Magickal & Medicinal Uses of Herbs

 

Magickal Properties

Amaranth:

repair a broken heart

Apples:

healing and love

Basil:

love, wealth and protection

Bay:

wisdom, protection, psychic powers

Birch:

cleansing

Carnation:

protection and healing

Catnip:

cat magick

Cedar:

purification and healing

Cinnamon:

spirituality and healing, cleansing

Clove:

money and protection, cleansing

Clover:

money, love and luck

Cornflower:

psychism

Garlic:

protection and healing

Ginger:

money, success and power

Holly:

dream magick and balance

Iris:

wisdom

Ivy:

protection and healing

Lilac:

protection, beauty and love

Marigold:

dreams, business or legal affairs

Marjoram:

protection, love and healing

Mint:

money, luck and travel

Mistletoe:

protection, fertility, healing and psychism

Orris root:

divination

Rose:

love, psychic power, and divination

Rosemary:

love, power, healing, sleep

Sage:

protection and wisdom

Thyme:

healing and psychic powers

Willow:

love and divination

Medicinal Properties

First off, let me say that I am not a doctor nor do I pretend to be one. Always consult one before trying alternative medicine.

Anise:

tea form -- treatment for colic; sedative

Basil:

tea form -- colds, flu, cramps, bladder

Bay:

do not take internally -- use as poultice on chest for bronchitis and chest colds

Black Pepper:

take at first sign of any disease

Bonset:

laxative and fever

Caraway:

mild stimulant for digestion

Cayenne:

fast recovery, stops internal and external bleeding, said to prevent heart attacks and also helps with depression and headaches

Cinnamon:

ground or taken with milk -- good balance after a heavy meal or dessert; also used for diarrhea, dysentery or general indigestion

Cloves:

chew for toothache, also good for nausea or vomiting

Eucalyptus:

tea form -- to sooth a sore throat

Fennel:

tea form -- to expel mucus

Fenugreek:

tea form -- also to expel mucus with bad cases of bronchitis

Garlic:

high and low blood pressure; removing parasites and infections

Ginger:

tea form -- for cramps and nausea; externally for stiffness; add in cooking to detoxify meat, especially chicken

Peppermint:

tea form -- excellent for stomach ache

Rosemary:

tea form -- for treating headaches and body aches

Thyme:

tea form -- to rid of intestinal worms; can also be used as a mouthwash

Tumeric:

added to warm milk -- regulates menstrual cycle