Herbal

Aconite: A plant that healers use to dull pain, among the deadliest of poisons, and dangerous in all but skilled hands.

Apple (stub): Name reserved for apple, with the crab apple, the common orchard fruit and the fruit of cider; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Barley (stub): Name reserved for barley, the grain of bread, porridge, and ale; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Beet (stub): Name reserved for beet, a root and leaf crop of the garden; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Belladonna: A nightshade, also called deadly nightshade, that healers use to ease pain and spasm, among the deadly plants, and dangerous in unskilled hands.

Betony (stub): Name reserved for betony, a herb of meadows and woods, and one of the Nine Herbs; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Black Bryony: A climbing plant of the hedgerows, acrid and poisonous in all its parts, unrelated to white bryony.

Bramble (stub): Name reserved for bramble, the blackberry, whose leaves and roots are used as an astringent against diarrhea; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Cabbage (stub): Name reserved for cabbage, with kale, the main leaf crop of the cold months; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Caraway (stub): Name reserved for caraway, an aromatic seed used for digestion and flavor; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Carrot (stub): Name reserved for carrot, a sweet root of the garden; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Castor: A tall plant whose oil healers use as a purge and people burn in lamps, though its seeds are deadly.

Chamomile (stub): Name reserved for chamomile, a small daisy-like herb used for digestion and sleep, and one of the Nine Herbs; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Cherry (stub): Name reserved for cherry, an orchard fruit; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Chervil (stub): Name reserved for chervil, a delicate kitchen herb, and one of the Nine Herbs; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Chestnut (stub): Name reserved for chestnut, a nut tree whose fruit is ground for bread in poor lands; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Clove Oil: The oil of the clove, a dear spice of far countries, used to numb a toothache and as an antiseptic, and strong enough to harm if misused.

Comfrey (stub): Name reserved for comfrey, a herb whose root was used to knit broken bones; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Coriander (stub): Name reserved for coriander, a seed and leaf of the kitchen; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Cramp Bark: The bark of the guelder rose, a muscle relaxant against cramps and in labor, one of the few remedies that old women of a village may give without risk to their reputations.

Dandelion: A common weed that is also a food and a medicine, valued as a diuretic and for the liver and digestion.

Death Cap (stub): Name reserved for the death cap, the deadliest common mushroom; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Dill (stub): Name reserved for dill, a feathery herb and seed of the kitchen; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Einkorn (stub): Name reserved for einkorn, the oldest cultivated wheat; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Elder: A small tree of hedgerows and doorways, held to protect against witches and unlucky to bring indoors, with flowers and cooked berries used by healers.

Emmer (stub): Name reserved for emmer, an ancient wheat grown since the earliest farms; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Ergot (stub): Name reserved for ergot, a fungus of rye that causes the disease called St Anthony’s fire; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Eyebright (stub): Name reserved for eyebright, a small herb used for the eyes; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Fava Bean: A common bean that feeds the poor, dangerous to some, and the subject of an old warning from the Velasian imperial healers.

Fennel (stub): Name reserved for fennel, an aromatic herb and seed used for digestion, and one of the Nine Herbs; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Flax (stub): Name reserved for flax, the plant of linen and of linseed; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Fly Agaric: A mushroom used as an unreliable medicine, causing visions and death.

Foxglove: A plant that healers and husbanders use as a specific for a disordered heart, dangerous in unskilled hands.

Garlic: A plant strongly indicated as baleful to vampires, with effects that range from minor to total destruction.

Ginger (stub): Name reserved for ginger, a warm root of far countries used for nausea and digestion; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Grape (stub): Name reserved for grape, the vine of fruit and wine; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Hawthorn: A thorny tree of hedges, held a ward and a danger by old lore that learned people now doubt, though belief remains in the Markish backwaters.

Hazelnut (stub): Name reserved for hazelnut, the nut of the hedgerow and the coppice; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Hellebore (stub): Name reserved for hellebore, an old poison and remedy of the buttercup family; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Hemlock (stub): Name reserved for hemlock, a tall poisonous plant, the poison of Socrates; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Hemp (stub): Name reserved for hemp, the plant of rope and coarse cloth, and of seed; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Henbane: A nightshade that healers use to dull pain and bring sleep, dangerous in unskilled hands, and long called the witch’s plant.

Hops (stub): Name reserved for hops, the climbing plant whose cones flavor ale and serve as a mild sedative; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Horehound (stub): Name reserved for horehound, a bitter herb used for coughs; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Hyssop (stub): Name reserved for hyssop, a bitter aromatic herb used for coughs and chest complaints; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Leek (stub): Name reserved for leek, a mild staple of the garden and the pot; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Lemon Balm (stub): Name reserved for lemon balm, a lemon-scented herb used to calm the nerves; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Lentil (stub): Name reserved for lentil, a small pulse of dry ground; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Lettuce (stub): Name reserved for lettuce, a salad leaf of the garden; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Licorice (stub): Name reserved for licorice, a root of the Mediterranean used for coughs and as a sweetener; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Lupin (stub): Name reserved for lupin, a pulse grown for fodder and as a bitter food; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Madder (stub): Name reserved for madder, the plant of red dye; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Mandrake: A rare nightshade whose great root is shaped like a man, prized as a sedative and to dull pain, and whispered to serve magic.

