Mandragora officinarum, other names, Cibet Hill Dragon-Doll, Demon's Apple, Circe's Herb, Hanged Man's Flower, Glorymander, Devil's Herb.
Mandrake is part of the Solanaceae family, along with henbane and belladonna. She has a great magical reputation in the world of witches. And in magic owning a mandrake is owning the joker of magic plants.
The Mandrake is a perennial plant with a long branched root that can have a "human" form. This root is topped by a rosette of large pleated leaves with irregular margins and flowers pale mauve, up to 30 cm high; flowers which give way to round, yellow fruits, the smell of pineapple.
Mandrake is used to treat spasms, asthma, whooping cough, hay fever, painful liver and gastric ulcer attacks, and painful periods.
For all this you can take 15 to 30 drops of root alcohol. Against asthma and cough you can also take it in homeopathic form.
In ancient medicine, Mandrake leaves boiled in milk were applied to heal ulcers.
Applied in poultices, it would relieve rheumatism and arthritis; moreover, it has entered into the composition of homeopathic medicines traditionally used in the symptomatic treatment of painful manifestations of rheumatic origin.
Please note: the notes on the phytotherapeutic use of plants are purely indicative and do not replace consultation with a doctor. Absolutely avoid self-medication. If you are sick, go see a doctor, only he can make a diagnosis and prescribe the best treatment.
• Deities: Hecate, Hathor
The mandrake is one of the most mysterious plants and also one of the most important in magic. It was appreciated a long time ago by alchemists.
But currently it is especially in magic that it is most useful, for its multiple extraordinary powers...
The Mandrake is the plant of the witches par excellence, because it is considered to be the one that allowed them to fly until the Sabbath (in fact the witches coated themselves with an ointment made from Mandrake and/or other nightshades such as Datura or Belladonna which have powerful hallucinogenic powers, and which made them feel like "flying").
A whole root of Mandrake placed on the chimney in the house, will bring to this one protection, fertility and prosperity.
The Mandrake is also suspended above the headboard to protect the one who sleeps there during his sleep, it is carried on oneself to attract love, and to protect oneself against illness.
Where there is a Mandrake, demons cannot dwell there, so the root is used to exorcisms.
To "activate" the powers of a dried Mandrake root, place it in an elevated place in the house and leave it somewhere where it does not will not be disturbed for 3 days. Then put it in hot water where you will leave it overnight. After that the root is activated and can be used in any magical practice.
The water in which the root has bathed can be sprinkled on the doors and windows of the house to protect it from any evil or evil spell, or on people to purify them. Above all, do not drink this water, you will poison yourself.
Silver placed next to a Mandrake root (especially silver coins) is said to be doubled.
The Mandrake has also long served as a magic doll, but its great rarityand its high cost often force mages and witches to use substitutes (bryony root, ash, apples, etc.).
Mandrake oil is used to purify and anoint candles in ritual practices.
It's used as a stimulant of courage, love and personal power.
The Mandrake has powerful aphrodisiac properties and the pulp of its berries was one of the ingredients that went into making love potions.
Mandrake incense is used to promote the appearance of spirits.
Due to the captivating smell of its berries, it can be used in the production of magical perfumes for your rituals.
If you slip a Mandrake root in human form under a woman's pillow, it causes her to conceive.
If you carry a Mandrake root in the shape of a woman in your pocket, it could help attract the love of your soul mate.
Mandrake root can be used as a powerful good luck and lucky amulet.
This wonderful plant has in it the virtues of a powerful aphrodisiac, and the reputation of treating sterility. This is because of the shape of its roots, which strangely resemble a human body with genitalia, sometimes male, sometimes female.
Sometimes the whole mandrake seemed human, and some alchemists even managed to give it an animal life...
Moreover in mythology it is claimed that it grew in the shade of the tree of life. But nowadays it is easily found in the uncultivated and gloomy places of all southern Europe...
How to Pick Mandrake So It Doesn't Lose Its Magical Powers
To find a mandrake you must first have a very good book of medicinal plants, in order to recognize its image, or cultivate it yourself to avoid any error.
Then once the mandrake has been spotted, we will wait until nightfall to pick it, we will always put our backs to the wind and we will draw a small magic circle around it, before tearing off the leaves with the root...Then do not wash it with fresh water, suggestion of Hildegarde from Bingen.
Use of Mandrake in incense
Mandrake incense will be mainly used for all magic incantations, or evocations of spirits. Because it has the ability to make them appear at night in its smoke.
To use it as incense, cut the root into pieces and put it to dry in the sun.
Then it will be very easy for you to burn it on small incandescent charcoal pellets.
Its incense is also used to temporarily acquire very powerful magical powers.
To do this, simply place a few small pieces of its root in incense on a charcoal pellet, in the middle of a small saucer.
Then bathe your completely naked body in its smoke. This will temporarily increase the energy of your chakras and transform you for an hour into a powerful witch...
Use of Mandrake root for a love potion
A previously purified jar
To acquire the love of a person, we will prepare the potion in the following way:
Place a few pieces of fresh mandrake root in the jar.
Squeeze some of your blood over the root pieces.
Add a section of your hair.
Cover everything with the same amount of sugar.
Place this jar for three months in a place away from light.
Then you will filter this precious liquid through a strainer.
It will be enough to pour three drops of this powerful magic potion into a glass of red wine or champagne, accompanied by a good dinner.
A few minutes later, the potion will trigger love in the desired person...
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