Arctium lappa L.Great Burdock Achene Extract.Burdock Seed.Burdock Root.

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Archeology and Narritive History of the Names:Burdock.

Burdock Root Extract INCI Name Arctium Lappa Extract CAS 84012-13-5 EINECS ELINCS No 281-658-8 Great Burdock Achene Extract photo picture image History from Greek:The word arctium comes from the Greek arktos, 'to bear' and lappa, 'to seize' or the Celtic llap, 'a hand'. The word Burdock comes from French bourre which is from the Latin burra, 'a lock of wool' and 'dock' from its large leaves.
 'They are Burs, I can tell you, they'll stick where they are thrown,'

 Shakespeare makes Pandarus say in Troilus and Cressida, and in King Lear we have another direct reference to this plant:
 'Crown'd with rank Fumiter and Furrow-weeds,
 With Burdocks, Hemlocks, Nettles, Cuckoo-flowers.'

 Also in As You Like It:
 ROSALIND. How full of briers is this working-day world!
 CELIA. They are but burs, cousin, thrown upon thee in holiday foolery. If we walk not in the trodden paths, our very petticoats will catch them.

 The name of the genus, Arctium, is derived from the Greek arktos, a bear, in allusion to the roughness of the burs, lappa, the specific name,being derived from a word meaning 'to seize.'

 Another source derives the word lappa from the Celtic llap, a hand, on account of its prehensile properties.
 Burdock Root Extract INCI Name Arctium Lappa Extract CAS 84012-13-5 EINECS ELINCS No 281-658-8 Great Burdock Achene Extract photo picture image

 The plant gets its name of 'Dock' from its large leaves; the 'Bur' is supposed to be a contraction of the French bourre,from the Latin burra,a lock of wool,such is often found entangled with it when sheep have passed by the growing plants.

 An old English name for the Burdock was 'Herrif,' 'Aireve,' or 'Airup,' from the Anglo-Saxon hoeg, a hedge, and reafe, a robber - or from the Anglo-Saxon verb reafian, to seize. Culpepper gives as popular names in his time: Personata, Happy Major and Clot-Bur.

 Though growing in its wild state hardly any animal except the ass will browse on this plant, the stalks, cut before the flower is open and stripped of their rind, form a delicate vegetable when boiled, similar in flavour to Asparagus, and also make a pleasant salad, eaten raw with oil and vinegar. Formerly they were sometimes candied with sugar, as Angelica is now. They are slightly laxative, but perfectly wholesome.

 Culpepper says that this herb is under Venus and you may draw the womb which way you plerase, either upwards by applying it to the crown of the head ... or downwards...by applying it to the soles of the feet;....stay in its place, apply it to the navel...'

 Pin yin description: this herb has had many names, and this name comes from a combination of two earlier ones: Niu Cai (meaning cow weed, perhaps because it was found growing in cow fields) and Bang Weng Cai (meaning old man's weed, perhaps relating to one of its uses); the combined name has no special meaning.

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last edit date:25th,May.2009.