Post by Lisa on Sept 5, 2008 8:05:11 GMT -5
If you want to know about an Herb just come here and list it and I will do my best to tell you a little about that herb.
Herbs have several different uses and some may even be poisonous if ingested. There are several herbs that you will find that have different names and uses. You must be very careful what you are using and what it is for.
For instance: Chamomile/ there are two different types of chamomile, German chamomile and Roman chamomile. Roman chamomile should not be ingested by pregnant women.
So as you can see you must take time and check on all herbs before you use them. The best way to know your herbs is to get herb books and read them and read up on their uses.
Many of the herbs and spices that we use to flavor our food have magical and healing properties.
Basil, that staple of summer pasta dishes, will help you attract money.
Allspice is also good for drawing Money to you and it can also be used to improve your luck and for healing.
Allspice
(Pimenta officinalis or P. dioica)
This herb is safe.
Folk Names: Eddo, Madere, Basheen, Kouroubaga
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Powers: Money, Luck, Healing
Magical Uses: Allspice is burned as an incense to attract money or luck, and is also added to such mixtures. Allspice is also used to promote healing.
Basil
(Ocimum basilicum)
In quantities above average food quantities: Not recommended for internal use if pregnant or if nursing.
Folk Names: Albahaca, American Dittany, "Our Herb," St. Joseph's Wort, Sweet Basil, Witches Herb, Njilika, Balanoi, Feslien
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Deities: Vishnu, Erzulie
Powers: Love, Exorcism, Wealth, Flying, Protection
Magical Uses: The scent of fresh basil causes sympathy between two people, and this is why it is used to sooth tempers between lovers. It is added to love incenses and sachets, and the fresh leaves are rubbed against the skin as a kind of natural love perfume. In Eastern Europe it was once thought that a young man would love any woman from whose hand he accepted a sprig of basil.
Basil is also used in love divinations. Place two fresh leaves upon a live coal. If they lie where you put them and burn quickly to ashes, the marriage (or relationship) will be harmonious. If there is a certain amount of crackling the life of the pair will be disrupted by quarrels. If the leaves fly apart with fierce crackling the projected relationship is undesirable.
Do you want to know if someone is chaste or promiscuous. Simply lay a sprig of fresh basil on their hand. It will immediately wither if that person is "light of love."
Basil brings wealth to those who carry it in their pockets, and is used to attract customers to a place of business by placing some in the cash register or on the door sill.
The basil is also used to ensure that one's mate remains true. Sprinkle basil powder over your body thoroughly while he or she is asleep, especially over the heart, and fidelity will bless your relationship.
Basil is strewn onto floors, because where it is, no evil can live. It is also used in exorcism incenses and in purification baths. Small amounts are sometimes placed in each room of the house to bring protection.
Basil is also used to keep goats away from your property, to attract scorpions, and to prevent inebriation.
Witches are said to drink about 1/2 cup of basil juice before flying off into the air.
Basil can also be used to diet, but only by a second party's help, and without the dieter's knowledge. According to an ancient spell, a woman (or man, presumably) will not be able to eat a bite from any dish if basil has been secretly placed beneath it.
Basil given as a gift brings good luck to a new home.
Here is alittle bit more info on Allspice and Basil.
Allspice:
Common Names: Clove pepper, Jamaica pepper, pimento
Medicinal Part: Fruit
Description: Allspice is the dried berry of the pimento, an evergreen tree growing as high as 40 feet in the West Indies, South America, Central America, and Mexico. It bears opposite, leathery, oblong to oblong-lanceolate leaves whose pinnately arranged veins show prominently on the underside. Small white flowers grow in many-flowered cymes in the upper leaf axils from June to August. The fruit is a fleshy, sweet berry which is purplish-black when ripe. The berries used for Allspice, however, are collected when they have reached full size but are not yet ripe. The name come from the berry's taste, which has been described as a combination of cloves, juniper berries, cinnamon, and pepper.
Properties and Uses: Aromatic, carminative, stimulant. Pimento water and oil of pimento are useful in cases of flatulent indigestion or simple flatulence; the oil has also been recommended for hysterical paroxysms. Taken with laxatives, the oil lessens the tendency to gripe; the water also makes a good vehicle for less palatable medicines. As an ointment or a bath additive, allspice is said to have some anesthetic effects. Allspice makes a stimulating plaster for rheumatism and neuralgia.
