User:DCDuring/Strewing herbs


 * lady's bedstraw, Galium verum - Kills fleas. Also used to stuff matresses.
 * sweet flag, Acorus calamus - Sweet smell. Rush-like leaves.
 * Mentha pulegium, pennyroyal - Kills fleas (also known as fleabane) and repels ticks.
 * lavender, Lavandula - Insect repellent (e.g. moths). Also used in matresses and pillows.
 * hyssop, Hyssopus - Fragrant. Also has biblical reference to cleanliness: 'Purge me with Hyssop and I shall be clean.' Psalm 51
 * Mentha, mint - Various species
 * meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria - Sweet smell.
 * chamomile - Insect repellent.
 * southernwood - Also known as lad's love, this was thought to be an aphrodisiac. Often used in bedrooms.
 * sweet woodruff - Insect repellent.
 * thyme - Various species. Insect repellent.
 * rue
 * rosemary - Often strewn in churches. Kills and repels insects.
 * rose - Petals only.
 * Cinnamomum camphora Cinnamomum camphora, camphor laurel - Also known as Mawdelin (from the New Testament episode of the anointing of the feet of Jesus Christ by Mary Magdalen)
 * , cotton lavender
 * Salvia officinalis, sage - Insect repellent.
 * tansy - Insect repellent.
 * basil
 * costmary,, or , alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, mint geranium.
 * , cowslips
 * Bellis perennis, daisy
 * sweet fennel, sweet fennel
 * germander
 * spike lavender
 * marjoram
 * , Achillea ageratum, sweet maudlin, sweet yarrow, sweet Nancy
 * winter savory, winter savory,
 * hops
 * violet