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Common Names: Dandelion, Blow Ball, Lion's Tooth, Wild Endive
Latin Name: Taraxacum Officinale
Parts Used: Roots, leaves, and flowers
Cultivation: Dandelion is a hardy perennial, which prefers full sun and just about any soil-- especially the middle of your lawn!
Arcane Uses: The tea made from the root promotes psychic powers.
Medicinal Uses: Dandelion is apowerful diuretic and a good source of potassium. It is specific for cases of congestive jaundice. It can be used to treat inflammation of the liver and gallbladder. Use dandelion as aprt of a treatment regime for muscular rheumatism.
Common Names: Dill, Dilly Weed
Latin Name: Anethum Graveolens
Parts Used: Leaves and seeds
Cultivation: Dill is an annual that should be planted after danger of frost is past. It likes full sun, and moderately rich, well-drained soil.
Arcane Uses: Place dill in the crib to protect babies and carry it in protective sachets. Use dill seeds in money spells. Take a dill bath to make yourself irresistable.
Medicinal Uses: Dill dispells flatulance, settles the stomach, stimulates the appetite and relieves colic. It is useful to nursing mothers as it encourages milk flow and relieves breast congestion.
Common Names: Dock, Yellow Dock
Latin Name: Rumex spp.
Parts Used: Leaves and seeds
Cultivation: Dock is a hardy perennial, growing in full sun and acid soil. It is a weed and, once established, is hard to get rid of.
Arcane Uses: The seeds are used in money spells and incenses; or an infusion can be sprinkled around your business to attract customers. If you are a woman, tying the leaves to your left arm is said to help conception.
Medicinal Uses: Tea made from the dried root can be used as a laxative. Use it externally for hives and ringworm.
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Common Names: Echinacea, Purple Coneflower, Sampson Root
Latin Names: Echinacea Augustifolia
Parts Used: Roots, cone flower
Cultivation: Echinacea is a hardy perennial that grows well in sun to partial shade and well-drained soil.
Arcane Uses: Echinacea was used by Native Americans to strengthen spells.
Medicinal Uses: Echinacea is a blood purifier and antibiotic. It's used to stimulate and strngthen the immune system, and is useful against both bacteria and viruses.
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Common Names: Fennel
Latin Name: Foeniculum Vulgare
Parts Used: Leaves and seeds
Cultivation: Fennel is a tender perennial which is grown as a annual in colder areas. It prefers average, well-drained soil in full sun.
Arcane Uses: Grow fennel around your home for protection. Hangs sprigs at the doors and windows to keep out evil spirits. Use fennel in purification sachets and healing mixtures.
Medicinal Uses: Fennel increases milk flow in nursing mothers and relieves infant colic. It stimulates appetite and digestion, and soothes upset stomachs. It also calms bronchitis and coughs. Use externally to treat muscular and rheumatic pains; or use as a compress to treat conjunctivitis or inflammation of the eyelids.
Common Names: Feverfew
Latin Name: Tanacetum Parthenium
Parts Used: Leaves
Cultivation: Feverfew is a hardy perennial which will grow in average, well-drained soil in sun or part shade.
Arcane Uses: Carry feverfew for protection against colds and fevers.
Medicinal Uses: Feverfew is an excellent remedy for migraines; British medical studies have in fact proven its efficacy! It can also help reliev the pain of rheumatism, painful periods, and sluggish menstrual flow.
Common Names: Foxglove, Deadmen's Bells, Witches' Bells
Latin Name: Digitalis Purpurea
Parts Used: Leaves
Cultivation: Foxglove is a biennial. It prefers fertile, moist, acidic humous, in sun to part shade.
Arcane Uses: Grow foxglove in the garden to protect the home.
Medicinal Uses: Foxglove is used to treat congestive heart failure, as it increases the force of heart contractions. It lowers the blood pressure while improving circulation, alleviating water retention, and relieving edema. Many mainstream hearrt medications are based on foxglove.