Basil:
Common Names: Common basil, St. Josephwort, sweet basil.
Medicinal Part: The herb.
Description: Basil is an annual plant found wild in the tropical and sub - tropical regions of the world; elsewhere it is cultivated as a kitchen herb. Its thin, branching root produces brushy stems growing from 1 to 2 feet high and bearing opposite, ovate, entire or toothed leaves which are often purplish-hued. The two- lipped flowers, varying in color from white to red, sometimes with a tinge of purple, grow in racemes from June to September. The plant is very aromatic.
Chamomile, German
(Matricaria recutita)
Folk Names: Ground Apple, Heermannchen(German)Chamaimelon, Camomyle
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Water
Magical Uses: German Chamomile is used in calming and sleep incenses and brews. It is also used to attract money. The sunny nature of German Chamomile has been used to combat curses and spells.
Chamomile, Roman
(Chameamelum nobile, Anthemis nobilis)If you are pregnant you should not use this herb.
Folk Names: Camomyle,Chamaimelon, Ground Apple, Heermannchen (German),Manzanilla(Spanish), Maythen, Whig Plant
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Water
Powers: Money, Sleep, Love, Purification
Magical Uses: Chamomile is used to attract money, and a hand wash of the infusion is sometimes used by gamblers to ensure winnings. It is used in sleep and meditation incenses, and the infusion is also added to baths to attract love. It is also a purificatory and protective herb. When sprinkled around the property, it removes curses and spells cast against you.
Eyebright
(Euphrasia officinalis) This herb is currently recognized as being safe.
Folk Names: Euphrosyne, Red Eyebright
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Air
Powers: Mental Powers, Psychic Powers
Magical Uses: Brewed into a tea and drunk, eyebright clears the mind and aids the memory. The infusion applied to the eyelids on cotton pads induces magical clairvoyance, but it must be persisted in before results are achieved. Carry to increase psychic powers. Also, use when you need to see the truth in a matter.
It also can be used on small children with matted eyes to relieve the swelling and mattiness of the eyes and it is safe.
Herbs have several different uses and some may even be poisonous if ingested. There are several herbs that you will find that have different names and uses. You must be very careful what you are using and what it is for.
For instance: Chamomile/ there are two different types of chamomile, German chamomile and Roman chamomile. Roman chamomile should not be ingested by pregnant women.
So as you can see you must take time and check on all herbs before you use them. The best way to know your herbs is to get herb books and read them and read up on their uses.
Many of the herbs and spices that we use to flavor our food have magical and healing properties.
Basil, that staple of summer pasta dishes, will help you attract money.
Allspice is also good for drawing Money to you and it can also be used to improve your luck and for healing.
Allspice
(Pimenta officinalis or P. dioica)
This herb is safe.
Folk Names: Eddo, Madere, Basheen, Kouroubaga
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Powers: Money, Luck, Healing
Magical Uses: Allspice is burned as an incense to attract money or luck, and is also added to such mixtures. Allspice is also used to promote healing.
Basil
(Ocimum basilicum)
In quantities above average food quantities: Not recommended for internal use if pregnant or if nursing.
Folk Names: Albahaca, American Dittany, "Our Herb," St. Joseph's Wort, Sweet Basil, Witches Herb, Njilika, Balanoi, Feslien
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Deities: Vishnu, Erzulie
Powers: Love, Exorcism, Wealth, Flying, Protection
Magical Uses: The scent of fresh basil causes sympathy between two people, and this is why it is used to sooth tempers between lovers. It is added to love incenses and sachets, and the fresh leaves are rubbed against the skin as a kind of natural love perfume. In Eastern Europe it was once thought that a young man would love any woman from whose hand he accepted a sprig of basil.
Basil is also used in love divinations. Place two fresh leaves upon a live coal. If they lie where you put them and burn quickly to ashes, the marriage (or relationship) will be harmonious. If there is a certain amount of crackling the life of the pair will be disrupted by quarrels. If the leaves fly apart with fierce crackling the projected relationship is undesirable.
