Herbal Code
The Eye = Inner part of a blossomParts of the Plant
The Guts = The roots and stalk
The Hair = Dried, stringy herb
The Head = The flower
The Heart = A bud, or a big seed
The Paw, foot, leg, wing, toe, or scale = The leaf
The Privates = The seeds
The Tail = The stem
The Tongue = The petal
The Tooth = The leaf, seed pod
The Worms = Thin roots
Common names for various plants differ from region to region. They were often named based on their appearance or
physical characteristics. The basis for the stereotypical witch who brews concoctions of bat's wings and frog's tongues
stems from these common, regional names for plants. The list to the below contains the folk name for reference and the
common name used today. The surest way of obtaining the specific herbs you wish to use is to purchase and refer to them
by their scientific names.
An Herbal Code
The code name is in bold with modern common names following.
A Dead Man Ash root, carved into a crude human shape
Adder's Mouth Stitch Wort
Adder's Tongue Plantain, Dogstooth Violet
Bat's Wing Holly Leaf
Bat's Wool Moss
Bear's Ear Auricula
Bear’s Foot Stinking Hellebore
Bird’s Eye False Hellebore
Bird’s Tongue European Ash
Blood Elder sap
Bloody Fingers Foxglove
Blood of Ares Purslane
Blood of an Eye Tamarisk Gall
Blood of a Goose Mulberry tree milk
Blood from a Head Lupine
Blood of Hephaistos Wormwood
Blood of Hestia Chamomile
Blood from a Shoulder Bear's Breach
Blue Jay Bay Laurel
Bone of an Ibis Buckthorn
Brains Cherry tree resin
Bull’s Blood Horehound
Bull’s Eyes Marsh marigold
Bull’s Foot Coltsfoot
Calf's Snout Toadflax
Cat Catnip
Cat's Foot Canadian Snake Root
Catgut Hoary Pea
Chicken Toe Crawley Root
Corpse Candles Mullien
Crocodile Dung Ethiopian Soil
Cuckoo Orchis, plantain
Devil's Milk Wartwort
Dog Couchgrass
Donkey's Eye Cowage Plant
Dragon's Claw Crawley Root
Dragon's Scales Bistort Leaves
Duck's Foot American Mandrake
Eagle Wild Garlic
Ear of an Ass Comfrey
Ears of a Goat St. John’s wort
Eyes Eyebright or daisy
Fat from a Head Spurge
Fairy Fingers Foxglove
Fingers Cinquefoil
Foxtail Club Moss
Frog Cinquefoil
Frog’s Foot Coltsfoot
From the Belly Earth apple
From the Foot Houseleek
From the Loins Chamomile
Hair Maidenhair fern
Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon Dill Seed
Hand The unexpanded frond of a male fern
Hare’s Foot Clover
Hawk Hawkweed
Hawk's Heart Heart of Wormwood
Heart Walnut
Horse Tail Scourging Rush
Hound’s Tongue Vanilla Leaf
Lamb Lamb’s lettuce
Linnet Eyebright
Lion's Hairs Turnip leaves
Lion’s Tooth Dandelion
Lizard Calamint
Man's Bile Turnip Sap
Mother’s Heart Shepherd’s Purse
Mouse Ear Mouse Blood Wort
Nightingale Hops
Pig's Tail Aconite
Rabbit’s Foot Field Clover
Rat Valerian
Saliva of Cerebus Monkshood
Semen of Ammon Houseleek
Semen of Ares Clover
Semen of Helios White Hellebore
Semen of Hephaistos Fleabane
Semen of Herakles Mustard-rocket (Eruca sativa)
Semen of Hermes Dill
Sheep Dandelion
Skin of a Man Fern
Skull Skullcap
Snake Fennel or bistort
Snake Milk Blooming Spurge
Snake’s Tongue Adder Tongue Fern
Squirrel Ear White Plantain
Stag Horn Club Moss
Swine Snout Dandelion
Tears (Sleep Sand) of a Hamadryas Baboon Dill Juice
Titan's Blood Wild Lettuce
Toad Sage
Tongue of Dog Hound’s tongue
Urine Dandelion
Weasel Rue
Wolf’s Claw Lycopodium
Wolf’s Foot Bugle Weed
Woodpeckers Peony
Tooth or Teeth Pinecones
