#botanical interest

[theblasianwitch]

So I found a book of just symbols at the library near my new place but I couldn't check it out so I took pics of pages I found very interesting and thought I'd share some with yall

Planetary and astronomy symbols

Apparently these are botanical symbols

Elements, the scientific kind not natural

And weather symbols

I got a kick out of these. I'm sure someone else might. I just think they're cool but I forgot the name of the book so I'll have to go back on my next day off 😅

#symbols #astronomy #library #library finds #interesting book #botanical #weather #meteorology #the blasian witch #bos #book of shadows #grimoire

[burbled]

here's my piece from @yyhfanzine!!! I had so much fun working on this hehehe 🥰

#today's the last day for leftover sales so be sure to check out the info page ASAP if you were interested! #the zine turned out so gorgeous also BWUHH #yu yu hakusho #yyh #botan #keiko #puu #koenma is there I GUESS #my dodoles

[flapjacs]

quasi interest check

for my two apparent audiences:

sdv forageables drawings bout to become real you nerds

wild leek aka ramps aka not leeks that are wild drawing bout to become real you fuckin nerds

#sdv forageables #botanical illustration #interest check #idfk what to tag this

[notbecauseofvictories]

[ Brookfield Zoo, Illinois — June 2023 ]

#wherever there is light #anyway I went to the zoo today! and the botanical gardens. but the zoo had more interesting things going on.

[technocipher]

Some may wander onto the church's balcony, never once sparing a glance at the rolling rack of plants. "They're just plants. Who cares? Doesn't Eva grow flowers over there?" Sure, there's a scant number of plants growing there. Nothing seems to support much life over there. No signs of any vegetables from those seed packets we give her, either.

(In all likelihood, the developers probably thought that few would notice that section. Fleshing out the balcony with more plants might've been deemed a pointless gesture.)

What many don't realize, however, is that many plants are medicinal! Consider that the next time you pass by the herb pots at the grocery store. Common thyme, for example, is antibacterial! It can also be steeped as a tea for sinus infections, and that's just a small fraction of what it can do!

The central shelf on the rolling rack carries rosemary, along with a plant I could not identify. Just generic, silly nonsense, right?

Wrong! Rosemary is more than just a kitchen spice. It's a fantastic herb for the brain!

It acts as a brain stimulant!

It aids with memory!

It aids blood circulation to the brain!

It aids with treating early onset dementia/Alzheimer's!

It acts as an antidepressant!

It acts as an antiviral!

It aids concentration!

It also has anti-anxiety properties!

Where the revenants are concerned, I'd say that's quite the vital herb! With the help of scavenged alcohol and some sterile jars, bottles, and lids, there's potential for the crafting-- and trading-- of rosemary tinctures! (In the absence of proper sterilization, whatever they can use to rinse would have to do. Above all else, these chosen jars and bottles would need to be airtight enough to prevent oxidization. An oxidized tincture is not desired-- it can lose a lot of those helpful properties!)

If water is still consumed by the revenant population (and if it is, I haven't seen it mentioned)... they can take these tinctures through water. A couple drops or barely a spoonful would go a long way! Some may attempt to slip these under their tongues and get quite the burn for their trouble. At Home Base's bar, there are numerous bottles of blood bead leukocytes. These could possibly handle a small dosage... if our favorite revenants can stand to hold the first sip for ten seconds.

Now, the uppermost shelf of the rack holds some decorative plants... and some parsley, growing out of a generically-labelled tea tin. Parsley? Really?!

Parsley's got quite the high vitamin content, though. I don't know if revenants require the same intake allotment for vitamins like humans have-- I've never seen it mentioned before. But if you factor in the maintenance of the host' body, vitamins are just as important! Whether or not the BOR parasite directly benefits remains to be seen, but for now, we're covering the fun stuff.

What the heck does parsley do, anyways? Well...

It's got stupidly high amounts of Vitamin K, which is not only good for your bones, but also boosts blood production!

It's full of other key vitamins and antioxidants!

It acts as a diuretic!

It also helps to keep your eyes healthy!

In the grand scheme of things, it might not seem like that big of a deal. But it could help boost a revenant's regeneration. Code Vein flip-flops a bit on how regeneration works, especially with gameplay in mind. Could parsley increase the healing amount, or even the number of times it can be tapped into? Quite possibly! It could also be circulated to the shelters, and thus assist blood donors with recuperating quicker. The diuretic properties can also be utilized to help flush status effects quicker. And as for the eye health of revenants far and wide, wouldn't that go a long way? That's a lot less stress on them, isn't it?

Though I cannot identify the other plants on the rack, that doesn't mean that they're lacking in benefits. There are some flowers that can be eaten and be used in medicine. Calendula, for example, is an edible flower that can be used to aid the healing of wounds. Besides, it's such a bright and cheery flower-- why not keep a few blooms just to look, and let them go to seed, while you're at it? (Calendula is very easy to grow-- save those seeds!)

Another one is chrysanthemum, which is another edible flower. Its primary benefit is eye health, and I believe it's even stronger than parsley in this regard. (Do not consume the store-bought ones, as they have been treated with a myriad of extremely harmful chemicals! The best way to avoid this is by growing them yourself. Remember to buy non-neotic seeds; these are better for pollinating insects and keeps you safe, too!)

And if the parts above the soil aren't safe for consumption, remember that the roots can still be used! Roots can have loads of medicinal properties! Some can be edible, while others can be dried and infused into oils! An example.of an edible root is the humble dandelion. Though the entire plant is completely edible, its taproot is a potent liver detoxifier! Should it be roasted and brewed into tea, it tastes just like coffee!

