Welcome, Seeker. This is the school herbal cabinet: every herb in the working collection, in alphabetical order, with its magical uses and its place in the traditional apothecary. Read the caution lines with care. Some of these plants are poisonous, honored in the craft precisely because they are dangerous, and they are never to be eaten or drunk. Nothing here is medical advice; it is the recorded tradition of the craft, given so you can work with knowledge instead of guesswork.
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Magical uses: Traditionally carried or burned in workings of protection, invisibility from enemies, and communion with the underworld and the goddess Hecate.
Apothecary: Historically applied only externally in minute preparations for pain, a practice abandoned in modern herbalism because of its extreme danger.
Caution: Deadly poisonous in all parts. Never ingest, and avoid handling with bare skin for prolonged periods.
Magical uses: Used in protection and reversal work, traditionally said to return harmful magic to its sender and to break jinxes and curses.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for sore throats, loose bowels, and liver complaints, and used as a wash for wounds.
Magical uses: Kept in the home or carried in a small jar for prosperity, abundance, and protection against poverty and hunger.
Apothecary: Traditionally taken as a nourishing tea or sprouted food for general nutrition, appetite, and recovery from wasting illness.
Magical uses: Burned or carried for money drawing, business luck, and healing energy, and added to workings for success and good fortune.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea or used in poultices for indigestion, gas, toothache, and muscular aches.
Magical uses: Kept as a houseplant for protection of the home, good luck, and warding off accidents and evil influences.
Apothecary: The fresh gel is traditionally applied to burns, sunburn, and minor skin irritations, and the juice was taken as a strong laxative.
Caution: The latex under the leaf skin is a harsh laxative and should be avoided in pregnancy and by anyone with kidney complaints.
Magical uses: A premier protection herb, traditionally worn, sprinkled, or burned to ward off evil, break curses, and strengthen visions and dreams.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for indigestion, gas, coughs, and poor circulation, and chewed as a general tonic.
Caution: May increase sensitivity to sunlight, and large doses are avoided in pregnancy and with blood thinning medication.
Magical uses: Used in sachets and pillow magic to ward off nightmares and the evil eye, and burned to aid psychic awareness and clairvoyance.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for indigestion, bloating, coughs, and sleeplessness, and given in gripe waters for colicky babies.
Magical uses: Sacred in love, healing, and immortality lore, with blossoms used in love workings and the fruit shared in Samhain rites and divination for a future spouse.
Apothecary: Traditionally eaten and brewed as a tea for digestion, fevers, and general nourishment, with the bark once used for intermittent fevers.
Magical uses: Planted around fields and used in workings for protection of crops, harvest abundance, and warding off storms and wild spirits.
Apothecary: Traditionally infused in oil or made into salves and compresses for bruises, sprains, and muscle soreness.
Caution: External use only on unbroken skin. Poisonous if ingested, and it can irritate sensitive skin.
Magical uses: Burned or hung in doorways as a powerful banishing and exorcism herb, traditionally believed to drive off evil spirits and disease.
Apothecary: Traditionally taken in tiny amounts for gas, bloating, coughs, and nervous complaints, and worn in folk practice to ward off illness.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy and for infants, and use only in very small amounts as it can upset the stomach.
Magical uses: Used in workings for strength, endurance, grounding, and male vitality, and placed on altars honoring warrior and earth deities.
Apothecary: Traditionally prepared in warm milk or as a tincture in Ayurvedic practice as a restorative tonic for stress, fatigue, and sleeplessness.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy and use care with thyroid or sedative medication.
Magical uses: Used in workings for endurance, protection of the spirit during illness, and steady, long term prosperity.
Apothecary: Traditionally simmered in soups and teas in Chinese herbal practice to support the immune system and recovery from fatigue.
Magical uses: A classic herb of love, prosperity, and protection, traditionally strewn on floors to ward off evil and carried to attract money and faithful love.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for indigestion, headaches, and nervous tension, and the fresh leaves applied to insect bites.
Magical uses: Wishes are written on the leaves and burned for manifestation, and the leaves are used for protection, purification, strength, and prophetic dreams.
Apothecary: Traditionally added to food and brewed as a tea for digestion and appetite, and infused in oil for aching joints and muscles.
Magical uses: A legendary witches' herb of the flying ointment tradition, associated with astral travel, underworld journeying, and the baneful goddesses.
Apothecary: Historically used only by physicians in minute doses for pain, spasms, and eye examinations, and it is not a home remedy herb.
Caution: Deadly poisonous in all parts, especially the berries and root. Never ingest or apply without expert medical control.
Magical uses: Used in money and success workings, traditionally rubbed on wallets and added to baths for prosperity, confidence, and protection from harm.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea by Native American peoples for colds, sore throats, and fevers, and used as an antiseptic wash.
Caution: The expressed peel oil can make skin highly sensitive to sunlight, so it is kept off skin before sun exposure.
Magical uses: One of the great protective herbs of European lore, traditionally planted in churchyards, worn as an amulet, and burned to dispel evil and nightmares.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for headaches, anxiety, neuralgia, and digestive weakness, and used as a wound wash.
Magical uses: Used for protection of the household, courage, and warding off unwanted attention, and added to workings honoring crone and moon goddesses.
Apothecary: Traditionally prepared as a tincture or tea by Native American and Eclectic practitioners for menopausal discomfort, menstrual pain, and rheumatic aches.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy, and stop use if it causes headache or stomach upset.
Magical uses: Carried and burned for protection, purification, vitality, and breaking hexes, and traditionally counted among the great blessing herbs.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a bitter tea for poor appetite, indigestion, and liver sluggishness, and used to support milk flow in nursing mothers.
Magical uses: Used in workings concerning childbirth, feminine strength, and protection of mothers and newborns.
Apothecary: Traditionally prepared by Native American practitioners as a tea to bring on and ease labor and for menstrual complaints.
Caution: A powerful herb that can raise blood pressure and strain the heart. Avoid except in the final weeks of pregnancy under expert guidance, and never use casually.
Magical uses: Used for courage, cheerfulness, and protection, with the flowers added to drinks and workings to lift the spirits and strengthen the heart.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for fevers, coughs, and low spirits, and the seed oil taken for skin complaints.
Caution: Contains trace alkaloids that may trouble the liver with heavy long term use, so it is used moderately and avoided in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used in protection and uncrossing work, traditionally worn or placed in the home to ward off negativity and carried for safe travel.
Apothecary: Traditionally simmered as a decoction or eaten as a vegetable for skin complaints such as eczema, and as a blood and liver cleansing tonic.
Magical uses: Garlands and scattered petals are used for protection, prophetic dreams, legal success, and honoring the sun and the dead at Samhain.
