Hm, are you going to Scarborough Fair, sa svim tim začinskim biljkama koje na Mediteranu uspijevaju ljeti, dok u UK očito prinose usred zime?
genijalna potka!
(+ malkic odmaka od testosteronskih "miomirisa" ovog threada)
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme:
A Historical Examination of Birth Control Methods from the Medieval and Renaissance Periods
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In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, in Act IV, scene 5, Ophelia tells her brother, Laertes: "There's fennel for you, and columbines. There's rue for you, and here's some for me. We may call it herb-grace o'Sundays. O! you wear your rue with a difference" (Wells and Taylor, eds., 1988). Commentary by Riddle (1997) discussed the herbs mentioned in her short monologue: rue is seen, in Shakespearean times, as an herb of remorse. But the Renaissance play-goers recognize that fennel, columbines, and rue are all herbal contraceptives and abortifacients. When one reads this line with that knowledge, one could surmise that Ophelia took rue to prevent, or terminate, a pregnancy by Hamlet and that the use of the herbs might have made her go mad.
Other Shakespearean references (Wells and Taylor, eds., 1988) to some of the herbal contraceptive or abortive methods mentioned in this research paper include the following: belladonna (Romeo and Juliet), blackberry (As You Like It), burdock (King Lear), chamomile (King Henry IV), columbine (Love's Labour's Lost), hemlock (Macbeth), herb of grace (also referred to as rue) (All's Well That Ends Well), honeysuckle (A Midsummer Night's Dream), hyssop (Othello), lavender (A Winter's Tale), lily (King John), marjoram (All's Well That Ends Well; A Winter's Tale), mint (A Winter's Tale), pomegranate (Romeo and Juliet), poppy (Othello), rosemary (Hamlet), rue (Richard II; Richard III), savory (A Winter's Tale), vetch (The Tempest), wild thyme (A Midsummer Night's Dream), and wormwood (also referred to as eisel or eysell) (A Midsummer Night's Dream; Hamlet; Sonnet CXI; Romeo and Juliet). It is not clear that these herbs were used for contraceptive or abortive purposes, but this list indicates that these herbs were known by Renaissance play-goers, regardless of the purpose.
One will also recall the song, "Scarborough Faire." There is no easy way to confirm the age of the lyrics, as the lyricist is anonymous and there are no dates of writing associated with the song. However, the refrain, "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme," combined with the lyrics of each verse (where the lover must perform seemingly impossible tasks) is indicative of, as the lyrics state, "love impos(ing) impossible tasks, … though not more than any heart asks" (anon, no date). Recall that parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme are all members of the mint family and are documented contraceptive and abortifacient herbal methods.
Conclusion
Similar to birth control methods of the modern day, people of the Middle and Renaissance Ages had quite an arsenal of methods to prevent or terminate pregnancies, as well as prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis. This research paper has presented herbal contraceptive methods, herbal abortifacient methods, and magical potions and methods, as well as presented information based in religion, law, and literature, to support the hypothesis that birth control and population control is not a modern-day invention. Herbal contraceptives and abortifacients have been used for eons (the first documentation of herbal contraceptives was found in Petri or Kahun Papyrus from 1850 BCE, with the Ebers Papyrus and Berlin Papyrus in 1550 BCE and 1300 BCE, respectively [Himes, 1936; Riddle, 1992; Riddle, 1997]), and some of the herbs that were used in ancient times are similar or the same type that are used in modern day (Weed, 1986). Also, theatrical works of the Renaissance identify herbs that have documented success in preventing or terminating pregnancy. The historical examination of contraceptives and abortifacients does involve some extensive research, as the medical authors of the eras were not as forthcoming as one would hope. Some piece of the contraceptive or abortive recipe is omitted, leaving the population to depend on guess-work, common-sense, or the oral chain of knowledge, passed from mother to daughter.
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Bosiljak (Blue Spice)
mogao bih s ovim pokusat ove sezone, uz standardni genovese. slabo ima takvog sjemena po trgovinama, ne sjecam se da sam negdje vidio blue spice. cuj, pa ipak si ti onda vec dosta toga zasijao. ja jos nista, fali mi onakav prozor sa sirokom daskom koji imas, morat cu nesto iskemijat.
btw. el probao ko ovo cudo?
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Slučajno sam saznao i da imam čičoku, mislio sam da je neko cveće, tako sam je dobio, posle par godina sam video u nekoj TV emisiji, žena priča kako gaji čičoku u bašti, pokaže biljke, vidim da to imam u svojoj bašti. Posle sam je malo razmnožio, tako da je sada ima i za kuhinju.
preporuca se za dijabetes, a i generalno je zdrava. baranjski i slavonski seljaci ju tradicionalno koriste kao prihranu za svinje. ja sam svojevremeno pretrazio pola Baranje bicom ne bi li ju pronasao, dok nisam "ukapirao" (kartu citaj, seljaka pitaj) da uspijeva na rubu sume i polja. isto se siri ko blesava u vrtu, moj stari ju je na koncu bas zbog toga povadio. ispalo je da mu je kao dijabeticaru pametnije i prakticnije biciklom otici preko Drave do obliznje sume, nego se patiti s njom u vrtu, koji je ipak ogranicen prostorom.