Foxglove — heart signature

bell flower and cardiac lore

Foxglove is shown here as a later signature example whose bell-shaped flowers and known cardiac history became linked in popular accounts. The heart point is a target-organ projection rather than a claim that flower shape established a safe dose, diagnosis, or treatment.

Walnut — brain signatureEyebright — eye signatureFoxglove — heart signatureFoxglove — heart signatureDandelion — liver signatureHorsetail — renal signatureWillow — joint and pain signature

Point 3 of 6 in Doctrine of Signatures

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Paracelsus, Paragranum (primary)

Paragranum discusses the signatura as a way of reading the hidden virtue of natural things; see Book IV, the discussion of signatures and external signs.

Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (scholarly_modern)

Historical account of early-modern European medicine and Paracelsian natural philosophy; see the chapters on Renaissance medicine and Paracelsianism.

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