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Willow

Used for lunar magick, drawing or strengthening love, healing, and overcoming sadness. Willow is considered a sacred wishing tree. Wear a sprig of willow when facing the death of a loved one. Place on the altar for lunar magick and divination work. Keep a piece of willow in home or business to protect against evil.

Also Called: Osier, Pussy Willow, White Willow, Witches' Aspirin, Withy, Tree of Enchantment, Saille, Salicyn Willow, Saugh Tree

http://www.themagickalcat.com/Herbs-Willow-Leaf-Cut-Magick-Pack-p/bt-willowlf.htm

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Wintergreen

Add an infusion to your children's bath to bring them good fortune and luck throughout their lives. Sprinkle an infusion of wintergreen around an area for purification.

http://www.themagickalcat.com/Herbs-Wintergreen-Cut-1-oz-p/ah-wntrg.htm

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Wisteria

Raises vibrations, promotes psychic opening, overcomes obstacles, and draws prosperity.

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Witch Hazel

Magickal uses include chastity and protection. Carry to ease grief over a lost love. Use in a sachet to reduce passions. Use in love spells and spells to ward off evil.

Also Called: Winter Bloom, Striped Alder, Spotted Alder, Hazelnut, Snapping Hazel and Tobacco Wood

http://www.themagickalcat.com/Herbs-Witch-Hazel-Cut-1-oz-p/ah-witchzl.htm

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Witches Burr

Adds great power to spells & rituals. Presence of witches burr is said to defeat any kind of evil force. https://www.etsy.com/market/witches_burr

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Witches Grass

Happiness, lust, love, and exorcism. Sprinkle around the home for seven consecutive days to overcome depression and dispense of petty spirits. Reverses hexes.

Also Called: Couch Grass, Rhizomes, Twitch Grass, Scotch Quelch, Quick Grass, Dog Grass

http://www.themagickalcat.com/Herbs-Witches-Grass-Cut-2-oz-p/hwitgc.htm

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Wood Aloe 

Protection, consecration, success, and prosperity. 

Also Called: Lignaloes, Lignam Aloes

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Wood Betony

Magickal uses include purification, protection, and the expulsion of evil spirits, nightmares, and despair. Excellent for magickal healing and protecting against dark fears of the emotions & imagination. A good addition to dream pillows. Carry in an amulet to draw love and strengthen the body. Burn to banish disharmony in a relationship. Pass through the smoke of burning wood betony at Midsummer to purify the body of ills and evils. Burn with any uncrossing incense to defeat witchcraft.

For centuries, this herb was thought to have special properties. The ancient Egyptians and Anglo-Saxons believed betony to be magical, and in the Middle Ages, both men and women wore betony amulets to ward off evil. The early Romans listed wood betony as a cure for 47 separate maladies. Some claim the name betony derives from the Celtic word bewton (“good for the head”), referring to its use for cerebral afflictions, such as headaches, nervousness and even hangovers. The herb’s reputation for healing continued well into the 17th century, when betony was used to treat asthma, bronchitis, kidney problems, excess sweating and to purge the body of worms.

Betony’s reputation for healing has come into question over the last century. But some folk healers and herbalists still use betony infusions (tea) and tinctures to treat head-related afflictions (including migraines, toothaches, anxiety and sleeping troubles). Betony is also used for diarrhea, menstrual problems, mouth and throat irritations, and skin conditions. A Russian study found that betony contains glycosides, which may lower blood pressure—one possible explanation for the herb’s reputed ability to relieve headaches and anxiety. According to Tyler’s Honest Herbal (Routledge, 1999) by Steven Foster and Varro Tyler, betony contains about 15 percent tannins, which supports its use as an astringent to treat diarrhea, mouth and throat irritations, and skin problems.

For relaxation or for use as a general tonic, a tea can be made by covering 1 teaspoon dried betony leaves with 1 cup of boiling water, then steeping for about 5 minutes. It tastes much like black tea (made from Camellia sinensis) but contains no caffeine. For sore throats and gum inflammations, gargle with the cool tea. (Caution: Wood betony is a uterine stimulant and should not be used during pregnancy. Excessive doses of the herb also can cause vomiting.)

An attractive addition to the cottage or woodland garden, betony grows easily from seed, root divisions or cuttings. The plant prefers fertile, well-drained soil in a site that receives full sun to partial shade. Once established, betony plants require little care, other than division every three to four years when the crowns begin to decline. (For more about division, search “division” at www.herbcompanion.com .)

You can begin to harvest the herb as soon as the plant is established. For best quality, collect the aerial parts (leaves, stems and buds) just before the plant flowers. Dry on screens in a cool, dry place, then store in tightly sealed containers.

Try a wood betony poultice or compress for skin ulcers, cuts, sores and insect bites. To make a poultice, boil the chopped fresh or dried leaves in a small amount of water for 2 to 5 minutes. Strain off the excess liquid, then apply the warm herb to the skin, using a cloth to hold it in place. To make a compress, discard the herb and apply the extracted water to the affected area with a clean cloth or cotton ball and secure the compress with athletic tape.

