When writing extra information about plants on this site I have included lots of bits of historical fact and herbal uses of many plants. All of these facts I have included purely for entertainment and interest and in no way should they be taken as genuine herbal or medical advice. To make it abundantly clear, I have no specialist knowledge whatsoever, I just like passing on curious facts I have read. I have deliberately kept the comments light and vague so that you can enjoy the fact that people used to use the poisonous Aquilega as a food decoration, but won’t be tempted to try the same mistake yourself. If these facts pique your interest, please do contact a trained herbalist to learn more before you are tempted to try any plant in a medicinal role.

With no particular spin I’ll just pass on this last piece of valuable advice, originally written by Culpepper and to be found in the sorts of books I have been reading, I think you’ll find the logic hard to argue against;

‘They say a mouse is under the dominion of the Moon, and that is the reason they feed in the night; the house of the Moon is cancer; rats are of the same nature with mice, but a little bigger; Mars receives his fall in Cancer, ergo, Wormwood being an herb of Mars is a present remedy for the biting of rats and mice.’