Herbs are plants used for making medicines, flavouring food or for fragrances.
The sap of a certain herb was used by Aztec medicine men to induce sleep. (TV: The Aztecs [+]John Lucarotti, Doctor Who season 1 (BBC1, 1964).)
The Monk told Wulnoth that penicillin was a sort of herb. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Dennis Spooner, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1965).)
Charles Preslin was a mixer of herbs and unguents. (TV: The Massacre [+]John Lucarotti and Donald Tosh, Doctor Who season 3 (BBC1, 1966).)
Lady Eleanor provided the Third Doctor with herbs and simples to make a sleeping potion. (TV: The Time Warrior [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 11 (BBC1, 1973-1974).)
The Fourth Doctor stated that vampires feared certain herbs. (TV: State of Decay [+]Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who season 18 (BBC1, 1980).)
Mergrave gave the Fifth Doctor some medicine distilled from herbs. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Christopher H. Bidmead, Doctor Who season 19 (BBC1, 1982).)
Peri Brown told Lord Ravensworth that she could help the First Rani's victims if she had the right herbs. After learning of Valeriana officinalis, she went to Redfern Dell to harvest some leaves. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Pip & Jane Baker, Doctor Who season 22 (BBC1, 1985).)
The Second Doctor said that herbs were one of the ingredients in the black pudding used to stuff capercaillies. (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 22 (BBC1, 1985).)
Jo Grant had candles scented with jatamansi oil, an herb from the banks of the Ganges. (TV: Death of the Doctor [+]Russell T Davies, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 4 (CBBC, 2010).)
Herbs were among the ingredients of Nuthutch Foods' fungus cannelloni. (HOMEVID: Global Conspiracy? [+]Mark Gatiss, 2004.)