Apothecary: Traditionally infused in oil and made into salves for wounds, rashes, and burns, and brewed as a tea for mouth sores and digestive inflammation.
Magical uses: Carried in sachets for protection against theft and ill intent, and used in love workings to keep a lover faithful.
Apothecary: Traditionally chewed or brewed as a tea for gas, bloating, colic, and poor digestion, and added to heavy foods for the same purpose.
Magical uses: Used in love and lust workings, traditionally added to wine and food for attraction, and burned for clarity and eloquence.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea in Ayurvedic and Middle Eastern practice for indigestion, gas, and bad breath.
Magical uses: Used in healing and protection workings, traditionally placed in sickrooms, worn for strength during recovery, and offered for remembrance of the dead.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a mild tea for fevers, nervous tension, and stomach upset, though it is little used in modern herbalism.
Magical uses: Used in love, beauty, and luck workings, carried in sachets, and given to cats to strengthen the bond between witch and familiar.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for colds, fevers, colic, restlessness, and sleeplessness, especially for children in folk practice.
Magical uses: Used to heat up and speed workings, break hexes, drive off enemies, and add protective fire, often sprinkled across thresholds.
Apothecary: Traditionally taken in food, capsules, or tincture for circulation, chills, and sluggish digestion, and applied in salves for aches.
Caution: Very hot and irritating to eyes, broken skin, and sensitive stomachs. Keep away from mucous membranes.
Magical uses: Burned as incense for purification, protection, and blessing of homes and sacred spaces, and used to honor ancestors and sky deities.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed in small amounts as a tea for coughs and fevers by Native American peoples, and used in sweat lodge and steam practices.
Caution: Some cedar species are strongly active and can strain the kidneys, so internal use is kept brief and small, and avoided in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used in workings for calm, sleep, luck, and purification, scattered to break curses, and added to baths and money charms by gamblers in folk lore.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for sleeplessness, anxiety, indigestion, and colic, and used in compresses for sore skin and eyes.
Caution: People allergic to the daisy family may react to it, and large amounts can cause nausea.
Magical uses: Used in workings for fidelity, lasting love, and gentle healing, and carried to draw a faithful partner in folk tradition.
Apothecary: Traditionally made into salves and poultices for itchy skin, rashes, and boils, and eaten or brewed as a tea as a cooling spring tonic.
Magical uses: Carried for invisibility from obstacles, favor from powerful people, and removal of blocks and bad luck in old European and hoodoo lore.
Apothecary: The roasted root is traditionally brewed as a coffee substitute, and the root decoction was used for liver and digestive sluggishness.
Magical uses: Burned and carried for prosperity, success, love, and psychic power, and counted among the classic money drawing and fast luck spices.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for chills, colds, gas, and sluggish digestion, and used to warm the circulation.
Caution: The essential oil is strong and irritating undiluted, and large doses of cassia cinnamon are avoided in pregnancy and with liver complaints.
Magical uses: Known as five finger grass, it is used for protection, prosperity, love, health, and success in petitions, said to grant whatever its five points rule.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for fevers, diarrhea, and sore mouths and throats, and used as an astringent wash.
Magical uses: Used in workings for clear vision, prophetic dreams, calm wisdom, and protection of women, and burned before divination.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for digestive upset and eye strain, the mucilaginous seeds once being soaked to clear the eyes.
Caution: Avoid large amounts in pregnancy, and note the essential oil is strongly relaxing and not combined with heavy drinking.
Magical uses: Used in workings of binding and holding fast, for friendship that clings, and for gentle spring cleansing of a home or person.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a fresh tea or juice for swollen glands, urinary complaints, and skin eruptions, as a classic lymphatic tonic.
Magical uses: Burned and carried for protection, banishing hostile gossip, drawing money and love, and stopping slander in folk practice.
Apothecary: Traditionally chewed or applied as oil for toothache, and brewed as a tea for nausea, gas, and chills.
Caution: The essential oil is strong, irritating undiluted, and kept from young children and used sparingly in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used in workings for peace, love, visions, and prosperity, and added to sachets and incense for calm and clairvoyance.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and made into syrups and smoke for coughs, bronchitis, and chest complaints.
Caution: Contains alkaloids that can harm the liver, so it is used briefly, in small amounts, and avoided in pregnancy and for children.
Magical uses: Carried for safety during travel and protection of luggage and money, and used in healing workings and for ancestral connection.
Apothecary: Traditionally made into poultices and salves as knitbone for sprains, bruises, and fractures, and once brewed as a tea for ulcers and coughs.
Caution: Contains alkaloids that can damage the liver if taken internally, so modern tradition keeps it external only, on unbroken skin.
Magical uses: Used in love and lust workings, added to wine in old recipes, and carried for longevity, protection of the home, and clear thinking.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and chewed for gas, indigestion, and colic, and included in gripe waters and digestive cordials.
Magical uses: Burned and scattered for protection of the home against theft, and used in love workings to keep a partner faithful.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea in Ayurvedic practice for indigestion, gas, and sluggish digestion.
Magical uses: A classic love and lust herb, burned and brewed in folk tradition to draw a lover, increase desire, and aid dream and vision work.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea or taken as a tincture as a tonic for low spirits, fatigue, and nervous exhaustion.
Caution: Avoid large doses in pregnancy and use care alongside blood sugar medication.
Magical uses: The root is used in divination and spirit calling, the seeds in wish magic, and the tea in workings to increase psychic ability.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a root decoction and leaf tea for liver sluggishness, water retention, and skin complaints, and eaten as a spring tonic green.
Magical uses: Used in protection and uncrossing work, scattered to keep trouble at bay, and carried for strength and endurance.
Apothecary: Traditionally prepared as a decoction in southern African practice for joint and back pain, fevers, and digestive complaints.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy and with stomach ulcers or gallstones.
Magical uses: Hung over doors and carried for protection against witchcraft and envy, and used in love, luck, and money workings.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and chewed for gas, colic, hiccups, and sleeplessness, and long used in gripe waters for infants.
Magical uses: Burned as a prized incense for manifestation of spirits, astral travel, divination, and love magic since ancient Greek practice.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea on Crete for wounds, digestive upset, and headaches, and chewed as a general remedy.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy, as it was traditionally classed among herbs that move the womb.
Magical uses: The resin is burned for powerful protection, banishing, and exorcism, used as an ink for seals and petitions, and added to love and potency workings.
Apothecary: Traditionally dissolved and applied externally as a wash for wounds and skin complaints, and once taken in minute amounts for diarrhea in old practice.
Caution: Internal use is no longer recommended, and the resin is kept external and as incense only.
Magical uses: Used as an offering and in workings for inner strength, protection, and prosperity, and carried to strengthen the spirit during illness.
