#herboftheday

[greenwitchcrafts]

Today's herb of the day is Star Anise!

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Jupiter

Element: Air

Magickal uses:

Drink as an infusion with tea or burn as an incense before divination to boost psychic abilities and awareness. Place on your altar to increase the power generated from it, add to a bath with bay leaves for purification, place in a dream pillow to prevent nightmares, carry with you to bring luck in love, health and money matters. Carry in a satchet to ward off the evil eye, hang an anise seed head from your bedpost to restore lost youth, use as an offering to entice spirits to aid in magical operations and anise leaves or anise seeds used in a potpourri will protect a room from evil spirits and intentions. Good for money, luck, protection, psychic power, dream, love, purification, power and purification workings.

Other uses:

Star anise has been used in Asian and Eurasian cooking for many, many years. This age-old spice is not only known as a culinary expert, but is also famous for its medicinal properties like being used to improve heart health, steady blood sugar, ward off bacteria and fungi, aid in sleeping and help fight the flu.

In foods and beverages, star anise is considered a culinary spice; both the seed and oil are used as flavoring.

In manufacturing, the oil is used as a fragrance in soaps, cosmetics, perfumes, and toothpaste, and to mask undesirable odors in drug products.

Deities:

Quan Yin

[greenwitchcrafts]

Today's herb of the day is Sunflower! 🌻

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Sun

Element: Fire

Magickal uses:

Sleep with sunflower in your pillow to reveal truths, add an infusion to your bath for a fertility rituals and attraction, give sunflower oil to someone to sip for them to remain loyal, carry sunflower petals to grant protection, healthy sense of pride and to ward off depression. Plant near the front of your home to bring positive energy and a necklace or crown of dried sunflower heads can be worn–particularly at Litha to bring about fertility. Good for adoration, money, wisdom, truth, protection,depression relief, wish, self-esteem, centering, fertility, happiness, grief and power workings.

Other uses:

Sunflower seeds are typically used to make oil, bird seed and for snacking. They have lots of cal- cium and 11 other important minerals. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil that can used for cooking, massage and facial scrubs.

Deities:

Cernunnos, Apollo and Demeter

[greenwitchcrafts]

Today's herb of the day is Lily!

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Moon

Element: water

WARNING: Lily pollen is extremely toxic to cats and should be handled accordingly.

Magickal uses:

Plant by your house to deter unwanted visitors, carry in a satchet or amulet to break love spells, add an infusion to a ritual bath for fertility, use in other spell workings for additional strength, hang, plant or place lily inside (or out) of your home to drive away negativity, spirits and curses. Use as an incense or burn to aid in contact with deities, angels and spirit guides. Good for fertility, protection, renewal, happiness, breaking spells, divination, marriage and renewal.

Other uses:

Boil the roots or bulbs into a tea, it can treat stomach issues and fevers and can help women during labor. Lilies are also used to treat skin ulcers, inflammation, burns and rashes as well, the roots can be formed into an ointment that aids in preventing the formation of scar tissue. 

Deities:

Juno, Kwan, Venus, Yin and Nepthys

[greenwitchcrafts]

Today's herb of the day is Hydrangea!

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Moon

Element: Water

Magickal uses:

Burn the bark to break hexes placed against you, use for binding spells, grow in your garden or near your home to protect against evil, place in a dream pillow to prevent nightmares or to dream of a new love and carry in a satchet to break hexes, curses or evil spells. Add to floor washes or baths for protection, scatter the petals around your home to act as a protective barrier, burn or carry with you to attract love or give to your partner to wear to promote fidelity. Good for love, hex-breaking, fidelity, binding, protection, dream, intuition, binding and Faeries workings.

Other uses:

DO NOT EAT

The root and rhizome (underground stem) are used to make medicine. Hydrangea is used for urinary tract problems such as infections of the bladder, urethra and prostate; enlarged prostate; and kidney stones. It is also used for hay fever.

Deities:

Faeries

[greenwitchcrafts]

Today's herb of the day is Lemon balm!

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Moon

Element: Water

Magickal uses:

Use in spells, satchets, incense and rituals for healing. Use in success spells, carry with you to ease anxiety and bring balance and calm. Use in tea to help aid in spiritual development, plant lemon balm by your door to keep evil away, hang a bundle of dried lemon balm in your workspace to get past a plateau and achieve a personal or professional goal, Use this herb in a sachet or incense blend to move past grief and loss and add to passion spells to increase feminine desire.

Other uses:

Lemon balm is used for anxiety, stress, insomnia, indigestion (dyspepsia), dementia, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support many of these uses. The extract and oil of lemon balm are used for flavoring.

Deities:

None

[greenwitchcrafts]

Today's herb of the day is Calendula!

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Sun

Element: Fire

Magickal uses:

Drinking tea made from the flowers of this magical plant can clear the aura of trauma fields and unwanted energetic attachments. Add to dream pillows for prophetic dreams, pick at noon to give yourself comfort and strength, place garlands of calendula in a doorway to prevent evil from crossing the threshold, scatter under your bed for protection and dream come true, carry to help you with positive outcomes for legal matters in court and add to ritual baths for attracting people and confidence. Good for wish, legal, protection, dream, psychic power, respect and sun magick workings.

Other uses:

Calendula flower is commonly used topically for wounds, rashes, inflammation, infections, preventing muscle spasms, skin wounds and more. Thentea can also be used to treat ulcers, aiding menstrual cramps and treating colds and flu.

Calendula petals can be used as a food coloring agent and has traditionally been used to color butter and cheese. It can be used to make yellow rice without saffron. They are also good in salads or sprinkled over cakes for a festive look.

Deities:

N/A

[greenwitchcrafts]

Today's herb of the day is Myrrh!

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Moon and Sun

Element: Water

Magickal uses:

Add to a satchet and hang into your closet to ensure you will have enough of everything. Add to an amulet to attract love, peace and happiness. Burn as an incense to bring peace for consecration or to deepen your meditative state, use to enhance any Magickal working, burn with frankincense during banishing rituals, place in a dream pillow for a restful sleep, burned before ritual to rid area of negative vibrations, carry the thorns of the tree to ease grief. Good for blessing, health, exorcism, mediation, protection, power, spirituality, purification, happiness and consecration workings

Other uses:

Myrrh is used for indigestion, ulcers, colds, cough, asthma, lung congestion, arthritis pain, cancer, leprosy, spasms, and syphilis. It is also used as a stimulant and to increase menstrual flow.

In foods and beverages, myrrh is used as a flavoring component.

In manufacturing, myrrh is used as a fragrance, in incense, and as a fixative in cosmetics. It is also used in embalming.

Deities:

Adonis, Rhea, Saturn, Demeter, Marian, Oshun, Juno, Isis, Hecate, Cybele, Ra, Nepthys, Hera and Freya

[greenwitchcrafts]

Today's herb of the day is Scullcap (skullcap)

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Saturn

Element: Water

Magickal uses:

Place into a dream pillow for relaxation and peace, used to bind oaths and consecrate vows & commitments, worn by women to keep their husband's faithful, use in a bath to calm tension and stress, make as a tea to prevent nightmares and as a spiritual rejuvenation afted a difficult spell, use in charms for attracting gifts and money. Place a pinch in a lover's shoes to keep then from being affected by charms of others. Good for love, relaxation, oath, initiations, dream, peace, fidelity and handfasting workings and ceremonies.

Other uses:

Used for insomnia, anxiety, stroke, and paralysis caused by stroke. It is also used for fever, high cholesterol, “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis), rabies, epilepsy, nervous tension, allergies, skin infections, inflammation, and spasms.

Deities:

Hera, Obatala and Faeries