina) |
Also called Brake Fern, Female Fern |
| Polypody, Common |
(Polypodium vulgare) |
Polypody of the Oak, Wall Fern, Brake Root, Rock Brake, Rock of Polypody, Oak Fern (Old) |
| Royal Fern |
(Osmunda regalis) |
Osmund the Waterman, Heart of Osmund, Water Fern, Bog Onion |
| Adder's Tongue, English |
(Ophioglossum vulgatum) |
Christ's Spear |
| Moonwort |
(Botrychium lunaria) |
| FEVERFEW |
(Tanacetum parthenum)also (Chrysanthemum parthenium) |
Also known as Featherfoil, Fevrifuge Plant, Flirtwort, Featherfew, Pyrethrum Parthenium, Bachelor's
Buttons |
| FIR, SILVER |
(Abies alba) |
Also known as Birth Tree. |
| FLAX |
(Linum usitatissimum) |
Also called Linseed. |
| FOXGLOVE |
(Digitalis purpurea) |
Also known as Fairy Gloves, Fairy Fingers, Dead Men's Bells, Cow-Flop, Digitalis, Dog;s Finger, Fairy
Weed, Fairy Petticoats, Fairy Ghimbles, Floppy-Dock, Floptop Folk's Gloves, Fox Bells, The Great Herb, Mouth, Lusmore, Lus
na mbau side (Irish Gaelic), Our Lady's Glove, Witches Bells, Witches Thimbles. |
| FRANKINCENSE |
(Boswellia carterii) |
Also called Incense, Olibans, Olibanum, Olibanus |
| FUMITORY |
(Fumaria officinalis ) |
Also called Earth Smoke, Beggary, Fumus, Vapor, Nidor, Fumus Terræ, Fumiterry, Scheiterigi, Taubenkropp,
Kaphnos, Wax Dolls |
| GALANGAL |
(Alpinia officionalis or A. galanga) |
Also known as Low John the Conquerer, Chewing John, China Root, Colic Root, East India Catarrh Root,
Galingal, Gargaut, India Root, Kaempferia Gaanga, Rhizoma galangae, Galanga, Kæmpferia Galange, Siamese Ginger. |
| GARDENIA |
(Gardenia jasmenoides) |
| GARLIC |
(Allium sativum) |
Also known by Ajo (Spanish), Poor Man's Treacle, Stinkweed |
| GERANIUM |
(Pelargonium spp.) |
Also known as Scented Geranium |
| GINGER |
(Zingiber officionale) |
Also called African Ginger |
| GINSENG |
Oriental(Panax ginseng)or North American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolium) |
Also called Sang, Wonder of the World Root, Tartar Root, Five Fingers, Red Berry, Man's Health, Aralia
quinquefolia |
| HAWTHORN |
(Cratageus spp.) |
Also known as May Tree, May Blossom, White Thorn, Bread and Cheese Tree, Gaxels, Hagthorn, Halves,
Haw, Hazels, Huath, Ladies Meat, May, May Bush, Mayflower, Quick, Thorn, Tree of Chastity. |
| HAZEL |
(Corylus avellana) |
Also called European Filbert, Coll. |
| HEATHER |
(Calluna vulgaris, or spp. or Erica spp.) |
There are more than a thousand cultivars of heather. Also known as Heath, Scottish Heather, Common
Heather, Ling. |
| HOLLY |
(Ilex aquifolium) The American variety is Ilex opaca |
Also called Aquifolius, Bat's Wings, Christ's Thorn, Holy Tre, Holm Chaste, Hulm, Hulver Bush, Tinne |
| HONEYSUCKLE |
(Lonicera japonica or caprifolium) |
Also known as Dutch Honeysuckle, Goat's Leaf, Woodbine |
| HOPS |
(Humulus lupulus) |
Also known as Beer Flavor, Beer Flower, (I)Flores de Cerveza. |
| HOREHOUND |
(Marrubium vulgare) |
Also called Bull's Blood, Eye of the Star, Haran, Hoarhound, Huran, Llwyd y cwn (Welsh), Marrubium,
baruil, Seed of Horus, Soldier's Tea, White Horehound |
| HORSETAIL |
(Equisetum spp.) |
Also called Bottle Brush, Durch Rushes, Paddock Pipes, Pewterwort, Shavegrass |
| HYSSOP |
Hysopus officinalis |
Also called Hyssop Herb, Isopo, Ysopo, Yssop |
| IVY |
(Hedera helix) |
Also known as Common Ivy, Gort, Hedera |
| JASMINE |
(Jasminum officionale) |