Apothecary: Traditionally prepared as a tincture and tea by Plains peoples and Eclectic physicians for colds, infections, snakebite, and wounds.
Caution: People allergic to the daisy family may react, and it is used carefully alongside immune suppressing medication.
Magical uses: One of the most sacred trees of European witchcraft, used for protection, blessing, and spirit work, with the elder mother asked before any part is taken.
Apothecary: The flowers are traditionally brewed as a tea for colds, fevers, and hay fever, and the cooked berries made into syrups for winter coughs and flu.
Caution: Raw berries, bark, leaves, and seeds can cause nausea and contain cyanide forming compounds, so berries are always cooked and other parts avoided internally.
Magical uses: Used for protection, psychic strength, love, and banishing, and burned in rites honoring elves and the spirits of place in northern lore.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a root decoction and made into lozenges for coughs, bronchitis, asthma, and weak digestion.
Caution: Large doses can cause vomiting, and it is avoided in pregnancy.
Magical uses: The leaves are used in healing and protection workings, hung over sickbeds, and burned to cleanse a space of sickness and negativity.
Apothecary: Traditionally inhaled as steam and used in chest rubs for colds, congestion, and coughs, and applied diluted to aches.
Caution: The essential oil is poisonous if swallowed and is never taken internally or applied undiluted to the skin of young children.
Magical uses: Used in workings for hunting luck in old lore, and in modern practice for feminine cycles, beauty, and moon aligned healing.
Apothecary: Traditionally the seed oil is taken for skin complaints and premenstrual discomfort, and the root and leaves were eaten and used as poultices.
Caution: May interact with seizure and blood thinning medication, so it is used with care in those cases.
Magical uses: Used to sharpen mental clarity and psychic sight, carried for true seeing, and applied in workings to reveal the truth of a matter.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and used in compresses and eyewashes for sore, itchy, and inflamed eyes and for hay fever.
Caution: Homemade eyewashes carry infection risk, so sterile preparations are preferred for the eyes.
Magical uses: Hung at windows and doors at Midsummer for protection, and used in workings for courage, strength, and keeping trouble away.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and chewed after meals for gas, bloating, colic, and coughs, and used to support milk flow in nursing mothers.
Caution: Avoid medicinal doses in pregnancy and of the strong essential oil generally.
Magical uses: Used in money and prosperity workings, with the seeds kept in jars in the home to draw steady income in Mediterranean folk practice.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and made into poultices for digestive upset, skin inflammation, and to support milk flow in nursing mothers.
Caution: Avoid medicinal amounts in pregnancy, and note it can lower blood sugar.
Magical uses: Planted by doors and carried for protection against accidents and illness, and used in workings for calm and clear headedness.
Apothecary: Traditionally chewed or brewed as a tea for headaches and migraines, fevers, and joint aches.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy, and note fresh leaves can cause mouth sores when chewed.
Magical uses: The seed is used in money, protection, and healing workings, kept in the home for prosperity, and the plant is linked to Hulda and household blessing.
Apothecary: Traditionally the seed is soaked or ground and taken for constipation and digestive soothing, and made into poultices for boils and inflammation.
Magical uses: A faery plant of Welsh and English lore, planted at cottage doors for protection and used, with great respect, in workings of the fae and the otherworld.
Apothecary: Historically the source of heart medicine prepared only by physicians, and it is never a home remedy herb.
Caution: Deadly poisonous in all parts and easily mistaken in effect for heart drugs. Never ingest or prepare at home.
Magical uses: Burned in temples for millennia for purification, consecration, protection, and offering, and used to raise spiritual presence and aid meditation.
Apothecary: Traditionally taken in Ayurvedic and Middle Eastern practice for joint inflammation and gut complaints, and applied to wounds and skin.
Caution: Use care alongside blood thinning medication, and keep medicinal doses out of pregnancy.
Magical uses: Known as chewing John, it is chewed and spat in workings for court case success, protection from jinxes, money, and male potency.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea in Asian and medieval European practice for indigestion, nausea, travel sickness, and chills.
Magical uses: One of the oldest protective herbs, hung in homes, worn, and placed at thresholds against evil, sickness, and hostile spirits in lore worldwide.
Apothecary: Traditionally eaten and prepared as syrups and poultices for colds, infections, coughs, and worms, and taken for the heart and circulation.
Caution: Can thin the blood in large amounts, so it is reduced before surgery and used carefully with blood thinning medication.
Magical uses: Used in workings to break hexes, strengthen will, and add power to protection and uncrossing preparations.
Apothecary: Traditionally prepared as one of the bitterest tonics, taken in tincture or tea before meals for weak digestion, poor appetite, and liver sluggishness.
Caution: Avoid with stomach ulcers or very high stomach acid, and in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used to heat and speed workings, especially for money, success, love, and courage, and carried for safe travel and protection at sea.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and candied for nausea, travel sickness, colds, chills, and indigestion, and applied in compresses for aches.
Caution: Very large doses are avoided in late pregnancy and alongside blood thinning medication.
Magical uses: A symbol of longevity and endurance planted at temples, with the leaves and nuts used in workings for memory, wisdom, and long life.
Apothecary: Traditionally the standardized leaf extract is taken for memory and circulation, and the cooked nuts are eaten in Asian practice.
Caution: Raw seeds are toxic, and the leaf can interact with blood thinning and seizure medication.
Magical uses: The root is carried as a powerful charm for health, vitality, potency, and protection, and used in workings for strength and success.
Apothecary: Traditionally simmered as a decoction and taken as a tonic in Chinese and Native American practice for fatigue, weakness, and recovery.
Caution: Can raise blood pressure and disturb sleep in some people, and interacts with several medications, so it is used with care.
Magical uses: Used in money and luck workings, carried to find lost things and prosperity, and given in divination to point toward hidden treasure in old lore.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for urinary complaints, kidney support, hay fever, and sore throats.
Caution: People allergic to the daisy family may react, and it is avoided with certain kidney and heart conditions where fluid is restricted.
Magical uses: Carried as a protective and prosperity root, and used in workings for success in business and for strengthening other herbs.
Apothecary: Traditionally prepared as a tincture and tea by Native American and Eclectic practitioners for mouth sores, digestive infections, and skin washes.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy and for newborns, and use only short term in adults. The wild plant is endangered, so cultivated sources are preferred.
Magical uses: Used in meditation and crown chakra workings for calm clarity, longevity, and devotion in Ayurvedic tradition.
Apothecary: Traditionally eaten fresh and brewed as a tea in Ayurvedic and Chinese practice for skin healing, memory, and circulation in the legs.
Caution: Can cause headache or stomach upset in some people, and it is avoided in pregnancy and with liver complaints.
