Category talk:Herbs
I'm going to list herbs here as I go once again through the Farseer trilogy. We'll see afterwards whether it's a good idea to just make a list of them or to add articles for each. --Mervi 08:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
- camphor (mentioned by Chade in "Apprenticeship") (a real tree)
- pain's ease (mentioned by Chade in "Apprenticeship")
- Sinjon's Wort (used to ward off water sprites by Master Lew) - this appears to be the same as St John's wort so a real herb
I've elected to not make articles for any herbs found in our world, such as "nightshade" which is just another name for belladonna. During some future re-read it might be fun to list all plants and herbs mentioned, but for the
purposes of the wiki I think having entries only for original herbs makes more sense. There might of course be some overlap, for example there is a real-world plant called Carry Me. --Mervi (talk) 19:08, 19 June 2014 (EEST)
Some more herbs that are mentioned in the books that are "real world" plants. Robin has said that if a plant mentioned in her stories is poisonous, it's usually a fictional one. However, many real world plants have both beneficial and dangerous uses.
- Devil's club root (RA, 22)
- Chickweed (RA, 22)
- plantain leaves (RA, 22)
- slippery elm (RA, 22)
- mountain ash berries (RA, 22)
- raspberry leaves (RA, 22)
- willowbark for fever, raspberry root for cough, plantain for infection, nettle for congestion (AQ 3)
- Fitz gathers to use as poisons: water hemlock, deathcap mushrooms, nightshade, elderberry pith, baneberry - and heartseize (AQ 3)
- goldenrod / woundwort (AQ 11)
- bloodroot (AQ 11)
- goosegrass, chamomile, valerian, (AQ 20)