I late receive an email look for a incontrovertible I.D. on a wild herbaceous plant growing in the Faroe Islands . Tom writes :
“ Hey David The Good , you told me to send a photo of the mystery story plant that smells like an anise . Well here is a photo of my anise seed :
But with a footling more searching , I pinned down Tom ’s closed book plant as cicely , AKAMyrrhis odorata .
Sue “ Bunny ” Cotton compose on her blogin a Emily Price Post on Faroese herbs :
“ The other surprise herbaceous plant for me on the Faroes was Sweet Cicely , with its goody , sassy gullible leaves and sweet smelling flowers . The whole plant life is eatable ; the leaves are good in salad , with a sassy aniseedy / Glycyrrhiza glabra tone , the root word can be used like parsnips , it is a good rude sweetener and combine peculiarly well with rhubarb plant . Gerard , consort with Culpeper on it ’s value for elevate the spirits , states that the rootage , boil and dressed with crude and vinegar are “ … very good for old people that are sluggish and without courageousness ; it rejoiceth and comforteth the heart and increaseth their lust and strength . ” It is a fundamental fixings in Chartreuse liqueur .
Medicinally , it was , like Angelica , used as a plague herbaceous plant . It has expectorant properties and is a gently stimulating anti - spasmodic . Tea made from the leaves has been used to relieve menses pains . The roots anti - septic property , in a decoction , have been used for snake bites and as a poultice on septic wounding . the sweet smell seeds can be chewed and were grind and added to beeswax polish for their perfume . ”
Cicely has a lot of uses and is quite vulgar on the Faroe Islands . The islands are almost free of trees due to the sub - arctic mood yet cicely presses on .
It ’s always neat to discover a previously strange edible savage plant . estimable work , Tom .
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