Magical uses: A sacred faery tree used for protection, love, fertility, and spring rites, with blossoms in May altars and berries carried for a guarded heart.
Apothecary: Traditionally the berries, leaves, and flowers are brewed as teas and tinctures as a heart and circulation tonic and for anxiety.
Caution: Can strengthen the effect of heart and blood pressure medication, so it is used only with care alongside them.
Magical uses: Used for luck, protection, and spirit work in Celtic lore, carried against danger, and burned to call rain and commune with the dead.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea in Scottish and northern European practice for coughs, nervous tension, sleeplessness, and urinary complaints.
Magical uses: Used for prophetic dreams, invisibility from enemies, and protection against thieves, and placed under the pillow for true visions in old herbals.
Apothecary: Historically used in folk practice for warts and throat complaints, but it is no longer used by herbalists.
Caution: Contains liver damaging alkaloids in all parts. Never ingest, and keep use to dried flowers in sealed charms only, if at all.
Magical uses: A baneful herb of Saturn and the underworld in old grimoires, tied to the death of Socrates and used symbolically in banishing and cursing lore.
Apothecary: Historically applied by physicians of past centuries in minute external doses for pain and spasm, a practice long abandoned for its danger.
Caution: One of the deadliest plants in Europe and North America. Never ingest any part, and learn to tell it apart from harmless lookalikes such as wild carrot.
Magical uses: A witches' herb of the flying ointment tradition, used in lore for weather magic, spirit journeying, and love divination.
Apothecary: Historically used only by physicians in controlled doses as a sedative and pain remedy, and it is not a home remedy herb.
Caution: Highly poisonous in all parts, especially the seeds. Never ingest or prepare at home.
Magical uses: Used in love and lust workings, in divination, and as an offering in rites honoring beauty and desire.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tart red tea in many cultures as a cooling drink for hot weather, thirst, and blood pressure support.
Caution: May lower blood pressure and blood sugar, and medicinal amounts are avoided in pregnancy.
Magical uses: The root is one of the most famous charms in hoodoo, carried whole for power, success, protection, money, and mastery over obstacles.
Apothecary: The root has little apothecary use and is traditionally carried rather than consumed, the plant being a morning glory relative valued for the charm, not the medicine.
Caution: The seeds of this plant are poisonous, and the root is not taken internally in modern practice.
Magical uses: Crushed flowers are used for money drawing, protection of the home, and sharpening psychic abilities and sweet dreams.
Apothecary: Traditionally the flowers are brewed as a tea in Chinese practice for fevers, colds, and sore throats, and used in skin washes.
Caution: The berries are mildly poisonous and are not eaten. Use the flowers only, and avoid in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used in sleep and healing workings, sewn into dream pillows, and burned for calm, protection, and prophetic rest.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and used in sleep pillows for insomnia, anxiety, and digestive spasm.
Caution: Strongly sedative, and traditionally avoided by those with depression and alongside sedative medication.
Magical uses: Used for protection, exorcism, mental clarity, and honoring Horus, and burned to cleanse a space of hostile magic.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a bitter tea and made into cough syrups and candies for coughs, colds, and chest congestion.
Magical uses: The conkers are carried in folk tradition for luck, money, and relief of aches, and kept in the home against rheumatism.
Apothecary: Traditionally prepared only as standardized extracts and gels for varicose veins and heavy, aching legs.
Caution: Raw nuts, bark, and leaves are poisonous. Never eat conkers or prepare this plant at home.
Magical uses: Used in workings for endurance, boundaries, and protection, and the stems were carried by travelers and used to make whistles in old lore.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for urinary support and as a mineral rich tonic for hair, skin, and nails.
Caution: A mild diuretic not used long term without breaks, and it is avoided in pregnancy and with certain heart and kidney conditions.
Magical uses: One of the great purification herbs of scripture and ritual, sprinkled as holy water and burned to cleanse people, altars, and homes.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for coughs, colds, congestion, and digestive upset, and used in gargles.
Caution: The essential oil can provoke seizures and is never taken internally. Avoid medicinal use in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Carried and placed under rugs in folk practice to draw money, luck, and good customers to a home or business.
Apothecary: Traditionally simmered into a soothing jelly and drink for coughs, chest complaints, and delicate digestion, and used to thicken foods.
Magical uses: Sacred to Bacchus and used for fidelity, protection, and celebration, woven into bridal wreaths and hung where women were guarded in old lore.
Apothecary: Traditionally used only in standardized leaf extracts for coughs in European practice, and the fresh plant itself is not a home remedy.
Caution: The berries and leaves are poisonous and the sap can irritate skin. Never ingest the garden plant.
Magical uses: The flowers are used in love, dream, and moon workings, burned for prophetic sleep, wealth, and purity of intention.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a fragrant tea for calm, low spirits, and tension, and the oil used in massage for the skin.
Caution: True jasmine is gentle, but some plants sold as jasmine are toxic lookalikes, so correct identification matters.
Magical uses: The hard seeds are carried for luck, protection, and wish making, traditionally used in sevens for employment charms and healing wishes.
Apothecary: Traditionally simmered in teas and porridges in Chinese practice for swelling, digestive weakness, and skin complaints.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy in traditional practice.
Magical uses: The berries and branches are burned and hung for protection against evil, sickness, and thieves, and used in cleansing and exorcism rites.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed in small amounts as a tea for urinary complaints and digestive sluggishness, and the oil used in rubs for aches.
Caution: Strongly diuretic and stimulating to the kidneys and womb. Avoid in pregnancy and kidney disease, and use only briefly.
Magical uses: Prepared as a ceremonial drink in Pacific tradition for peace making, communion with ancestors, and sacred social rites.
Apothecary: Traditionally prepared as a water based drink for anxiety, tension, and sleeplessness.
Caution: Can strain the liver and interacts with alcohol and sedatives. Use only reputable preparations, never with alcohol, and avoid in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used in sea magic for protection on journeys, prosperity, and calling the power of the ocean, and carried by sailors in folk tradition.
Apothecary: Traditionally eaten and powdered as a mineral rich food for thyroid support and general nourishment.
Caution: Very high in iodine, so it is used in modest amounts and avoided with thyroid disorders unless guided by a practitioner.
Magical uses: The dew gathered from its leaves was prized by alchemists, and the plant is used in workings for feminine strength, protection, and love.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for heavy and painful periods, digestive looseness, and as a mouthwash, and used in sitz baths after childbirth.
Magical uses: Used for love, peace, protection, purification, and restful sleep, burned as incense, scattered in homes, and worn to attract kind attention.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and used as an oil for anxiety, headaches, sleeplessness, and minor burns and bites.
