Royal Saturnian herb

Meaning

The Summary’s royal herb is introduced on the mountain of the seven, viewed in relation to the sixth, after a warning against making philosophical Mercury by mishandling common metals. The text calls the herb mineral according to some philosophers, vegetable according to others, and Saturnian. These are deliberately overlapping designations, not a verified botanical name. The English preserves “royal herb” and “Saturnian” without solving them into a modern substance. The adjacent bones-and-broth image continues the indirect description. The entry’s purpose is to keep the complete distinctive phrase retrievable while preserving the identification’s genuine limits.