#healingherbs

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~ @cookiesofdeceit

the dried mint was the first thing i have added to my little apothecary and i’m very happy with it.

i gifted 3 pots to family and have kept the rest!

Named after the Water Nymph, Minthe which was super exciting when i moved in as i felt much closer to my Gods almost like a sign!!

Magical properties of mint:

communication and power to your own voice

wealth

love

luck

cleansing and protection

Medicinal Properties of Mint:

anti-inflammatory

helps with digestive health

soothes common cold symptoms

reduces allergy symptoms

boosts immune system

making my go to eucalyptus hydrosol, blessed full of healing & protection. ⁣

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eucalyptus has healing & protective energy, good for the upper respiratory & sinuses. if you’re sleeping in a sick bed, hanging some over the headboard is good stuff. ⁣

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elderberries ward off attackers of all kinds! keeping evil from your home as well as your self. aside from that the healing properties are so potent. it’ll break your fever & loosen up your chest cough.⁣

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Snake Plant - Purifies the air and releases night time oxygen. Perfect for your bedroom!

Basil - This annual plant is perfect for protection, love and luck.

Lavender - It’s scent will help calm your emotions and boost your psychic abilities.

Thyme - This herb is perfect for purification and protection. It also has antiseptic properties.

Mint - Very helpful for when you suffer from a stuffy nose. Also helps boost your energy.

Aloe Vera - It’s antibacterial, antioxidant, and moisturizing. It also helps accelerate healing.

Birch- new beginnings and strength

Ginger - adventure, new experiences, confidence, prosperity, and success

Jasmine - promotes new ideas, attracts love and wealth

Pine - new beginnings, prosperity, success, strength, and growth

Balsam Fir - insight, progress against goals, and bringing about change

Peppermint - provides the push needed to bring change to one’s life

Pumpkins

ATTRIBUTES: protection, divination, love, beauty, fertility, growth, prosperity, abundance

USING IT: amp up a hollowed out pumpkin’s potent protective properties by burning protective herbs inside it instead of a plain candle. Or try a beauty spell by making a face mask of honey and exfoliating pumpkin pulp

Lemons

ATTRIBUTES: cleansing and clarity, mood booster, freshness, protection, happiness, love

USE IT: brew up some lemonade or a healing hot toddy in the kitchen, or try dried lemon zest or peels for jar or sachet spells

Fennel: 

ATTRIBUTES: courage, strength, healing, love, fertility, longevity, divination, confidence

USE IT: hang bunches of greens in doorways on Midsummer to provide protection against malicious energies

Rue

ATTRIBUTES: binding, friendship, cleansing, hex-breaking, protection, money-drawing

USE IT: can be burnt or bathed in to break a hex. But beware, the herb does not burn very well and irritates the skin (use caution), it will take will power and determination to use 

Yarrow

ATTRIBUTES: protection, divination, healing, love, beauty, focus, love

USE IT: used to cleanse and staunch wounds. It can be added to a hot bath to relieve colds and fevers. Or burned with mugwort for a powerful divination aid

Sunflower: 

ATTRIBUTES: self-confidence, money-drawing, happiness, positivity, self-love, wealth, luck, fertility

USE IT: dispel your depression, take a symbolic soak in the bath with sunflower petals, let all the bad vibes get sucked down the drain

Ginger

ATTRIBUTES: passion and sex, money and luck, love, healing, energy

USE IT: carve a want into a ginger root and plant it. Let it grow and nurture it, help achieve that end. For an upset stomach try ginger tea, syrup, or candied ginger

Elderberry

ATTRIBUTES: beauty, protection, purification, healing, abundance

USE IT: flower petals can be scattered in protection circles and it prevents evil from entering when grown around the home

Apple

ATTRIBUTES: knowledge, wisdom, love, beauty, fertility, death

USE IT: grind down with a mortar and pestle to make a natural blush/beauty spell. Petals also make a great confetti for witchy celebrations

Thyme

ATTRIBUTES: money-drawing, protection, love, courage, strength, positivity, healing

USE IT: brew a tea or add to a bath to ai with coughs, chest congestion and cold, but milk will ruin the brew

Catnip

ATTRIBUTES: healing, love, happiness, bonding, courage, dreaming, sleep, beauty

USE IT: give to feline companions to encourage bonding. Brew as a tea, use in a bath to create a mild euphoric feeling but pregnant women should not use it

Rose

ATTRIBUTES: divination, protection, health, beauty, love

USE IT: grind down red rose petals with a mortar to make a natural blush/beauty spell, petals also make a great confetti for witchy celebrations

Oregano

ATTRIBUTES: love, happiness, purification, money-drawing

USE IT: potent kitchen magick, try it in pizza and pasta sauces, use with basil or mint to attract cash

Oak & Acorn

ATTRIBUTES: perseverance, hard work, patience, wisdom, luck, fertility, strength

USE IT: use an acorn or two as a charm for wealth or luck. Let them bathe in moonlight to charge their energies

Parsley

ATTRIBUTES: cleaning and purification, death and rebirth, protection

USE IT: bathing in hot water with parsley and sage permits one to connect and communicate with the dead. 

Lemon Balm

SPELLS FOR: healing, happiness, cleansing, love, sleep

USE IT: brew a tea and sip to calm anxiety or try infusing it in honey. Add it in a hot bath before bed to bring on sleep

Daisy

ATTRIBUTES: happiness, innocence, luck, love

USE IT: use fresh flowers with long stems to weave a chain or crown, wear for luck in love

Lavender

ATTRIBUTES: love, sleep, beauty, happiness, dreaming

USE IT: great for use in baths with salt and rosemary. A natural de-stressor and sleep aid. Relaxes the mind and body to aid in achieving a  trance state infuse in honey for a potent love spell

Dandelion

ATTRIBUTES: luck, hope, wishes, balance, happiness