Caution: The essential oil is not taken internally, and medicinal doses are used cautiously in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used in workings for love, healing, success, and relief of sorrow, and carried in sachets to mend a broken heart.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for anxiety, low spirits, sleeplessness, cold sores, and nervous indigestion.
Caution: May interfere with thyroid medication in large amounts, so it is used with care in that case.
Magical uses: Used in purification, love, and sleep workings, added to baths to break bad habits and to draw pleasant dreams.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a fragrant tea for indigestion, nervous tension, and feverish restlessness.
Magical uses: Used in van van and uncrossing traditions to clear obstacles, break bad luck, and open roads, and burned to sharpen psychic awareness.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea in Asian and Caribbean practice for fevers, digestive upset, and nervous tension.
Caution: Medicinal amounts are avoided in pregnancy.
Magical uses: The root is used in love, lust, and domination workings in hoodoo, chewed or carried to draw a lover and strengthen personal power.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a sweet tea and used in syrups for coughs, sore throats, stomach ulcers, and adrenal exhaustion.
Caution: Raises blood pressure and lowers potassium with regular use. Avoid with high blood pressure, in pregnancy, and alongside many heart medicines.
Magical uses: Used in workings for longevity, health, and remembrance, kept in sickrooms, and offered to the dead in Appalachian tradition.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for colds, coughs, and fevers, and chewed as a folk remedy gum.
Magical uses: A sacred tree of love and justice in European lore, used in workings for protection, peace, luck in love, and restful sleep.
Apothecary: Traditionally the blossoms are brewed as a gentle tea for colds, fevers, anxiety, headaches, and sleepless nights.
Magical uses: Used in workings for protection against storms, banishing, and breaking addictions and bad habits in Native American and folk practice.
Apothecary: Traditionally used by Native American and Eclectic practitioners in tiny doses as a tincture for asthma and spasms, earning it the name pukeweed.
Caution: Poisonous in overdose, causing violent vomiting and worse. Never use without expert supervision, and avoid entirely in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used in love and bath workings, added to the bathwater before meeting a lover, and carried for attraction and confidence.
Apothecary: Traditionally the root and leaf are brewed as a tea for water retention, indigestion, and urinary complaints.
Caution: Strongly diuretic and avoided in pregnancy and kidney disease, and the sap can sensitize skin to sunlight.
Magical uses: Used in workings for healing of the chest and breath, protection of travelers, and blessing of the home.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for coughs, bronchitis, and chest complaints, following the doctrine of signatures from its spotted leaves.
Caution: Contains trace alkaloids, so it is used briefly and in small amounts, and avoided in pregnancy.
Magical uses: The forked root is one of the most storied charms in witchcraft, kept whole for protection, money, fertility, and power, and famed in harvest rituals of old herbals.
Apothecary: Historically used only by physicians of past centuries as a narcotic pain remedy and sedative, and it is not a home remedy herb.
Caution: Poisonous in all parts, especially the root and leaves. Never ingest. Note that American mandrake, or mayapple, is a different plant and equally toxic.
Magical uses: Used in love, protection, and happiness workings, added to food shared with a beloved, and scattered to ward off grief and cold hearts.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for indigestion, headaches, nervous tension, and sleeplessness, and infused in oil for aches.
Caution: Medicinal amounts are avoided in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used in workings for love, protection, and spirit work, placed on altars and graves, and burned to draw benevolent spirits near.
Apothecary: Traditionally the root is brewed as a soothing tea and syrup for coughs, sore throats, and irritated digestion and urinary passages, and made into poultices for inflamed skin.
Magical uses: Sacred to the Druids and used in love, peace, and midsummer workings, strewn at weddings and burned to calm a troubled household.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for fevers, headaches, joint aches, and acid indigestion, and known as the herb from which aspirin chemistry was learned.
Caution: Contains aspirin like compounds, so it is avoided by anyone allergic to aspirin, by children with fevers, and alongside blood thinning medication.
Magical uses: Used in workings for protection of health, strength, and breaking bad habits, and carried for vitality.
Apothecary: Traditionally the seed is ground and taken as a tea or extract as the classic liver protective tonic, used after rich living and for liver complaints.
Caution: People allergic to the daisy family may react, and it can interact with some medicines processed by the liver.
Magical uses: Used for prosperity, healing, protection, and clear communication, rubbed on wallets for money and placed in the home for fresh energy.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for indigestion, gas, nausea, headaches, and colds, with peppermint the strongest of the family for these uses.
Caution: Peppermint can worsen reflux in some people, and peppermint oil is never given to infants near the face.
Magical uses: Sacred to the Druids and cut with ceremony at midwinter, it is used for protection, fertility, love, and peace making, and hung to ward off fire and lightning.
Apothecary: Historically used in minute physician prepared doses for blood pressure and nervous complaints, and it is not a home remedy herb.
Caution: The berries and leaves are poisonous. Never ingest or make tea from it, and keep it from children and pets.
Magical uses: Used for protection of mothers and children, courage, and calm strength, and placed in the home to guard against hostile spirits.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a bitter tea and tincture for anxiety, racing heart from nerves, and late or painful periods, as its name and folk use suggest.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy, as it can move the womb, and use care alongside heart and sedative medication.
Magical uses: The classic dream and divination herb, burned and placed in dream pillows for vivid and prophetic dreams, used for protection on journeys, and sacred to Artemis and the moon.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a bitter tea for sluggish digestion and delayed periods, and burned as moxa in Chinese practice to warm and move the body.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy, as it can move the womb, and those allergic to the daisy family may react to it.
Magical uses: Known as hag's taper, the dried stalks were dipped in tallow for torches, and the leaf is used for protection, courage, and warding off wild beasts and evil.
Apothecary: Traditionally the leaf is brewed as a tea for coughs and chest congestion, the flowers infused in oil for earache, and the leaf used in poultices.
Caution: Strain leaf teas well through cloth, as the fine hairs can irritate the throat.
Magical uses: Burned for purification, consecration, protection, and healing, offered in temples since ancient Egypt, and used to deepen meditation and honor the dead.
Apothecary: Traditionally used as a mouthwash and tincture for sore gums, mouth ulcers, and throat complaints, and applied to wounds and skin.
Caution: Avoid medicinal doses in pregnancy, and use care alongside blood sugar and blood thinning medication.
Magical uses: Sacred to Venus and used in love, fidelity, fertility, and peace workings, worn by brides and carried to keep love young and faithful.
Apothecary: Traditionally the leaves are brewed as a tea in Mediterranean practice for coughs and urinary complaints, and used in skin washes.
Caution: The essential oil is strong and not taken internally, and medicinal amounts are avoided in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Carried and planted for protection, joy, courage, and keeping illness and negativity away from the home.
