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title: "I love plants for different reasons. This Purpletop vervain has…"
description: "I love plants for different reasons. This Purpletop vervain has medicinal properties. I am interested in the anti-anxiety component. I’ll be making a tincture…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Southern Grace"
published: "2026-09-29T03:24:41.663871Z"
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# I love plants for different reasons. This Purpletop vervain has…

_Posted by Southern Grace on 2026-09-29_

I love plants for different reasons. This Purpletop vervain has medicinal properties. I am interested in the anti-anxiety component. I’ll be making a tincture from this beauty. 🌿

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## 5 comments

### sarahinthemeantime commented on 2026-09-29

Also useful for preventing vampire compulsion 😂 #iykyk

#### Southern Grace replied on 2026-09-29

I don’t get it. Pls explain

#### sarahinthemeantime replied on 2026-09-29

It’s a reference to the TV show Vampire Diaries — in the show vervain is toxic to the vampires and townspeople add it to drinks so that vampires can’t drink their blood or ‘compel’ them (use mind control).

#### Southern Grace replied on 2026-09-29

Oh, gotcha. I’ve heard of the show but never watched it.  
It’s interesting that in the show it’s a vampire vaccine because vervain actually has historical references of being sacred \& warding off evil!  
You can read below if you’d like. I copied \& pasted.  
• Greece and Rome: Known as herba sacra or the "holy herb," ancient peoples used vervain sprigs to sweep and purify temple altars. Roman soldiers carried it for protection, and messengers wore it in boughs to signal peaceful intent.  
• Celtic Druids: Druids held the plant in supreme reverence, using it to bless sacred spaces and open rituals.  
Medicinal and Folk Traditions  
• The "Heal-All": Classical physicians like Hippocrates and Pliny the Elder documented vervain for treating everything from fevers and wounds to snakebites.  
• Medieval "Simpler's Joy": During the Middle Ages, monks grew the plant in monastery gardens (Verbena officinalis). Herbalists used it as a nervous system restorative, digestive tonic, and charm against evil spirits.

#### sarahinthemeantime replied on 2026-09-29

Yeah the show is mostly pretty dumb (and very of its time) but a lot of the lore is surprisingly well researched! I actually study medieval monastics and am especially interested in the intersection between folk wisdom/spirituality and the development of Christian spirituality in medieval convents! So I knew about the real world uses of vervain before I ever watched the show, but it’s still what comes to mind when I hear vervain now 😂

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