Open AccessMagiczne i lecznicze właściwości pokrzyku na podstawie staropolskich zielników
Author(s) -
Sabina Kowalczyk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bibliotekarz podlaski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-8900
pISSN - 1640-7806
DOI - 10.36770/bp.545
Subject(s) - etymology , magic (telescope) , atropa belladonna , herb , philosophy , traditional medicine , linguistics , medicine , medicinal herbs , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of the article is to analyse the way of the description the nightshade as curative herb as well as polish mandrake’s equivalent. Researches based on Old Polish herbariums written by Stefan Falimirz, Marcin from Urzędów and Szymon Syreński. In this article was also important the issue of etymology of polish name of Atropa belladonna (in polish: pokrzyk – krzyk [scream], krzak [bush]) and level of medical knowledge in 16th and 17th centuries. The author also compared nightshade to mandrake: their properties (psychedelic, curative), morphologic qualities and beliefs connected to anthropoid shape of root, supposed deadly scream of plant pulled from the ground or use of this herb in magic.