Apothecary: Traditionally eaten fresh or infused for colds and urinary complaints, valued as a peppery green rich in vitamin C.
Magical uses: Used for protection, banishing, curse breaking, courage, and driving away unwanted spirits and people.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a nourishing spring tea or cooked as greens for weakness, joint aches, and general tonic use.
Magical uses: The black seeds are used for protection against negativity, good fortune, healing, and calming troubled dreams.
Apothecary: Traditionally taken in food, teas, and oils for digestion, coughs, and general vitality in Middle Eastern and South Asian practice.
Magical uses: A baneful herb of old lore, used in flying ointment traditions, spirit work, and dark protective magic.
Apothecary: Historically used only by skilled practitioners in minute prepared doses for pain and spasms, and never suited to home use.
Caution: Deadly poisonous in all parts. Never ingest, and never attempt to prepare it at home.
Magical uses: Carried for prosperity, luck, money drawing, and fidelity in love.
Apothecary: Traditionally grated into warm milk or teas in small amounts for digestion, nausea, and sleeplessness.
Caution: Toxic in large doses and can cause delirium; use only in small culinary amounts.
Magical uses: A tree of strength, protection, longevity, luck, and blessing, sacred to storm and thunder gods in old lore.
Apothecary: The bark was traditionally decocted as an astringent wash or gargle for sore throats, wounds, and diarrhea.
Magical uses: Used in money drawing, luck, sensuality, and grounding earth magic, and to fix scent in magical powders.
Apothecary: Traditionally used in perfumery and in old cough preparations rather than as a common home remedy.
Caution: Can irritate skin and cause allergic reactions; test on a small area of skin first.
Magical uses: Used for prosperity, money, grounding, and fertility.
Apothecary: Oatstraw was traditionally infused as a tea to nourish the nerves, and oatmeal used in baths and poultices for itchy, irritated skin.
Magical uses: A baneful plant of protection and warding, surrounded by lore of forbidden love and death.
Apothecary: Historically used in minute doses for heart conditions by physicians of old, and far too dangerous for home herbalism.
Caution: Extremely poisonous in all parts. Never ingest it or burn it, and keep it away from children and animals.
Magical uses: A symbol and working herb of peace, wisdom, healing, fertility, protection, and sacred blessing.
Apothecary: The oil was traditionally used to soften skin and ease earaches and eaten as a heart supporting food, and the leaves brewed for fevers.
Magical uses: Used for protection, banishing negativity, driving out evil, prosperity, and prophetic dreams.
Apothecary: Traditionally eaten and made into syrups and poultices for coughs, colds, and drawing out minor infections.
Magical uses: Used for joy, prosperity, love, and luck, with the blossoms used in wedding magic and divination.
Apothecary: The peel was traditionally dried and brewed for digestion and appetite, and the fruit eaten for colds and to prevent scurvy.
Magical uses: Used for protection, joy, love, and keeping trouble and interfering people at a distance.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for coughs, digestion, and menstrual cramps, and the diluted oil rubbed on aching joints.
Magical uses: Used for protection, prosperity, and breaking bad habits.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally tinctured as a bitter remedy for liver support, skin eruptions, and infections.
Magical uses: A classic love drawing root, used for attraction, protection, and divination, and to hold scent in powders.
Apothecary: Traditionally used in perfumery and tooth powders, and in small old preparations for coughs.
Caution: Can cause nausea and skin irritation; best kept to external and perfume use.
Magical uses: A mountain root of protection and purification, used to ward off illness and negative influence.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally chewed or tinctured for coughs, colds, and sore throats in Southwestern tradition.
Magical uses: Used for protection, purification, and lust, and linked in old lore to funerals and communing with the dead.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed for urinary complaints and water retention, and eaten as a nutritive green.
Caution: Avoid strong medicinal doses in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used for calming, peace in the home, friendship, and restful sleep.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea or tinctured for anxiety, tension, and insomnia.
Magical uses: Used for money drawing, prosperity, love, lust, and grounding in earth energy.
Apothecary: Traditionally used in Asia in washes and teas for skin troubles, headaches, and digestive upset, and as an insect repellent.
Magical uses: Used for protection, strength, banishing, and warding off the evil eye.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed in folk practice for colds and to bring on delayed menstruation.
Caution: Highly toxic, especially the oil, and can cause fatal poisoning and abortion. Never ingest it and never use it in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used for protection against storms and evil spirits, blessing, and guarding against nightmares.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally used in European and Chinese practice for cramps, spasms, and menstrual pain.
Magical uses: Used for protection, banishing, and breaking curses and hexes.
Apothecary: Traditionally ground into food and teas to warm digestion, ease congestion, and stimulate circulation.
Magical uses: Used for healing, purification, prosperity, love, and clear divination.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for indigestion, nausea, headaches, and colds.
Magical uses: Used for love, protection, prosperity, memory, and guarding against harmful spirits.
Apothecary: Traditionally used as an astringent tea for diarrhea and bleeding in old European practice.
Caution: Contains potent alkaloids and can be toxic in quantity; avoid in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used for purification, protection, prosperity, healing, and banishing negativity.
Apothecary: The needles and resin were traditionally brewed or steamed for coughs and congestion, and the resin worked into salves for wounds.
Magical uses: Used for protection, healing, strength, and drawing out venom in old lore.
Apothecary: The leaves were traditionally crushed as a poultice for bites, stings, and cuts, and brewed as a tea for coughs.
Magical uses: Used for breaking hexes, banishing, courage, and uncrossing work.
Apothecary: Traditionally used in tiny prepared doses by experienced practitioners for lymphatic and rheumatic complaints.
Caution: Poisonous, especially the root and berries, and can cause violent vomiting and worse. Never use it at home.
Magical uses: Used for protection, prosperity, endurance, and astral travel in old lore.
Apothecary: The buds were traditionally infused in oil as balm of Gilead, a salve for wounds, aches, and hemorrhoids.
Magical uses: Used for sleep, dreams, fertility, prosperity, and remembrance of the dead.
Apothecary: The seeds were traditionally eaten for calm and nourishment, and the petals brewed mildly for coughs and restlessness.
Caution: The latex of the opium poppy is a controlled narcotic; only the seeds and petals belong in home practice.
Magical uses: Used in charms for protection of the home, love, and recovering lost things.
Apothecary: The seed oil was traditionally taken for skin conditions and hormonal complaints, and the plant used in older practice for coughs.
Magical uses: Used for protection and grounding, and in folk practice to absorb negativity.
Apothecary: The seeds and husks were traditionally stirred into water as a gentle bulk remedy for constipation and loose stools alike.
Magical uses: Used for protection against nightmares and evil, happiness, and cooling anger.
