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'''Tansy''' is a flowering [[plants|herb]]{{ref|ASOS|2}} that has various medical properties.
  
'''Tansy''' is flowering herb {{Ref|aSoS|80}} that has various medical properties. A strong dose can cause a pregnant woman to lose her child. It is one of the key ingredients in [[Moon tea]].
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==Culture==
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[[Smallfolk]] in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] sometimes name girls after the flower.{{ref|ASOS|2}}
  
== See also==
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A strong dose of tansy can cause a pregnant woman to lose her child, so it is one of the key ingredients in [[moon tea]],{{Ref|aSoS|80}} also called tansy tea.{{ref|ASOS|24}}
* [[Moon tea]]
 
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==References and Notes==
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==History==
* Tansy is a real life natural abortifactant, see more at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansy Wikipedia]
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Grand Maester [[Orwyle]], disguised as "Old Wyl", mixed potions of tansy and [[pennyroyal]] for the prostitutes from [[Mother's (brothel)|Mother's]], a brothel in [[King's Landing]], to abort unwanted children.{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
  
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Among the flowers picked by [[Chett]] for [[Bessa (Hag's Mire)|Bessa]] were tansy.{{ref|ASOS|Prologue}}
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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As Lord [[Hoster Tully]] lies dying, he repeats the word "Tansy" and asks forgiveness. [[Catelyn Stark]] thinks her father is referring to a woman with that name,{{ref|ASOS|2}} but in actuality Hoster is recalling the [[tansy tea]] he forced his other daughter [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]] to drink to abort her child with [[Petyr Baelish]].{{ref|ASOS|80}}
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[[Brown Bernarr]] brings bags of tansy and other herbs during the [[great ranging]].{{ref|ASOS|33}}
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==Behind the Scenes==
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[[w:Tansy|Tansy]] is a real life natural abortifacient.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/A_Myriad_of_Questions/ A Myriad of Questions], March 27, 2002</ref>
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Revision as of 21:35, 5 March 2020

Tansy is a flowering herb[1] that has various medical properties.

Culture

Smallfolk in the Seven Kingdoms sometimes name girls after the flower.[1]

A strong dose of tansy can cause a pregnant woman to lose her child, so it is one of the key ingredients in moon tea,[2] also called tansy tea.[3]

History

Grand Maester Orwyle, disguised as "Old Wyl", mixed potions of tansy and pennyroyal for the prostitutes from Mother's, a brothel in King's Landing, to abort unwanted children.[4]

Among the flowers picked by Chett for Bessa were tansy.[5]

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

As Lord Hoster Tully lies dying, he repeats the word "Tansy" and asks forgiveness. Catelyn Stark thinks her father is referring to a woman with that name,[1] but in actuality Hoster is recalling the tansy tea he forced his other daughter Lysa to drink to abort her child with Petyr Baelish.[2]

Brown Bernarr brings bags of tansy and other herbs during the great ranging.[6]

Behind the Scenes

Tansy is a real life natural abortifacient.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 2, Catelyn I.
  2. 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII.
  3. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 24, Bran II.
  4. Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
  5. A Storm of Swords, Prologue.
  6. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 33, Samwell II.
  7. So Spake Martin: A Myriad of Questions, March 27, 2002