The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from
   having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
   (Bot.)
   A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium
   Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and
   herb gerard.
   [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ashweed \Ash"weed`\, n. (Bot.) [A corruption of ache-weed; F.
   ache. So named from the likeness of its leaves to those of
   ache (celery).]
   Goutweed.
   [1913 Webster]