![]() ![]() If you know of names that aren’t listed, please use the comment feature to add them. If you are looking for a name you’ve come across, you might find it by using the site’s search feature. If I have a reference from a primary source, I will reference that source using asterisks (*).Īdditional folk names for any herbs we have in our database are also listed on the herb’s detail page. Some things did not bear up to my review and have already been changed or deleted, but not everything has been reviewed as of yet. Some things I’ve heard, some I’ve read, some I know – all are currently under scrutiny. ![]() This list is based on the one that floats around the community and it is considered accurate and common knowledge. We know they used animal entrails for divination, blood for scrying, why not animal parts for medicine? We know that even today, practitioners in “primitive” tribes often make use of animal (and sometimes human) parts, and we know that Eastern medicine occasionally makes use of animal parts, why would we think ancients wouldn’t. While it is true that many folk names for plants sound like animal parts, there is no reason to suppose that animal parts were not sometimes simply animal parts. Some say that the use of folk names prove that ancient pharmacopoeia was primarily plant-based and that anything suggesting parts of animals or even humans is actually a code for a plant. Nowadays, scientists know that closing the leaves is a reaction to the pressure change in the plant’s cells. It features rare phenomena which allow the plant to close its leaves when you touch it. Sometimes the names refer to the traditional medicinal use of the herb, sometimes from the herb’s appearance or folklore associated with it and sometimes it’s hard to determine where the name comes from at all. The Mimosa pudica or Shame plant is one of the most intriguing plants ever. They are called by different things in different languages and in different communities. For now, this is somewhat of a contentious list. Ongoing research will improve this list as time goes by.
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