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Old 01-25-2001, 12:15 PM   #26
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:Planet Herbs Forum:: TITLE: Has anyone heard of/know literary sources of kingsfoil?

By***********. on Monday, January 22, 2001 - 10:28 pm:

Greetings! Glad I finally made it to this excellent forum.

I have a question re: the herb kingsfoil. I can't find any textual report of it's existence or uses.
It appears in older Oxford dictionaries and more recently in the writings of JRR Tolkien and Ursuala
k. Le Guin.
Any help would be much appreciated.

david ryan

By Michael Tierra on Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 10:12 am:

&quot;Don't know about Kingsfoil but there is a &quot;king's spear and another word for spear I think is foil. It
is asphodel Ramosus. It is in the lily family. Not used very much these days. The root is used and
it is acrid, heating and diuretic. for relieving spasms, swollen glands, and for menstrual
obstructions. If you get more info on this herb i.e. its genus and species name let us know. &quot; end

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Any of the brits [or others] able to comment on the foil = spear business?




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