VMs: Culpeper Lists Plants by Planetary Rulership: Partial List

[Pamela Richards <spirlhelix@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Jean and all:

Here is a quote from Culpeper, who published on the
medicinal uses of herbs in 1551.  It might be
interesting to see which of the identified herbs from
the VMs were known to Culpeper, and which planetary
rulerships he assigned to them.  There would probably
be some work involved in identifying what he might
have called the VMs plants which have been identified
by current scientific names.  He also lists what each
plant is good for in a different place, so perhaps a
study of that material might help us understand the
intended purpose of the experiment/treatment/ritual
the VMs proposes.

  

"[C] 

A Catalogue of the Herbs and Plants &c. in this
Treatise, apropriated to their several
PLANETS. 
Under Saturn are,

Barley
Red Beets
Beech-tree 
Bifoyl, or Twayblade 
Birdsfoot 
Bistort, or Snakeweed 
Blewbottles 
Buckshorn-Plantane 
Wild Campions 
Pilewort 
Cleavers, or Goosgrass 
Clowns Woundwort 
Comfry 
Cudweed, or Cottonweed 
Sciatica Cresses 
Crosswort 
Darnel 
Doddar 
Epithimum 
Elm-tree 
Osmond Royal 
Fleawort 
Flixweed 
Fumitory 
Stinking Gladwin 
Goutwort 
Wintergreen 
Haukweed 
Hemlock 
Hemp 
Henbane 
Horstail 
Knapweed 
Knotgrass 
Medlar-tree 
Moss 
Mullein 
Nightshade 
Polypodium 
Poplar-tree 
Quince-tree 
Rupture-wort 
Rushes 
Solomons-Seal 
Sarazens Confound 
Service-tree 
Spleenwort, or Cetrach 
Tamaris 
Melancholly-Thistle 
Blackthorn 
Throughwax 
Tutsan, or Parkleaves 
Woad.

Under Jupiter are,

Agrimony 
Alexanders 
Asparagus 
Avens 
Bay-tree 
White Beets 
Water-Bettony 
Wood-Bettony 
Bilberries 
Borrage 
Bugloss 
Chervil 
Sweet Cicely 
Cinkfoyl 
Costmary, or Alecost 
Dandelyon 
Docks 
Bloodwort 
Dog, or Quich-grass 
Endive 
Hartstongue 
Hysop 
Housleek, or Sengreen 
Liverwort 
Lungwort 
Sweet Maudlin 
Oak-tree 
Red Roses 
Sage 
Sauce alone, or Jack by the Hedg 
Scurvy-grass 
Succory 
Our Ladies Thistles.

Under Mars are,

Arsesmart 
Asarabacca 
Barberry-bush 
Sweet Bazil 
Bramble-bush 
Briony 
Brooklime 
Butchers-broom 
Broom 
Broomrape 
Crowfoot 
Cuckoopint, or Wake-Robin 
Cranebil 
Cotton-Thistle 
Flax-weed, or Toad-flax 
Fursebush 
Garlick 
Hawthorn 
Hops 
Naddir 
Masterwort 
Mustard 
Hedg-Mustard 
Mettles 
Onions 
Pepperwort, or Dittander 
Carduus Benedictus, in the Epistle 
Rhadish 
Horse Rhadish 
Rhubarb 
Rapontick 

[C verso]

Bastard Rhubard 
Thistles 
Star-thistle 
Tobacco 
Wolly Thistle 
Treacle Mustard 
Mithridate Mustard 
Wold, Weld, or Dyers Weed 
Wormwood.


Under the Sun are, 

Angelica 
Ash-tree 
Bawm 
One-blade 
Burner 
Butter-bur 
Chamomel 
Chelondine 
Centaury 
Eyebright 
St. Johns wort 
Lovage 
Marigolds 
Misleto 
Peony 
St. Peters wort 
Pimpernel 
Rosa Solis 
Rosemary 
Rhue 
Saffron 
Tormentil 
Turnsole, or Heliotropium 
Vipers Bugloss 
Walnut-tree 

Under Venus are,

Alehoof, or Ground-Ivy 
Black Alder-tree 
Alter-Tree 
Apple-Tree 
Stinking Arrach 
Arch-Angel, or Dead Nettles 
Beans 
Ladies Bedstraw 
Birch-tree 
Bishops Weed 
Blites 
Bugle 
Burdock 
Cherry-tree 
Winter Cherries 
Chickweed 
Cichpease 
Clary 
Cocks-head 
Coltsfoot 
Cowslips 
Daisies 
Devils-bit 
Elder 
Dwarf Elder 
Eringo 
Featherfew 
Figwort 
Filipendula 
Foxgloves 
Golden-rod 
Gromwel 
Groundsel 
Herb Robert 
Herb Truelove 
Kidneywort 
Ladies Mantle 
Mallows 
Marsh-Mallows 
Mercury 
Mints 
Motherwort 
Mugwort 
Nep, or Catmint 
Parsnip 
Peach-tree 
Pear-tree 
Penyroyal 
Plantane 
Plum-tree 
Primroses 
Ragwort 
Rocket 
Winter-Rocket 
Damask Roses 
Wood Sage 
Sanicle 
Selfheal 
Sopewort, or Bruisewort 
Sorrel 
Wood Sorrel 
Sowthistles 
Spignel 
Strawberries 
Garden Tansy 
Wild Tansy, or Silver-weed 
Teazles 
Vervain 
Vine-tree 
Violets 
Wheat 
Yarrow.

Under Mercury are,

Calaminth, or Mountain Mint 
Carrots 
Carraway 
Dill 
Elicampane 
Fern 
Fennel 
Hogs Fennel 
Germander 
Hazel Nut-tree 
Horehound 
Houndstongue 
Lavender 
Liquoris 
Wall-Rhue 
Maidenhair 
Golden Maidenhair 
Sweet Marjoram 
Melilot 
Moneywort 
Mulberry-tree 
Oats 
Parsley 
Cow Parsnep 
Pellitory of the Wall 
Groundpine, or Chamepitys 
Rest-Harrow, or Chamock 
Sampire 
Summer and winter Savory 
Scabious 
Smallage 
Southernwood 
Meadow Trefoyl 
Garden Valerian 
Woodbind, or Honey-Suckles.

Under the Moon are,

Adders Tongue 
Cabbages 
Coleworts 

[C2]

Sea Coleworts 
Columbines 
Watercresses 
Duckmeat 
Yellow Waterflag 
Flower-de-luce 
Fluellin 
Ivy 
Lettice 
Water-Lillies 
Loosestrife, with, and without spiked Heads 
Moonwort 
Mousear 
Orpine 
Poppies 
Purslain 
Privet 
Rattle-grass 
White Roses 
White Saxifrage 
Burnet Saxifrage 
Wall-flowers, or Winter-gilliflowers 
Willow-tree" 

This is a partial list.



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