Do you want to know if someone is chaste or promiscuous. Simply lay a sprig of fresh basil on their hand. It will immediately wither if that person is "light of love."
Basil brings wealth to those who carry it in their pockets, and is used to attract customers to a place of business by placing some in the cash register or on the door sill.
The basil is also used to ensure that one's mate remains true. Sprinkle basil powder over your body thoroughly while he or she is asleep, especially over the heart, and fidelity will bless your relationship.
Basil is strewn onto floors, because where it is, no evil can live. It is also used in exorcism incenses and in purification baths. Small amounts are sometimes placed in each room of the house to bring protection.
Basil is also used to keep goats away from your property, to attract scorpions, and to prevent inebriation.
Witches are said to drink about 1/2 cup of basil juice before flying off into the air.
Basil can also be used to diet, but only by a second party's help, and without the dieter's knowledge. According to an ancient spell, a woman (or man, presumably) will not be able to eat a bite from any dish if basil has been secretly placed beneath it.
Basil given as a gift brings good luck to a new home.
Here is alittle bit more info on Allspice and Basil.
Allspice:
Common Names: Clove pepper, Jamaica pepper, pimento
Medicinal Part: Fruit
Description: Allspice is the dried berry of the pimento, an evergreen tree growing as high as 40 feet in the West Indies, South America, Central America, and Mexico. It bears opposite, leathery, oblong to oblong-lanceolate leaves whose pinnately arranged veins show prominently on the underside. Small white flowers grow in many-flowered cymes in the upper leaf axils from June to August. The fruit is a fleshy, sweet berry which is purplish-black when ripe. The berries used for Allspice, however, are collected when they have reached full size but are not yet ripe. The name come from the berry's taste, which has been described as a combination of cloves, juniper berries, cinnamon, and pepper.
Properties and Uses: Aromatic, carminative, stimulant. Pimento water and oil of pimento are useful in cases of flatulent indigestion or simple flatulence; the oil has also been recommended for hysterical paroxysms. Taken with laxatives, the oil lessens the tendency to gripe; the water also makes a good vehicle for less palatable medicines. As an ointment or a bath additive, allspice is said to have some anesthetic effects. Allspice makes a stimulating plaster for rheumatism and neuralgia.
Basil:
Common Names: Common basil, St. Josephwort, sweet basil.
Medicinal Part: The herb.
Description: Basil is an annual plant found wild in the tropical and sub - tropical regions of the world; elsewhere it is cultivated as a kitchen herb. Its thin, branching root produces brushy stems growing from 1 to 2 feet high and bearing opposite, ovate, entire or toothed leaves which are often purplish-hued. The two- lipped flowers, varying in color from white to red, sometimes with a tinge of purple, grow in racemes from June to September. The plant is very aromatic.
Chamomile, German
(Matricaria recutita)
Folk Names: Ground Apple, Heermannchen(German)Chamaimelon, Camomyle
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Water
Magical Uses: German Chamomile is used in calming and sleep incenses and brews. It is also used to attract money. The sunny nature of German Chamomile has been used to combat curses and spells.
Chamomile, Roman
(Chameamelum nobile, Anthemis nobilis)If you are pregnant you should not use this herb.
Folk Names: Camomyle,Chamaimelon, Ground Apple, Heermannchen (German),Manzanilla(Spanish), Maythen, Whig Plant
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Water
Powers: Money, Sleep, Love, Purification
Magical Uses: Chamomile is used to attract money, and a hand wash of the infusion is sometimes used by gamblers to ensure winnings. It is used in sleep and meditation incenses, and the infusion is also added to baths to attract love. It is also a purificatory and protective herb. When sprinkled around the property, it removes curses and spells cast against you.
Eyebright
(Euphrasia officinalis) This herb is currently recognized as being safe.
Folk Names: Euphrosyne, Red Eyebright
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Air
Powers: Mental Powers, Psychic Powers
Magical Uses: Brewed into a tea and drunk, eyebright clears the mind and aids the memory. The infusion applied to the eyelids on cotton pads induces magical clairvoyance, but it must be persisted in before results are achieved. Carry to increase psychic powers. Also, use when you need to see the truth in a matter.
It also can be used on small children with matted eyes to relieve the swelling and mattiness of the eyes and it is safe.