Also called Jessamine, Yasmin, Moonligtht on the Grove |
| JUNIPER |
(Juniperus communis) |
Also called Enegro, Gemeiner Wachholder (German), Geneva, Gin Berry, Ginepro, Gin Plant, Genévrier, |
| LADY'S MANTLE |
(Alchemilla vulgaris) |
Also called Lion's Foot, Bear's Foot, Nine Hooks, Leontopodium, Sellaria, Pied-de-Lion (French, Frauenmantle
(German) |
| LAVENDER |
(Lavandula species) |
Also called Elf Leaf; Nard; Nardus; Spike, Spikenard, |
| There are at least 28 species of Lavender. Some of the more common are: English Lavender
(Lavendula angustifolia or vera or officinalis); French Lavender (L. dentata sp.); Spike Lavender (L. spica,
or latifolia); White Lavender (L. angustifolia var. alba); Pink Lavender (L. angustifolia var. nana rosea);
Wooly Lavender (L. lanata); Spanish or Italian Lavender (L. stoechas). |
| LEMON |
Citrus limon |
Citrus medica, Citrus Limoum, Citronnier, Neemoo Lemoo, Limoun, Limone |
| LEMON BALM |
Melissa officionalis |
Also called Melissa, Balm, Bee Balm, Sweet Balm, Sweet Melissa |
| LEMONGRASS |
(Cymbopogon citratus) |
Also called Melissa Grass, Sereh |
| LEMON VERBENA |
(Aloysia triphylla syn. Lippia citriodora) |
Also called Yerba Louisa, Cedron, Herb Louisa, Verveine citronelle or odorante, Lemon-scented Verbena,
Aloysia Citriodora, Verbena triphylla, Lippia triphylla |
| LICORICE |
(Glycyrrhiza glabra) |
Also called Liquorice, Lacris (Welsh), Licourice, Lycorys (13th Century), Reglisse (French), Sweet
Root, Liquiritia officinalis, Regolizia (Italian), Lacrisse (German) |
| LILAC |
(Syringia vulgaris) |
Also called Common Lilac |
| LIME |
(Citrus limata) |
Citrus acris, Limettæ Fructus |
| LINDEN |
(Tilia spp.) |
Also called Lime Tree, Linden Flowers, Linn Flowers, Common Lime, Flores Tiliæ, Tilleul |
| LOOSESTRIFE, PURPLE |
(Lythrum salicaria) |
Also called Blooming Sally, Lythrum, Partyke, Purple Willow Herb, Rainbow Weed, Sage Willow, Salicaire |
| LOTUS |
(Nelumbo nucifera or Nymphaea lotus) |
Also called Sacred Lotus |
| MACE |
(Myristica fragrans) |
Also called Arillus Myristicæ, Myristica officinalis, Myristica moschata, Macis, Muscadier |
| MARIGOLD |
(Calendula officinalis) |
Also known as Calendula, Holigold, Pot Marigold, Bride of the Sun, Drunkard, Goldes, Husbandman's
Dial, Marybud, Marygold, Mary Gowles, Ruddes, Oculis chrisi, Ruddles, Spousa solis, Summer's Bride. |
| MARJORAM |
(Origanum majorana) |
Also known as Majorana hortensis, Knotted Marjoram, Sweet Marjoram, Wintersweet, Pot Marjoram, Joy
of the Mountain, Knotted Marjorane, Marjorlaine, Mountain Mint, (O. onites). |
| MARSH MALLOW |
(Althaea officinalis ) |
Mallards, Mauls, Schloss Tea, Cheeses, Mortification Root, Guimauve (French) |
| MASTIC |
(Pistachia lentiscus) |
Also known as Gum Mastic, Masticke, Lentisk. |
| MEADOWSWEET |
(Filipendula ulnaria) |
Also known as Queen of the Meadow, Gravel Root, Meadowwort, Bride of the Meadow, Bridewort, Dollof,
Meadwort, Gravel Root, Little Queen, Steeplebush, Trumpet Weed. |
| MINTS |
| Spearmint |
(Mentha spicata) |
Also known as Mentha viridis, Garden Mint, Mackerel Mint, Our Lady's Mint, Green Mint, Spire
Mint, Sage of Bethlehem, fish Mint, Menthe de Norte Dame, Erba Santa Maria, Grauen Munze, Lamb Mint |
| Peppermint |
(Mentha piperata) |
Also called Brandy Mint |
| Wild Mint |
(Mentha sativa) |
Also called Water or Marsh Mint, Whorled Mint, Hairy Mint. Considered to be a variaton of Mentha
