Nine Herbs Charm
The Nine Herbs Charm, Nigon Wyrta Galdor, Nine Plants Spell, Lay of the Nine Healing Herbs, or Nine Wort Spell (among other names) is an Old English charm recorded in the tenth century AD. It is part of the Anglo-Saxon medical compilation known as Lacnunga, which survives in the manuscript Harley MS 585 in the British Library. The charm involves the preparation of nine plants, sometimes listed as mugwort, plantain, lamb's cress, betony, chamomile, nettle, crab-apple, chervil, and fennel.