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'''Zangrilla Sylvia''' was an academic herbalist and founder of the | '''Zangrilla Sylvia''' was an academic herbalist and founder of the Academia Herbalis, which would later be known as the [[Academia Sylvalis]] after Sylvia's death. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In the year 714 AH, after witnessing Mayen, the baker's wife, discovering the benefits of eating primrose stalks, Zangrilla gathered other plants for research, including [[lavender]], [[lovage]], [[sage]], [[pansy|pansies]], [[galingale]], [[lobelia]], and [[violet|violets]]. She also convinced a group of volunteers to eat parts of these plants daily to see if they could induce any other effects. From this research, she concluded that eating the violet root caused [[insomnia]], and that lobelia petals are toxic. | In the year 714 AH, after witnessing Mayen, the baker's wife, discovering the benefits of eating primrose stalks, Zangrilla gathered other plants for research, including [[lavender]], [[lovage]], [[sage]], [[pansy|pansies]], [[galingale]], [[lobelia]], and [[violet|violets]]. She also convinced a group of volunteers to eat parts of these plants daily to see if they could induce any other effects. From this research, she concluded that eating the violet root caused [[insomnia]], and that lobelia petals are toxic. | ||