Culpeper's Complete Herbal - Planetary Herbs

This is a list of the herbs mentioned in Culpeper's Complete Herbal sorted by what classical planet they are associated with. The zodiac sign associated with the herb, if one is mentioned, is listed by the herb in parentheses. I highly recommend searching within the text for details about the herbs, but this list will be a handy quick reference.

This link will lead to a list that shows all the Latin names and different common names. I'll be putting some of the common/easy-to-find ones in bold. Click the name of the herb to see the Wikipedia page about it, if I was able to find it (or if I was able to make a reasonable guess).

This book is not up-to-date medical advice. Please trust modern medicine and always ask your doctor before playing with herbs.

Sun Angelica (Leo)

Ash tree

Bay tree (Leo)

One-blade

Burnet

Butter-bur

Chamomile

Celandine (Leo)

Centaury, cornflower

Heliotropium

St. John's wort (Leo)

Knotgrass (many think this belongs to the Sun, but the author believes it belongs to Saturn)

Lovage (Taurus)

Corn marigolds (Leo)

Mistletoe

Peony (Leo)

Rosemary (Aries)

Garden rue (Leo) Saffron (Leo)

Sun dew (Cancer)

Tormentil

Heart trefoil, clover

Vine

Viper's bugloss

Walnut

Moon

Adder's tongue (Cancer)

Garden arrach Brank Ursine Cabbages

Coleworts

Sea colewort Water-caltrops

Chickweed Clary Wild clary Cleavers Coralwort Water cresses

Cucumbers

Duckweed (Cancer) Grass-polly (Cancer) Yellow Iris Ladies-smock

Lettuce

Water lily

White lilies

Moonwort

Mouse-ear

Orpine

Purslain

Privet

Rattle grass White roses Burnet saxifrage

Stone-crop

Pearl trefoil Wall-flowers

Willow herb

Mars All-heal

Anemone, windflower

Hot arssmart Asarabaca Baldmony Barberry Garden basil, sweet basil (Scorpio) Butcher's broom Broom, broomrape

Chives Cotton-thistle

Black cresses

Crowfoot

Cuckow point, Adam-and-Eve

Dock Dragon

Felwort

Flax-weed

Furse bush

Garlic

Gentian Hawthorn Hedge hyssop Holy thistle (Aries)

Hops

Madder

Masterwort

Mustard

Hedge-mustard

Mithridate mustard

Treacle mustard

Nettles

Onions

Pilewort Ground pine

Raddish

Horseradish

Rest harrow

Rocket Savine

Star thistle

Thistles

Melancholy thistle (Capricorn; shared with Saturn)

Cotten thistle Wormwood

Mercury

Amara dulcis

Calamint

Wild carrots

Dill Elecampane Fern

Fennel (Virgo) Garlic mustard

Sow-fennel Germander Hazelnut Horehound Hound's tongue Lavender

Lavender-cotton

Lily of the valley

Liquorice

Maidenhair Golden maidenhair

White maidenhair Wind marjoram

Oregano (Aries)

Annual mercury (the author disputes this)

Dog's mercury (the author disputes this) Mulberry Parsley Cow parsnips

Pellitory of Spain

Pellitory of the wall

Winter savoury Summer savoury Scabious

Smallage, wild celery Honeysuckles

Garden valerian Woodbine honeysuckles (Cancer)

Jupiter

Agrimony (Cancer) Water agrimony (Cancer)

Alexander

Asparagus

Prickly asparagus Balm (Cancer)

Colewort

White beet

Water betony (Cancer)

Wood betony (Aries)

Bilberries

Bloodwort

Borage (Leo) Bugloss (Leo)

Langue de baeuf (Leo)

Chervil

Sweet chervil

Sweet cicely

Chestnut

Cinquefoil

Balsam herb

Dandelion

Dock Dog's grass Fig

Clove gilliflowers Hart's tongue Henbane (though the author states it's under Saturn) Hyssop (Cancer) Houseleek Liverwort (Cancer) Lungwort Maple Oak Red roses Common sage Samphire

Scurvygrass Succory Milk thistle

Venus

Alkanet

Alehoof, ground ivy

Apple

Black alder tree ("perhaps" Cancer)

Common alder tree ("I suppose" Pisces) Arrach, wild and stinking (Scorpio)

Archangel, dead nettle, bee nettle

Garden beans, green beans, snap beans, string beans, French beans

Ladies' bed-straw

Birch

Bishop's weed ("I suppose" Venus, anyway)

Blackberry bush (Aries) Blite Bugle

Burdock

Cherry

Winter cherry

Earth chestnut

Chickpeas

Cock's head

Columbines

Coltsfoot

Cottonweed

Cowslips (Aries)

Crab's claws

Daisies (Cancer)

Dwarf-elder

Feverfew

Throat-wort

Filipendula

Fox-glove

Goldenrod

Gromel

Gooseberry

Groundsel

Artichokes

Herb Robert

Herb true-love

Kidneywort (Libra)

Ladies' mantle

Mallow, marshmallow

Annual mercury (traditionally under Mercury, but the author thinks Venus is more fitting.)

Dog's mercury (traditionally under Mercury, but the author thinks Venus is more fitting.)

Mint

Moneywort

Motherwort (Leo)

Mugwort

Catmint

Orchis

Parsnip

Peach

Pear

Pennyroyal

Periwinkle

Plums

Meadow sweet

Ragwort

Damask rose

Wood-sage

Sanicle

Self-heal

Bruisewort

Sorrel

Wood sorrel

Sow thistle

Spikenard

Strawberries

Garden tansy Silver weed Teasle

Thyme

Wild thyme (Aries)

Vervain

Violet

Wheat

Yarrow

Saturn Amaranthus

Mild arssmart

Barley

Red beet

Beech tree

Bifoil

Bird's foot

Bistort, snakeweed

Blue-bottle

Buck's horn plantain

Buck's horn

Campion, wild

Clown's woods

Comfrey ("I suppose" Capricorn)

Sciatica cresses

Crosswort

Darnel

Dodders

Elm

Water fern

Flea-wort

Flux-weed

Fumitory

Stinking gladwin

Gout-wort

Henbane (though traditional dictates that it's under Jupiter)

Knotgrass (many think this belongs to the Sun, but the author believes it belongs to Saturn)

Wintergreen

Heart's ease

Hawk weed

Hemlock

Hemp

Black hellebore

Horsetail

Holly

Ivy

Knapweed

Medlar

Moss

Mullein

Mushrooms

Nightshade

Polypody of the oak

Poplar

Quince tree

Rupture-wort

Solomon's seal

Saracen's consound

Service tree

Shepherd's purse

Spleenwort

Tamarisk tree

Melancholy thistle (Also ruled by Mars) (Capricorn)

Thorough wax

Tustan

Woad