![]() ![]() ![]() In Sushruta Samhita, various medicinal plants as single and compound formulations having Vrana-Shodhana (wound cleansing) and Vrana-Ropana (wound healing) potential are enumerated. By referring to the aforementioned healing herbs, we discover that the binary scientific name - regional name reveals a linguistically captivating plant universe. ![]() The regional names, on the one hand being multiple, on the other hand being diverse, impose a nomenclature that enhances the identified symbol (phytomorph, anthropomorph, avimorph, zoomorph, etc.), depending on the ethnographic area of the country. Even if most scientific names, related to phytonyms, are of Latin origin, we note that there are also exceptions (for example, a term of Greek origin and another of Roman origin – Atropa belladonna – or a term that reminds us of the legendary Achilles, and the other of Latin origin – Achillea millefolium). The scientific name is intended to stop possible confusions that arise when two different plants have identical regional names. By referring to a few healing herbs (belladonna, yarrow), using as a reference point both the scientific (scholarly) denominative and the folk (naive) models, we underline the dividing line between scientific thinking and empirical thinking. ![]()
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