plant
Daisy
Daisy as a plant people have named and used. Simple day, open face, field count — one living kind, not a single symbol.
Daisy is historically related to Oil.
In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Daisy sits with Oil in finish and formula speech — named together on the working page.
from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)
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Daisy is associated with Cancer.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, daisies are under the sign Cancer — Cancer is the sign seat Culpeper gives for that breast-wound herb.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Daisy is associated with Venus.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, daisies are under the dominion of Venus as well as Cancer — Venus is the planetary government for that wound herb kept in oils and syrups.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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sources
- Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts · Arnold James Cooley
Arnold James Cooley, Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts (6th ed.).
- The English Physician · Nicholas Culpeper
Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician (Complete Herbal).