aquatica. |
| Corn Mint |
(Mentha arvensis) |
| Wild Water Mint |
(Mentha aquatica) |
Water Mint, Wild Mint, Marsh Mint |
| Round-Leaved Mint |
(Mentha rotundifolia) |
Also known as Egyptian Mint |
| Horse Mint |
(Mentha sylvestris) |
Also known as English Horse Mint |
| MISTLETOE |
(Viscum album)-European Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavenscens) American Mistletoe |
Also known as Birdlime, All-Heal, Druid's Herb, Golden Bough, Holy Wood, Misseltoe, Thunderbesem,
Witches Broom, Wood of the Cross, Devil's Fuge, Donnerbesen, Herbe de la Croi, Mystyldyne, Lignum Crucis, Korean mistletoe
(Viscum coloratum) |
| MUGWORT |
(Artemisia vulgaris) |
Also known as Sailor's Tobacco, Witch Herb, Old Man, Artemis Herb, Hartemisia, Felon Herb, Muggons,
Naughty Man, Old Uncle Henry, St. John't Plant, Cingulum Sancti Johannis. |
| MULLEIN |
(Verbascum thapsus) |
Also known as Hag's Taper, Candlewick Plant, Aaron's Rod, Velvet Plant, Shepherd's Club, Blanket Leaf,
Flannel Pland, Graveyard Dust, Hedge taper, Jupiter's Staff, Lady's Foxglove, Olm Man's Fennel, Peter's Staff, Shepherd's
Herb, Torches, Velvetback, Velvet Plant. |
| MYRRH |
(Commiphora myrrha) |
Also called Gum Myrrh Tree, Daran, Mirra Balsom Odendron, Commiphora Myrrha, Mirra, Morr-Didin, Didthin,
Bowl |
| MYRTLE |
(Myrtus communis) |
| NUTMEG |
(Myristica fragrans) |
Nux Moschata, Myristica offinalis, Myristica, Myristica aromata( |
| OAK, COMMON |
(Quercus robur or spp.) |
Also known as Tanner's Bark, Common Oak, Duir, Jove's Nuts, English Oak |
| White Oak |
(Q. alba) |
| Black Oak |
(Q. tinctoria) |
| Red Oak |
(Q. rubra) |
| English Oak |
(Q. robur) |
| OAKMOSS |
(Pseudevernia prunastri) |
| ORANGE, SWEET |
(Citrus sinensis) |
Also called Citrus vulgaris, Citrus Bigaradia, Citrus Aurantium amara, Bigaradier, Gigarade
Orange, Bitter Orange, Seville Orange, (Sweet) Portugal Orange, China Orange, Citrus dulcis, Love Fruit |
| ORRIS ROOT |
(Iris germanica var.florentina |
Also Called Florentine Iris, Queen Elizabeth Root |
| PARSLEY |
(Petroselinum sativum also crispum) |
Also called Devil's Oatmeal, Percely, Persil, Petersilie, Petroselinum, Roc Parsley |
| PATCHOULI |
(Pogostemon patchouli or heyeanus) |
Also called Pucha-pot or pucha-pat |
| PINE |
(Pinus spp.) White Pine (Pinus strobus, Pinus alba) |
Also called Oil of Turpentine Tree |
| ROSE |
(Rosa spp.) |
| Provins Rose |
(Rosa gallica) |
Also referred to as Red Rose especially in The British Pharmacopoeia and the United States Pharmacopoeia |
| Damask Rose |
(Rosa damascus) |
| Musk Rose |
(Rosa muscatta) |
| Cabbage Rose |
(Rosa centifolia) |
Also known as Hundred-leaved Rose |
| Dog Rose |
(Rosa canina) |
| Wild Rose |
(Rosa arvensis) |
Also called Field Rose |
| Sweet Briar Rose |
(Rosa rubiginosa) |
Also known as Eglantine |
| Burnet Rose |
(Rosa spinossissima) |
Also called Scotch Rose or Pimpernel Rose |
| Downy Rose |
(Rosa villos ) |
| ROSEMARY |
(Rosmarinus officinalis) |
Also called Compass Weed, Dew of the Sea, Elf Leaf, Guardrobe, Incensier, Libanotis (Grek), Polar
Plant, Sea Dew |
| ROWAN |
(Sorbus aucuparia) |
Also known as Mountain Ash, Witchwood, Witchbane, Sorb Apple, Delight of the Eye, Quickbane, Ran Tree,
Roden-Quicken-Royan, Ronetree, Thor's Helper, Whitty, Wicken-tree, Wiggin, Wiggy, Wiky, Wild Ash, Witchen. |
| RUE |
(Ruta graveolens) |
