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Common Names: Jasmine, Jessamin
Latin Name: Jasminum officinale
Parts Used: Flowers
Cultivation: Jasmine is a perennial shrub. They grow best in light, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Jasmine is a popular house plant.
Arcane Uses: Add dried jasmine flowers to love sachets and incenses. Carry or wear the flowers to attract money. Burn jasmine in the bedroom to induce prophetic dreams.
Common Names: Juniper, Gin Berry
Latin Name: Juniperus communis
Parts Used: Leaves, twigs, and berries
Cultivation: Juniper is a hardy shrub often used as a groundcover. Plant both male and female plants if you want berries.
Arcane Uses: Juniper is used to protect against thieves, evil forces, accidents, animal attacks, ghosts, and sickness.
Medicinal Uses: Use poultices of juniper to relieve rheumatic and arthritic pains, as well as ulcers and inflammations.
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Common Names: Kava-Kava, Ava, Ava Root
Latin Name: Piper methysticum
Parts Used: Rhizome and roots
Cultivation: Kava-Kava is a tropical plant.
Arcane Uses: Kava-kava brings good luck and protects against evil. A strong infusion is used to enhance psychic powers and induce visions.
Medicinal Uses: Kava-kava is a diuretic, urinary antiseptic, and anti-inflammatory. Use it externally as an analgesic poultice.
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Common Names: Lavender, Elf Leaf
Latin Name: Lavendula augustifolia
Parts Used: Flowers and leaves
Cultivation: Lavender is usually started from cuttings, as it has a long germination time. It prefers light, well-drained soil in full sun.
Arcane Uses: Lavender is used widely in love spells and sachets. Burn the flowers to induce sleep. Lavender is also used in healing and purification.
Medicinal Uses: Lavender infusions can be taken to combat headaches and depressions. Lavender makes a good nerve tonic, and was an ingredient in the "smelling salts" used by Victorian ladies. Use lavender to make a compress for chest congestion.
Common Names: Lemon Balm
Latin Name: Melissa officinalis
Parts Used: Leaves
Cultivation: Lemon balm grows easily from seed. It grows best in full sun, in average, well-drained soil.
Medicinal Uses: Lemon balm seems to have a mild sedative effect, and to be mildly inhibiting to the growth of bacteria and viruses.
Common Names: Lemon Verbena
Latin Name: Aloysia triphylla
Parts Used: Leaves
Cultivation: Lemon verbena is a shrub. It is frequently grown as a houseplant.
Arcane Uses: Hang Lemon Verbena around your neck or drink juice to prevent dreams. It is used in love spells, and is added to other spells to strengthen them. Use it in a purifying bath.
Medicinal Uses: It has been used in folk medicine as a remedy for various conditions ranging from fevers to indigestion, but it is not generally considered an important medicinal herb.
Common Names: Licorice, Sweet Root
Latin Name: Glycyrrhiza glabra
Parts Used: Roots
Cultivation: Licorice is a hardy perennial, growing well in rich, moist soil in full sun to partial shade.
Arcane Uses: Licorice is used in love and lust potions. Chew on a licorice root as an aphrodisiac.
Medicinal Uses: Licorice is widely used in cough syrups and lozenges. It is frequently used to treat ulcers, rheumatism, and artritis.
Common Names: Lily of the Valley, Jacob's Ladder, May Lily
Latin Name: Convallaria magalis
Parts Used: Leaves, flowers
Cultivation: Lilies of the valley grow from pips, which are simiar to bulbs. They are hardy, like the shade, and spread rapidly. The problem is not how to grow them, it is what to do with the extras.
Arcane Uses: Improves mental powers and strengthens the mind.
Medicinal Uses: Lily of the vally is used much like foxglove in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
Common Names: Lotus
Latin Name: Nelumbo nucifera
Parts Used: Whole plant
Cultivation: Lotuses are hardy perennial water plants but will only live through the winter if their roots do not freeze - mulch thoroughly, move to a protected area, or dig the tubers every fall. They can be grown from seed or tubers.
Arcane Uses: The lotus was considered to be sacred by many ancient peoples of the East. It was a symbol of spirituality and the mystery of life. Breath the scent to be protected, or carry any part of the plant to be blessed by the gods.
Common Names: Lovage, Love Root, Sea Parsley
Latin Name: Levisticum officinale
Parts Used: Leaves, roots, stems, and seeds
Cultivation: Lovage is a perennial. It prefers moist, fertile, well-drianed soil in full sun to partial shade.
Arcane Uses: Take a lovage bath before you go out to make yourself more attractive.