Even if revenants aren't taking these medicines themselves, consider how much it would benefit the human population living in the shelters. If we really gotta split hairs, the medicinal benefits could carry over into blood donations. Entire categories of enhanced blood could be produced by the shelters, and distributed to the revenant-occupied shelters. In times of disease where the latter is concerned, these unique products could be life-saving. Even then, the more positive trading arrangement may improve human and revenant relations-- a massive issue omnipresent within the Gaol of the Mists. This isn't just food and decoration; it's something greater.

Just a little thing that makes life a bit more bearable.

#code vein #time for me to be positively boring again #i talk botany things and everybody's eyes glaze over #no but all joking aside #moar context for the hows and whys of eva's plants #or at least the scant handful i can identify #sourced the parsley info from a couple websites #the rosemary one was what i had written down in my little medicine book #plants are very important to me and i like talking about their benefits #someone will probably say this isn't fda approved #I'M not fda approved #i just like talking about the interesting things #note that i'm a novice at the botanical things and i only know what i know #code vein meta #archival edit

[celticbotanart]

Finally just saw Suzume no Tojimari, bro. I'm in shambles 10/10

#I was a bit worried for a moment due to the huh romantic interest dynamics in this movie #but it seems kinda unilateral and THANKS GOODNESS the movie isnt about that anyway #not only bc of cringe pairing reasons I just usually dont like it when romance is the center of the story with a few exceptions lol #I freaking loved this movie its SO GOOD go see itttt #Botanic Panic

[treeroutes]

scrambled thoughts on botanical horror :

in The city and the city by china mieville two cities overlap. people can go down the same street as people from the other city and not see them. it underlines how most of our surroundings are invisible to us and we need to make a particular effort to see them. this links to plant blindness and how most of the time we are completely oblivious to the vegetation surrounding us. sure we see it, but we don't actually see it. and most of all we are unaware of its vitality, all the movements and connections and adaptations that are happening. the thing is that it happens on a different time scale.

time lapses can be eery for that reason, they force you to realize the movements and communications of being living on a completely different scale. they force you to acknowledge the relativity of your point of view.

The man whom the trees loved by algernon blackwood is rooted in this discovery of the trees movements. it's about a man who has a forest in his backgarden and every day to him it seems the trees are getting closer. and so he develops this theory that trees used to roam the earth a long time ago and that they've slowed down but are still in movement. and he ends up completely engulfed in the forest.

there is a fast tree migration happening on the planet, they are in motion, this is due to climate change but also to the ability of beings that we don't really pay attention to. in the United States, the migration is already well underway. a 2010 U.S. Forest Service study found that 70 percent of tree species are already showing tree range migration, with maple, beech and birch potentially gone entirely in the Northeast by 2100.

tdlr : when it comes to the natural world there is a connection between beauty and horror.

#ramblings #botanical horror #forests #plant blindness #trees #i listened to a very interesting episode of great podversation

[hellboundhimbo]

i have this inside joke with a friend of mine where hiei keeps making bets that he is most certain he will win, but inevitably loses them after a long period of time.

funniest part about it is like, he doesn’t have any money, and he doesn’t recognize the monetary value of human money bc “foolish human games,” but he’s so confident he will win that he just makes a complete ass of himself every time. so he’s just accumulating debt through sheer hubris until he decides to terrorize his local 7/11 by applying for a job to pay off his owing. or just. robs someone, probably.

anyway have this meme i made last night

#specifically the bit is that he kurama and botan have an ongoing bet about whether or not kuwabara and yusuke will get together #kurama and botan say yes. hiei’s like “i have little interest in your childish game. #but i will play along if just to reap a reward from your stupidity. #fast forward like. half a decade a hiei’s chilling in the tree in someone’s backyard when he gets a telepathic message from kurama—- #informing him of his loss. and he’s like FUCK GOD DAMMIT #has to start working at a convienience store to pay off his debt bc he HATES knowing he owes anyone anything #it’s utterly humiliating but like he never stops. bc he just HAS to be right one of these days. it’s both pride and spite. #he develops what is essentially a minor gambling addiction out of sheer hubris #anyway ramble over this bit is very dumb but i love it #hiei #yyh #yu yu hakusho #fishboy talks #technically

[unganseylike]

i was just thinking how declan’s nonboring passion didnt have to be art history, it just had to be seemingly undeclanlike and fit with jordan’s plot…so what are some other options? personally i would support declan who is really into botany and has a secret plant attic, with a jordan who is part of hennessey’s weed growing operation but wants to start her own farm.

#im interested in what you guys think wld be fun alternates #tbh mine is pretty good idk if it can be topped #their first date is the botanical gardens instead of museum

[flimsy-roost]

I think one reason I like school so much is that it's the only place I've found where I can consistently and reliably make friends via infodumping

#I got to talk about how weird citrus botanical classifications are for ten minutes yesterday #and people were actually friendly and interested instead of repelled #plant people are particularly the best #samble rambles #nd

[hahaalaine]

I want that coloring book so bad and I can see the tote being perfect in the garden. Ugh I don't need it though 😫

#botanical interests #gardenblr

[gaytobymeres]

Abbey Strand Physic Garden, Edinburgh

#due to a series of misjudgments I got soaked to the bone however it was a very interesting field trip #Edinburgh #the forecast said there would only be a wee bit of rain I trusted it and didn’t bring a jacket with a hood #I had also forgotten about the field trip #cut to me looking like a drowned rat after being in the pouring rain for hours #but I actually had a really good time #interestingly this garden is at/near the site of the garden which would eventually become the royal botanic garden edinburgh #started by sibbald and balfour 353ish years ago #then moved to where waverly station is then to leith walk then to inverleith where it is now #also top tip if you don’t want tourists in your photos visit places when it is raining heavily and freezing cold

[brightgnosis]

Botanical Interests

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