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 |
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 |