Meadow Saffron (stub): Name reserved for meadow saffron, an autumn crocus used against gout and poisonous; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Millet: A small grain of the distant domains beyond our southern lands, known to the Markish only at second hand.

Mint (stub): Name reserved for mint, an aromatic herb used for digestion and nausea; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Mugwort (stub): Name reserved for mugwort, a wayside herb, the first of the Nine Herbs; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Mullein (stub): Name reserved for mullein, a tall woolly herb used for coughs and chest complaints; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Mustard (stub): Name reserved for mustard, a seed grown for its pungent condiment; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Nettle (stub): Name reserved for nettle, a stinging herb used as food and medicine, and one of the Nine Herbs; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Oak Bark (stub): Name reserved for oak bark, a strong astringent used against diarrhea and in tanning; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Oats (stub): Name reserved for oats, the grain of cold and wet lands, and of fodder; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Olive (stub): Name reserved for olive, the oil tree of the south; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Onion (stub): Name reserved for onion, a staple bulb of the garden; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Opium Poppy: A rare plant of far countries, hard to come by, said to bring sleep and ease pain, with powers that are uncertain.

Panther Cap: A mushroom used as an unreliable medicine, causing visions and death, and more dangerous than fly agaric.

Parsley (stub): Name reserved for parsley, a green herb of the kitchen; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Parsnip (stub): Name reserved for parsnip, a sweet root that stands through winter; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Pea (stub): Name reserved for pea, a staple pulse of the field and the garden; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Pear (stub): Name reserved for pear, an orchard fruit; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Plantain (stub): Name reserved for plantain, a common wayside herb used for wounds and stings, and one of the Nine Herbs; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Plum (stub): Name reserved for plum, an orchard fruit; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Radish (stub): Name reserved for radish, a quick pungent root of the garden; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Rhubarb: A plant whose root is presented as beneficial and eaten as a healthy food where it grows naturally, though its leaves are poisonous.

Ricin: The poison in castor seed, which does not figure as an isolated substance in Viniculum.

Rue (stub): Name reserved for rue, a bitter herb used as a protection against plague and as an antidote; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Rye (stub): Name reserved for rye, the bread grain of poor and cold soils; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Sage (stub): Name reserved for sage, a gray-leaved herb of the kitchen and the sickroom; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Sorghum: A staple of the people of the south, known to adventurers who visited those far provinces, and known primarily for its durability as a peasant staple.

Spelt (stub): Name reserved for spelt, a hardy ancient wheat; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

St John’s Wort: A leafy herb held to improve vision, used by healers and by the arcane alike.

Tansy (stub): Name reserved for tansy, a bitter herb used against worms; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Thyme (stub): Name reserved for thyme, a small aromatic herb used for coughs and as an antiseptic; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Turnip (stub): Name reserved for turnip, a hardy root for people and stock; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Valerian (stub): Name reserved for valerian, a herb whose root is a mild sedative; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Vervain: The holy herb, used by healers for fevers, wounds, and ulcers, and held to guard against witchcraft and plague.

Vetch (stub): Name reserved for vetch, a pulse grown for fodder and eaten in poor years; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Walnut (stub): Name reserved for walnut, a nut and oil tree of milder lands; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Watercress (stub): Name reserved for watercress, a plant of clean running water, probably the lamb’s cress of the Nine Herbs; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Wheat (stub): Name reserved for wheat, the bread grain of good soil; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

White Bryony: A climbing plant with a great root that healers use as a purge, too poisonous for general use, and often sold as false mandrake.

Willow Bark (stub): Name reserved for willow, a tree whose bark is the mundane remedy for pain and fever; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Witch Hazel: The first medicine a household reaches for, a gentle astringent for the skin, also taken for coughs, and used by diviners to search for water.

Woad (stub): Name reserved for woad, the plant of blue dye; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Wolfsbane: Another name for aconite, strongly indicated as baleful to lycanthropes, with effects that range from minor to total destruction. See Aconite for the fuller entry.

Wormwood (stub): Name reserved for wormwood, a very bitter herb used against worms and fever; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Yarrow (stub): Name reserved for yarrow, a wayside herb used for wounds and bleeding; its treatment in Viniculum is not yet recorded.

Yew: A long-lived tree of churchyards and bowyers, nearly all of it poisonous to people and livestock.