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SECRET NAMES OF PLANTS

Herbs have secret names in witchcraft as a way to protect their powerful magical properties and maintain their sacredness. These secret names were often passed down through generations of witches and practitioners, acting as a form of code or safeguard against unwanted attention or misuse. By using these alternative names, witches could reference powerful herbs and plants without revealing their true identity, especially in times of persecution. The use of secret names ensures that the knowledge surrounding these plants remains sacred, discreet, and safeguarded from those who may not understand or respect their true power.

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AN EAGLE

 
A MAN’S BILE

 
BAT’S WINGS

 
BEAR’S FOOT

 
BEGGAR’S BUTTONS

 
BEGGAR’S TICK

 
BIRD’S EYE

 
BLOOD FROM A HEAD

 
BLOOD FROM A SHOULDER

 
BLOOD LEATHER

 
BLOOD OF A GOOSE

 
BLOOD OF AN EYE

 
BLOOD OF ARES

 
BLOOD OF KRONOS

 
BLOOD OF HEPHAISTOS

 
BLOOD OF A TITAN

 
BLOOD FROM A HEAD

 
BLOODY FINGER

 
BLOOD OF HESTIA

 
BLOOD

 
BLOODWORT

 
BONE OF AN IBIS

 
BULL’S BLOOD

 
BULL’S FOOT

 
BURNING BUSH

 
BUTCHER’S BROOM

 
CALF’S SNOUT

 
CAT’S FOOT

 
CHOCOLATE FLOWER

 
CROW’S FOOT

 
CUCKOO’S BREAD

 
CUCUMBER TREE

 
CUDDY’S LUNGS

 
DEVIL’S DUNG

 
DEVIL’S BIT

 
DEVIL’S PLAYTHING

 
DEW OF THE SEA

 
DOG’S MOUTH

 
DOGS TONGUE

 
DOVE’S FOOT

  
DRAGON WORT

 
DRAGON’S BLOOD

 
EARTH SMOKE

 
ELF’S WORT

 
ENCHANTER’S PLANT

 
ENGLISHMAN’S FOOT

 
ERBA SANTA MARIA

 
EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP

 
EYE OF CHRIST

 
EYE OF NEWT

 
EYE OF THE DAY

 
EYE OF THE STAR

 
EYE ROOT

 
EYES

 
FAIRY SMOKE

 
FAIRIE’S FINGER

 
FAT FROM A HEAD

 
FLESH AND BLOOD

 
FROM THE BELLY

 
FELON HERB

 
FIVE FINGERS

 
FOX’S CLOTE

 
FROG’S FOOT

 
FROM THE BELLY

 
FROM THE FOOT

  
FROM THE LOINS

 
GAZEL’S HOOVES

 
GOAT’S FOOT

 
GOLDEN STAR

 
GOSLING WING

 
GRAVEYARD DUST

 
GREAT OX-EYE

 
HAIR OF VENUS

 
HAIRS OF A HAMADRYAS BABOON

 
HARE’S BEARD

 
HAWK’S HEART

 
HEART OF OSMUND

 
HERB OF GRACE

 
HIND’S TONGUE

 
HOLY HERB

 
HOLY ROPE

 
HORSE HOOF

 
HORSE TONGUE

 
HUNDRED EYES

 
INNOCENCE

 
JACOB’S STAFF

 
JEW’S EAR

 
JOHN’S BREAD

 
JUPITER’S FOOT

 
JOY OF THE MOUNTAIN

 
JUPITER’S STAFF

 
KING’S CROWN

 
KNIGHT’S MILFOIL

 
KRONOS BLOOD

 
LADIES’ MEAT

 
LAD’S LOVE

 
LADY’S GLOVE

 
LADY’S MANTLE

 
LADY’S SLIPPER

 
LADY’S TRESSES

 
LAMB’S EARS

 
LION’S HAIRS

 
LIZARD’S TAIL

 
MAIDEN’S HAIR

 
MOTHER’S HEART

 
MOUSE’S EAR


MOUSE’S TAIL

 
NEGRO HEAD

 
OLD MAN’S BEARD

 
OX’S EYE

 