Apothecary: Traditionally eaten fresh as a nutritive green for inflammation and used as a poultice for burns and bites.
Magical uses: Used for protection and for breaking addictions and bad habits.
Apothecary: The wood was traditionally infused as an intensely bitter tonic for digestion, fevers, and intestinal parasites.
Magical uses: Used for divination, protection, and fertility lore, with the seeds carried in old charms.
Apothecary: The seeds were traditionally used for urinary complaints and as a folk contraceptive in some regions.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy, and never confuse it with poison hemlock, a similar looking plant that can kill.
Magical uses: Used for love, fidelity, happiness, and protection, and sacred to Venus in old lore.
Apothecary: The fruit was traditionally cooked into syrups and jellies for coughs, sore throats, and digestive upset.
Magical uses: Used for love and protection, and in folk blessings to ease the pains of labor.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea in pregnancy tradition to tone the womb, and also used for diarrhea and mouth sores.
Magical uses: Used for prosperity, luck, love, fidelity, and protection from evil.
Apothecary: The blossoms were traditionally brewed as a tea for coughs and skin conditions, and valued as a gentle cleansing tonic.
Magical uses: Used for protection, fidelity, and guarding the home.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally used as a strong remedy for constipation and sluggish digestion.
Caution: The leaves are poisonous and must never be eaten.
Magical uses: Used for love, healing, protection, divination, and blessing.
Apothecary: The petals and hips were traditionally brewed for colds and sore throats, made into waters for skin and eyes, and cooked into gentle syrups.
Magical uses: Used for remembrance, protection, purification, mental clarity, and love.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed for digestion, headaches, and circulation, and infused into oils and rinses for the hair and scalp.
Magical uses: A tree of powerful protection against enchantment and evil, psychic defense, and blessing.
Apothecary: The berries were traditionally cooked into jellies and syrups for sore throats and coughs, and not eaten raw in quantity.
Magical uses: Used for protection, hex breaking, exorcism, and warding off the evil eye.
Apothecary: Traditionally used in small doses for cramps and coughs in old European practice.
Caution: Can cause abortion and severe reactions. Never use in pregnancy, and the fresh plant can blister skin in sunlight.
Magical uses: Used for wisdom, purification, protection, longevity, and granting wishes.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea or gargle for sore throats and mouth ulcers, and used to ease sweating and digestive upset.
Magical uses: Used for clarity in divination, calm, protection, and easing troubled minds.
Apothecary: Traditionally used in teas and aromatherapy for tension, menstrual cramps, and low mood.
Magical uses: Used for protection against evil and melancholy, midsummer blessing, and divination.
Apothecary: Traditionally infused in oil for burns and nerve pain, and brewed or tinctured for low mood and anxiety.
Caution: Interacts with many medicines and increases sensitivity to sunlight; check with a clinician before internal use.
Magical uses: Used for protection, healing, spirituality, and blessing, and sacred in temple rites.
Apothecary: Traditionally powdered into pastes for skin inflammation and used in Ayurvedic practice for urinary complaints.
Magical uses: Used for love, prosperity, and vitality in folk practice.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally decocted as a tonic for skin conditions and rheumatism, and valued as a cleansing remedy.
Magical uses: Used for prosperity, protection, and health in Southern folk tradition.
Apothecary: The root bark was traditionally brewed as a spring tonic tea for the skin in folk practice.
Caution: Its safrole oil is carcinogenic and the oil is restricted; internal use is not recommended.
Magical uses: Used for love, desire, mental clarity, and protection.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed for digestion, coughs, and colic, and rubbed on bee stings.
Magical uses: Used for healing, protection, and blessing the sick.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea and used as a poultice for wounds, sore throats, and fevers, and held in high esteem as a remedy for many complaints.
Magical uses: Used for cleansing and release, and in some folk traditions for love.
Apothecary: The leaves and pods were traditionally brewed as a strong laxative for constipation.
Caution: Causes cramping and griping and is not suited to long term use or to children.
Magical uses: Used for prosperity, opening the way to wealth, desire, and unlocking hidden treasure in old lore.
Apothecary: The seeds and oil were traditionally eaten for strength, used to nourish skin and hair, and taken as a mild laxative food.
Magical uses: Used in modest folk charms for protection and prosperity.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed or tinctured to help stop bleeding, including after childbirth, in midwifery tradition.
Magical uses: Used for calming, fidelity, peace, and protection from nightmares.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea or tinctured for anxiety, tension, and sleeplessness.
Magical uses: Used for protection, healing, and putting a stop to gossip.
Apothecary: The inner bark was traditionally stirred into water as a soothing drink for sore throats, coughs, and irritated digestion, and used in poultices.
Magical uses: Used for protection, exorcism, wisdom, and the binding of oaths.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally poulticed for bruises and injuries and brewed for lung complaints in old practice.
Magical uses: Used for healing, protection, and cooling fevers in old lore.
Apothecary: The leaves were traditionally eaten and brewed to prevent scurvy, and for fevers and urinary complaints.
Caution: High in oxalic acid; avoid large amounts if you have kidney problems.
Magical uses: Used for healing, love, mental clarity, and prosperity.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a gentle tea for digestion, nausea, and colds, mild enough for children in folk practice.
Magical uses: Used for anointing, blessing, love, and deep spiritual devotion.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally used in Ayurvedic practice for calming, sleep, and skin preparations.
Magical uses: Used for protection, luck, divination, and warding off the evil eye.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea for digestion, colic, and coughs, and used to flavor cough remedies.
Magical uses: Used for love, luck, and gentle prosperity.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a mild astringent tea for diarrhea and as a nutritive tonic in pregnancy folk tradition.
Magical uses: Used for solar blessing, truth, loyalty, prosperity, and wishes.
Apothecary: The seeds were traditionally eaten for strength, and the petals and seeds used in old remedies for coughs and fevers.
Magical uses: Used for purification and blessing and to call in good spirits, and sacred in Indigenous North American ceremony.
Apothecary: Traditionally burned as incense for ceremony and brewed mildly in some traditions for coughs and sore throats.
Magical uses: Used for protection, longevity, and warding off insects and evil.
Apothecary: Traditionally used for intestinal worms and to bring on menstruation in old practice.
Caution: Toxic and can cause abortion and seizures. Never ingest it and never use it in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used for protection, calming conflict, and courage in dragon lore.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed for digestion, toothache, and sleeplessness.
Magical uses: Used for purification, protection, and cleansing spaces of illness.
Apothecary: The oil was traditionally applied diluted to the skin for fungal infections, spots, and bites, and inhaled for congestion.
Caution: Never ingest the oil. It is for external use only, diluted before applying to skin.
