What are some medicinal herbs and remedies that had been used in Romeo and Juliet?
Please help me figure out some and it would be great if they were used by Friar.
Well, in Act 1 Scene 3, the Nurse recounts how she used wormwood on her breasts, to wean Juliet from nursing.
The Friar is seen in Act 2 Scene 3 with baskets of herbs, and mentions collecting them, though none are actually mentioned by name. The sleeping potion Friar Lawrence gives to Juliet is an herbal preparation that he made himself. In Act 5 Scene 3 he refers to "his art" (his training as an herbalist).
"Then gave I her, so tutor’d by my art,
A sleeping potion; which so took effect
As I intended, for it wrought on her
The form of death:"
It is not clear whether the apothecary sold Romeo a vegetable, animal, or mineral poison, so you can’t really use that one.
Well, in Act 1 Scene 3, the Nurse recounts how she used wormwood on her breasts, to wean Juliet from nursing.
The Friar is seen in Act 2 Scene 3 with baskets of herbs, and mentions collecting them, though none are actually mentioned by name. The sleeping potion Friar Lawrence gives to Juliet is an herbal preparation that he made himself. In Act 5 Scene 3 he refers to "his art" (his training as an herbalist).
"Then gave I her, so tutor’d by my art,
A sleeping potion; which so took effect
As I intended, for it wrought on her
The form of death:"
It is not clear whether the apothecary sold Romeo a vegetable, animal, or mineral poison, so you can’t really use that one.
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