GLOBE ARTICHOKE – Cynara scolymus

It was once taken as beingaphrodisiac (Campbell-Culver). As Andrew Boordehad it, “they doth increase nature, and doth provokea man to veneryous actes”. Dreaming of them is asign that you will receive in a short while from thehands of those from whom you would least expectit (Mackay). It was used to treat arteriosclerosis atone time (Schauenberg & Paris), and skin disorders(Wickham).