Herbs and their properties

African Violet:  Protection.  ( The purple-colored flowers and plants are grown in the home to promote spirituality within the home.)

Agrimony:  Protection and Sleep.  ( Use in protection spells and sachets.)  Used to banish negative energies and spirits. 

Ague Root:  Protection.  Sprinkle around your home to keep evil away. 

Alfalfa:  Anti-hunger, Money.  Keep in home to protect from poverty and hunger.  Burn alfalfa and scatter the ashes around your property to protect from poverty and hunger.

Allspice:  Money, Luck and Healing.  Burn in incense to attract money or luck.

Almond:  Money Prosperity and Wisdom. 

Aloe:  Protection and Luck.  The plant is good for protection and to guard against evil influences. 

Alyssum:  Moderating Anger.  Placed in hand or on body to cool down anger.

Angelica:  Exorcism, Protection and Healing.  Use in protection incense.  Sprinkle the four corners of the house to ward off evil, or do around the perimeter of the house.

Anise:  Protection, Purification, and Youth.  Use in protection and meditation incense.  Place anise seeds in hot bath for purification. 

Apple:  Love, Healing, and Garden Magick.  Add blossoms to sachets and incense for love.  ( For healing, cut an apple into three pieces, rub each piece on affected part of the body, and then bury them.  Do this during the waning Moon to banish illnesses.)  (For gardening, pour cider onto freshly-turned earth to give it life before planting.) 

Wiccan altars are often piled high with apples on Samhain for the apple is considered as one of the foods of the dead.  In Wiccan traditions, the apple is a symbol of the soul, and so they are buried on Samhain so that those, who will be reborn in the spring will have food during the cold winter months.

Avocado:  Love and Beauty.  (Grow a plant from the pit of and avocado in your home to bring love into it.)  Carry the pit to promote beauty.

Basil:  Love, Exorcism, Wealth, and Flying Protection.  (Basil brings wealth to those who carry it in their pockets.)  Also to attract customers in a place of business by putting a leaf in the cash register drawer.  Basil given as a gift brings good luck to a new home.

Bay Leaf:  Protection, Psychic Powers, Healing, Purification and Strength.  (Bay Leaf is used in clairvoyance and wisdom brews.)  Bay leaves placed underneath a pillow will induce prophetic dreams.  Wishes are written on bay leaves which are then burned to make them come true. 

Benzoin:  Purification and Prosperity.  Burn Benzoin to purification incenses.  Make an incense of benzoin, cinnamon and basil, and burn to attract customers to your place of business.  Often used as a base for incenses.

Blackberry: Healing, Money and Protection.