plant
Lavender
Lavender as a plant people have named and used. Calm scent, purple rest, linen ease — one living kind, not a single symbol.
Lavender is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists stoechas (French lavender kind) among heating aromatic herb drugs. A named lavender in that handbook, not a linen-closet dump alone and not rosemary as the neighboring libanotis row.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Lavender is used in Wine.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, lavender flowers are steeped in wine to help make water and ease wind or cholic — the wine bath carries the lavender on the stopped place.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Lavender is used in Fennel.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, a decoction of lavender flowers is made with horehound, fennel, and asparagus root — fennel shares the falling-sickness and giddiness drink with lavender.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Lavender is used in Cinnamon.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, the lavender–fennel decoction takes a little cinnamon — cinnamon finishes the same brain and falling-sickness decoction.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Lavender is historically related to Vinegar.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, treacle vinegar digests lavender flowers with rose and elder flower vinegar for three days, then strains — lavender is digested into that vinegar.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Lavender is historically related to Honey.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, athanasia antidote for liver and gravel consisted of saffron, cinnamon, lavender, cassia, myrrh, and honey — lavender is compounded with that honey.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Lavender is historically related to Castor.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, compound spirits of lavender and tincture of castor are mixed with sal volatile oleosum, forty or fifty drops in a glass of wine — lavender spirit is joined with that castor.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Lavender is historically related to Orange.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, a cordial julep mixes compound spirit of lavender with syrup of orange-peel — lavender is mixed with that orange.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Lavender is historically related to Ginger.
In Culpeper’s Complete Herbal, a distilled water bruises lavender and rosemary tops with ginger and zedoary, then infuses them twenty-four hours in rose-water and white wine before distillation.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Lavender is historically related to Pepper.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, a cordial julep mixes Jamaica pepper water with compound spirit of lavender, cinnamon-water, and orange-peel syrup for weakness.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Lavender is historically related to Myrrh.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, an old hydrophobia antidote was formed of germander, agaric, colocynth, stoechas, opoponax, sagapenum, parsley, aristolochia, white pepper, cinnamon, lavender, myrrh, and honey.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Lavender is historically related to Spirit.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, a cordial julep mixes simple cinnamon-water, Jamaica pepper water, volatile aromatic spirit, and compound spirit of lavender with syrup of orange-peel for weakness and depression.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Milk is historically related to Lavender.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, a furniture polish dissolves gum arabic and spirit of lavender in skimmed milk turned — milk carries that lavender polish.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Saffron is historically related to Lavender.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, Emplastrum de Vigo melts resins and myrrh with saffron, then before congealing adds essential oil of lavender after mercury has been triturated with turpentine and storax.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Storax is historically related to Lavender.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, Emplastrum de Vigo triturates mercury with turpentine and liquid storax, melts the mass, and before congealing adds essential oil of lavender.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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sources
- De Materia Medica · Pedanius Dioscorides
Dioscorides, De Materia Medica.
- The English Physician · Nicholas Culpeper
Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician (Complete Herbal).
- Medical Lexicon · Robley Dunglison
Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon (Dictionary of Medical Science).
- Domestic Medicine · William Buchan
William Buchan, Domestic Medicine (12th ed., 1791).
- Book of Household Management · Isabella Beeton
Isabella Beeton, Beeton’s Book of Household Management (1861).