QUEEN’S DELIGHT

 
PIG’S TAIL

 
PIG’S SNOUT

 
PRIEST’S CROWN

 
RABBIT’S FOOT

 
SERPENT’S TONGUE

 
SEMEN OF AMMON

 
SEMEN OF ARES

 
SEMEN OF HELIOS

 
SEMEN OF HERAKLES

 
SEMEN OF HERMES

 
SEMEN OF HEPHAISTOS

 
SEMEN OF HORUS

 
SHEPHERD’S HEART

 
SNOW DROP

 
SNAKE’S HEAD

 
SNAKE’S MILK

 
SNAKE’S TONGUE

 
SPARROW’S TONGUE

 
SQUIRREL’S EAR

 
STAG’S HORN

 
TEARS OF A BABOON

 
TREE OF HEAVEN

 
TOAD

 
UNICORN’S HORN

 
WEASEL SNOUT

 
WOLF CLAW

 
WOLF FOOT

 
WOLF’S MILK

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Garlic

 
Turnip Sap
 

Holly
 

Lady’s Mantle
 

Burdock
 

Cockhold
 

Germander Speedwell
 

Lupine
 

Bear’s Breeches
 

Reindeer Moss
 

A Mulberry Tree’s Milk
 

Tamarisk Gall
 

Purslane
 

Cedar
 

Wormwood
 

Bistort
 

Lupins
 

Foxglove
 

Camomile
 

Elder sap
 

Yarrow
 

Buckthorn
 

Horehound
 

Coltsfoot
 

Fraxinella
 

Irish Tops
 

Snapdragon
 

Ground Ivy
 

Wild Geranium
 

Wild Geranium
 

Common Plantain
 

Magnolia
 

Great Mullein
 

Asafoetida
 

Starwort
 

Yarrow
 

Rosemary
 

Snap Dragon
 

Conoglossum Officinale
 

Wild Geranium
 

Bistort
 

Calamus
 

Fumitory
 

Elecampane
 

Vervain
 

Common Plantain
 

Spearmint
 

Goosegrass
 

Germander Speedwell
 

Mustard Seed
 

Common Daisy
 

Horehound
 

Goldenseal
 

Daisy
 

Indian Pipe
 

Foxglove
 

Spurges
 

Tormentil
 

Earth-apple
 

Mugwort
 

Five-leaf grass
 

Burdock
 

Bulbous Buttercup
 

Earth-apple
 

Houseleek
 

Chamomile
 

Quickset
 

Ash Weed
 

Avens
 

Goosegrass
 

Mullein
 

Ox-eye Daisy
 

Maidenhair Fern
 

Dill Seed
 

Great Mullein
 

Heart of Wormwood
 

Royal Fern
 

Vervain
 

Hart’s Tongue Fern
 

Yerba Santa
 

Common Agrimony
 

Coltsfoot
 

Hart’s Tongue Fern
 

Periwinkle
 

Bluets
 

Great Mullein
 

Fungus on Elder or Elm
 

Carob
 

Houseleek
 

Marjoram
 

Great Mullein
 

Black Haw
 

Yarrow
 

Cedar
 

May Flower blossom
 

Southernwood
 

Foxglove
 

Nine Hooks
 

American Valerian
 

Spiral Root
 

Betony
 

Turnip leaves
 

Breast Weed
 

Maidenhair Fern
 

Shepheard’s Purse
 

Hawk Weed
 

Common Stonecrop
 

Vegetable Ivory
 

Fringe Tree
 

Marguerite
 

Silverleaf
 

Leopard’s Bane
 

Dandelion
 

Dandelion
 

Field Clover
 

Violet
 

Houseleek
 

Clover
 

White Hellebore
 

Mustard-rocket
 

Dill
 

Fleabane
 

Horehound
 

Shepheard’s Purse
 

Bulbous Violet
 

Balmony
 

Blooming Splurge
 

Adder’s Tongue Fern
 

Knotweed (grass)
 

White Plantain
 

Club Moss
 

Dill Juice
 

Chinese Sumach
 

Toadflax
 

False Unicorn
 

Yellow Archangel
 

Club Moss
 

Bugle Weed
 

Kansui Root​

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