Also known as Herb of Grace, Garden Rue, Herbygrass, Hreow, Mother of the Herbs, Rewe, Ruta. |
| SAFFRON |
(Crocus sativus) |
Also known as Autumn Crocus, Crocus, Karcom, Krokos, Kunkuma (Sanskrit), Saffer (Arabic), Spanish
Saffron |
| SAGE |
(Salvia officinalis) |
Also called Garden Sage, Red Sage, Sawge (Old English), Salvia salvatrix, Narrow-leaved White Sage,
Broad-leaved White Sage |
| ST. JOHN'S WORT |
(Hypericum perforatum) |
Also called Amber, Fuga daemonum (Latin for Scare-devil), Goat Weed, Herba John, John's Wort,
Kamath Weed, Sol Terrestis, Tipton Weed |
| SANDALWOOD |
(Santalum album) |
Also known as Sandal, Santal, White Sandalwood, White Saunders, Yellow Sandalwood, Sanders Wood |
| SPEARMINT |
(Mentha spicata) |
Also called Garden Mint, Our Lady's Mint, Sage of Bethlehem, Erba Santa Maria, Brown Mint, Lamb Mint,
Green Mint, Yerba Buena, Green Spine, Mackeral Mint, Mismin (Irish Gaelic). |
| STAR ANISE |
(Illicium verum) |
Also called Chinese Anise |
| SUNFLOWER |
(Helianthus annuus) |
Also called Corona Solis, Marigold of Peru, Solo Indianus, Chrysanthemum Peruvianum |
| TARRAGON |
(Artemisia Dracunculus ) |
Also called Little Dragon, Herbe au Dragon (French) |
| TEA TREE |
(Melaleuca alternifolia) |
Also called Melaleuca |
| THYME |
(Thymus vulgaris) |
Also known as Common Thyme, Mother of Thyme, and Garden Thyme. |
| TOBACCO |
(Nicotiana tabacum) |
Also called Tabacca, Tabaci Folia |
| VALERIAN |
(Valeriana officinalis) |
Also known as Garden Heliotrope, Vandal Root, St. George's Herb, All-Heal, Amantilla, Bloody Butcher,
Capon's Tail, Capon's Trailer, Cat's Valerian, English Valerian, Fragrant Valerian, Phu, Red Valerian, Sete Wale, Set Well |
| VERVAIN |
(Verbena officinalis) |
Also known as Enchanters Herb, Holy Herb, Verbena, Blue Vervain (V. hastata), Holy Wort, Brittanica
, Enchanter's Plant, Herba Sacra, Herb of Enchantment, Herb of Grace, Herb of the Cross Herbe de Sacrée, Juno's Tears, Pigeon's
Grass, Pigeonwood, Simpler's Joy, Van-Van, Verbena, Vervan |
| VETIVERT |
(Vetivera zizanioides) |
Also called Khus-khus or Vetiver. |
| VIOLET |
(Viola odorata) |
Also called Heartsease, Little Faces, Sweet Violet, Blue Violet and Viola. |
| WILLOW |
(Salix alba) |
Also known as White Willow, European Willow, Tree of Enchantment, Witches Aspirin, Osier, Pussy Willow,
Saille, Salicyn Willow, Saugh Tree, Withe, Withy. |
| WITCH HAZEL |
(Hammamelis virginiana) |
Also called Spotted Alder, Winter Bloom, Snapping Hazelnut |
| WOAD |
(Ivatis tinctoria) |
Also called Wad (Anglo-Saxon, Guéde (French), Guado (Italian), Pastel (Spanish), Weat (Dutch) |
| WOOD ALOE |
(Aquilaria agallocha) |
Also called Lignum Aloes |
| WORMWOOD |
(Artemisia absinthium) |
Also known as Absinthe, Old Woman, Crown for a King, Green Ginger |
| YARROW |
(Achillea millefolium) |
Also known as Seven Year's Love, Milfoil, Achillea, Arrowroot, Bad Man's Plaything, Carpenter's Weed,
Death Flower, Devil's Nettle, Devil's Plaything, Evil's Nettle, Eerie, Field Hops, Gwarwe, Hundred Leaved Gradd, Knight's
Milfoil, Knyghten, Lady's Mantle, Militaris, Military Herb, Millefolium, Noble Yarrow, Nosebleed, Old Man's Mustard, Old Man's
Pepper, Sanguinary, Snake's Grass, Soldier's Woundwort, Stanch Griss, Stanch Weed, Thousand Seal, WoundWort, Yarroway, Yerw. |
| YLANG-YLANG |
(Cananga odorata) |
Also called Flower of Flowers |
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