Ginger

zingiber officinale

Ginger Magick
'herb of the Moon'

COMMON FOLK NAMES
African Ginger
Ch'iang
Garden Ginger

PARTS USED
root and essence

GENDER: Masculine
PLANET: Mars
ELEMENT: Fire

SCENT
subtle
warm
spicey Peppery

POWERS
Money
love
success
power

MAGICKAL USES
aphrodisiac
love
passion
psychic development
sensuality

Used to make sure spells are effective.

Eating ginger before performing spells will lend them
power, since you have been "heated up" by the ginger.
This is especially true of love spells,
in which ginger is much used.

Whole ginger roots are planted to attract
money, or the powdered root is sprinkled
into pockets or onto money for this purpose.

Ginger is used in success spells, or to ensure
the success of a magickal operation.

In the Pacific the Dobu islanders make much use
of ginger in their magick.
They chew it and spit it at the "seat" of an illness
to cure it, and spit chewed ginger at an oncoming storm,
while at sea, to halt it.

USES IN FOLKLORE
Ginger root (chewed) stimulates the salivary glands,
which is said to be useful in paralysis of the tongue.

Prized since ancient times both for its
flavor and for its medicinal properties.

In China, the tea has long been prescribed
for colds, coughs, flu and hangovers.

The Chinese believe that the tea has the power
to strengthen lungs and kidneys.

Tibetans use ginger to stimulate
the vital energies of one who is debilitated,
lethargic, or convalescing from an illness.


MAGIC
Wild Ginger


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