Magical uses: Used for protection, purification, and breaking hexes.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a bitter tonic for digestion and fevers, and to promote milk in nursing tradition.
Magical uses: Used for protection and strength, and to ward off melancholy in old lore.
Apothecary: The seeds were traditionally ground or tinctured for liver complaints and as a tonic after rich food and drink.
Magical uses: Used for protection, exorcism, and consecration, from the arborvitae, the tree of life.
Apothecary: Traditionally used in minute prepared doses and external preparations for warts and rheumatism by trained practitioners.
Caution: The oil is poisonous and can cause seizures and abortion. Never ingest it.
Magical uses: Used for courage, purification, healing, and attracting good spirits.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as a tea or syrup for coughs, colds, and digestion, and used as an antiseptic wash.
Magical uses: Used as an offering to spirits and ancestors, and for protection, divination, and blessing in Indigenous American tradition.
Apothecary: Traditionally used ceremonially, and in old folk practice the leaves were poulticed for stings and bites.
Caution: Poisonous and addictive, and nicotine can be absorbed through the skin. It is not a home remedy.
Magical uses: Used for love drawing, luck, money, and granting wishes in Hoodoo tradition.
Apothecary: Traditionally used mainly to scent preparations rather than as a medicine, valued for its sweet fragrance.
Caution: Contains coumarin and is banned as a food ingredient in the United States. Do not ingest.
Magical uses: Used for protection and to stop bleeding in old lore.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally decocted as a strong astringent for diarrhea and used as a gargle for sore mouths.
Magical uses: Used for purification, protection, prosperity, and blessing in South Asian rites.
Apothecary: Traditionally stirred into warm milk and worked into pastes for inflammation, digestion, and skin conditions in Ayurvedic practice.
Magical uses: Used for protection, psychic strength, and grounding.
Apothecary: The leaves were traditionally brewed for urinary tract complaints in European folk practice.
Caution: Not for long term use, pregnancy, or children, and it can upset the stomach.
Magical uses: Used for protection, calming, love, restful sleep, and settling quarrels.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally brewed or tinctured for insomnia, anxiety, and nervous tension.
Magical uses: Used for love, desire, comfort, and restoring energy.
Apothecary: Traditionally used to flavor medicines and taken in small amounts for calming the stomach and lifting the mood in folk practice.
Magical uses: A sacred herb of protection, divination, love, and purification, honored by the druids of old.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed for fevers, headaches, and low mood, and as a gentle tonic for the nerves.
Magical uses: Used for grounding, protection, love, and breaking hexes in Hoodoo tradition.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally used in Ayurvedic practice in cooling drinks and pastes for fevers, skin, and calming heat.
Magical uses: Used for love, protection, modesty, and healing of the heart.
Apothecary: The leaves and flowers were traditionally brewed and made into syrups for coughs, and poulticed for skin and swellings.
Magical uses: Used in chastity lore, protection, and blessing for women's cycles in old monastic tradition.
Apothecary: The berries were traditionally taken for menstrual and hormonal complaints and to support nursing in folk practice.
Caution: Can interact with hormonal medicines and birth control; check before use.
Magical uses: Used for prosperity, fertility, mental clarity, protection, and granting wishes.
Apothecary: The leaves and hulls were traditionally used as astringent washes for the skin, and the nuts eaten for strength.
Magical uses: Used for love, divination, and healing in folk tradition.
Apothecary: The bark was traditionally made into syrups for coughs and bronchial complaints.
Caution: Contains trace cyanide compounds; use only properly prepared remedies and avoid in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used for protection, sleep, dreams, and calming visions.
Apothecary: Traditionally tinctured as a sedative for pain, coughs, and restlessness.
Caution: Strongly sedating and can cause dizziness and nausea; never combine with sedatives and avoid in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used for healing, moon magic, divination, protection, easing grief, and binding.
Apothecary: The bark was traditionally brewed for pain, fever, and inflammation, and is the forerunner of aspirin.
Magical uses: Used for protection, healing, and breaking hexes.
Apothecary: The leaves were traditionally brewed mildly for aches, and the oil used in liniments for muscle pain.
Caution: The concentrated oil is highly poisonous, especially to children. Never ingest the oil.
Magical uses: Used for protection and healing, and its forked branches were used for dowsing.
Apothecary: The bark and leaves were traditionally distilled into a wash for skin irritation, bruises, and hemorrhoids.
Magical uses: A baneful herb of protection and shapeshifting lore, and in old tales a guard against werewolves and spirits.
Apothecary: Used historically only in minute doses prepared by physicians for pain and fever, and in flying ointment lore.
Caution: One of the deadliest poisons known. Never ingest it, and even skin contact with the fresh plant is dangerous.
Magical uses: Used for protection, victory, and prosperity, and in spring blessing traditions such as May wine.
Apothecary: Traditionally infused in wine and teas for digestion, headaches, and restlessness.
Caution: Contains coumarin; avoid large or prolonged use and avoid in pregnancy.
Magical uses: Used for protection, banishing, divination, psychic work, and calling spirits.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed as an intensely bitter remedy for digestion and intestinal worms, and used to flavor absinthe.
Caution: Contains thujone. Never use in pregnancy, and avoid prolonged or heavy use.
Magical uses: Used for protection, divination, courage, love, and stopping bleeding in battle lore.
Apothecary: Traditionally brewed for fevers and colds and poulticed to staunch wounds.
Caution: Avoid in pregnancy, and it can make skin sensitive to sunlight in some people.
Magical uses: Used for prosperity, money drawing, and clearing away obstacles.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally decocted as a cleansing tonic for skin conditions and sluggish digestion, with a mild laxative effect.
Magical uses: Used for protection, healing, and blessing in the American Southwest.
Apothecary: The leaves were traditionally brewed in folk practice for coughs, asthma, and congestion.
Magical uses: A tree of death and rebirth, protection of graveyards, and communing with ancestors.
Apothecary: Almost never used in home herbalism; a modern cancer medicine was derived from its bark by pharmaceutical science.
Caution: Deadly poisonous in its needles, bark, and seed. Never ingest any part.
Magical uses: Used for love, desire, calming, and easing fear and anger.
Apothecary: The flowers were traditionally used in aromatherapy and balms for calming the nerves, easing tension, and skin care in Southeast Asian practice.
Magical uses: Used for protection and purification in Southwestern folk practice.
Apothecary: The root was traditionally used in preparations for joint aches and as a soaplike wash for hair and skin.
Magical uses: Used for protection, purification, and dispelling negativity in South Asian tradition.
Apothecary: The rhizome was traditionally powdered for digestion and colic and used as a bitter tonic in Ayurvedic practice, related to turmeric.
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