Also Called: Betony, Bishopswort, Stachys Betonica, Lousewort

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Woodruff

Victory, protection, and money. Place a pinch in your left shoe before a game and your team will be victorious. http://www.themagickalcat.com/Herbs-Woodruff-Cut-1-oz-p/hwooc.htm

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Wormwood

Used to remove anger, stop war, inhibit violent acts, and for protection from the evil eye. Carry in vehicle to protect from accidents on dangerous roads. Use as incense for clairvoyance, to summon spirits, or to enhance divinatory abilities. Can be sprinkled in the path of an enemy to bring them strife and misfortune Note: Can be poisonous, use with caution.

TYPICAL PREPARATIONS

Soaked in wine or other spirits, as a tea, in some dream and sleep pillows, as a liquid herbal extract and sometimes found in capsules.

The active constituent thujone, most often absinthol, can be toxic in high doses, and may induce hallucinogenic visions. Wormwood has a long association with both bitterness and liquor, being an ingredient in Pernod, vermouth, absinthe and other alcoholic spirits.

Also Called: Absinthium, Green Ginger, Absinthe, Old Woman, Crown for a King

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Yarrow Flower

Uses include healing, handfasting & weddings, and divination. Draws love. Carry as a sachet or amulet to banish negativity, ward off fear, and promote courage, confidence, and psychic opening. Frequently used in marriage charms and love sachets. Said to keep a newly married couple happy for seven years by keeping their love alive and preventing upsetting influences from entering the relationship. Place in a yellow flannel bag with a piece of parchment on which you have written your fears, carry with you to overcome them.

TYPICAL PREPARATIONS

Tea infusions, juice (from the fresh herb), tinctures, as a compress, and in baths.

SUMMARY

According the German Commission E, yarrow is approved to support healthy appetite, as well as mild, spastic discomforts of the gastrointestinal tract. It is traditionally used externally to support healthy skin and as a poultice for minor wounds.

Also Called: Bloodwort, Death Flower, Devil's Nettle, Lady's Mantle, Soldier's Woundwort, Thousandleaf, Millefoil, Carpenter's Weed, Knight's Milfoil, Sanguinary, Arrow Root, Thousand Seal

http://www.themagickalcat.com/Herbs-Yarrow-Flower-2-oz-p/hyarf-qpb.htm

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Yellow Dock

Fertility, healing and money. Sprinkle an infusion of yellow dock around a place of business to attract customers.

The Yellow Dock is applicable to all the purposes for which the other species are used. The root has laxative, alterative and mildly tonic action, and can be freely used as a tonic and laxative in rheumatism, bilious complaints and as an astringent in piles, bleedings of the lungs, etc. It is largely prescribed for diseases of the blood, from a spring eruption, to scurvy, scrofula and chronic skin diseases. It is also useful in jaundice and as a tonic to the stomach and the system generally. It has an action on the bowels very similar to that of Rhubarb, being perhaps a little less active, but operating without pain or uneasiness.

Rumicin is the active principle of the Yellow Dock, and from the root, containing Chrysarobin, a dried extract is prepared officially, of which from 1 to 4 grains may be given for a dose in a pill. This is useful for relieving a congested liver, as well as for scrofulous skin diseases.

A syrup can be made by boiling 1/2 lb. crushed root in a pint of syrup, which is taken in teaspoonful doses. The infusion administered in wineglassful doses - is made by pouring 1 pint of boiling water on 1 OZ. of the powdered root. A useful homoeopathic tincture is made from the plant before it flowers, which is of particular service to an irritable tickling cough of the upper air-tubes and the throat. It is likewise excellent for dispelling any obstinate itching of the skin. It acts like Sarsaparilla for curing scrofulous skin affections and glandular swellings.

To be applied externally for cutaneous affections, an ointment may be made by boiling the root in vinegar until the fibre is softened and then mixing the pulp with lard.

The seeds have been given with advantage in dysentery, for their astringent action.

The Yellow Dock has also been considered to have a positive effect in restraining the inroads made by cancer in the human system, being used as an alterative and tonic to enfeebled condition caused by necrosis, cancer, etc. It has been used in diphtheria.

Also Called: Curled Dock, Curly Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock, Garden Patience, Rumex

Root: http://www.themagickalcat.com/Herbs-Yellow-Dock-Root-1-oz-p/ah-yeldock.htm

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Yerba Mate

Fidelity, love and lust. Worn to attract the opposite sex. Spill an infusion of yerba mate on the ground to break off a relationship.

As a tea, treats fatigue, headaches, and can act as an appetite suppressant.

Also Called: Mate, Mate Leaf, Green Mate

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Yerba Santa

Beauty, healing, psychic powers and protection. Carry or use in bath magick to obtain beauty from within and make your body more desirable. Wear around the neck to ward off illness and prevent wounds. Use the leaves in healing or protection incenses. Use in bath water if you feel your sickness has been caused by a hex.

Taken internally, it supports healthy mucosal lining and respiratory function. In Chinese meridian medicine, it is good for the lungs and spleen. Containing flavones, it is also known as an antioxidant, boosting the whole system and counteracting fatigue. It cleanses the blood, tones the nervous system, and stimulates the mind. It works well in combination with Grindelia. Yerba Santa is, also, used for gastrointestinal issues. It is a digestive aid, improving appetite and overall digestion. Externally, as a poultice, the leaves can be crushed in a loose weave cloth, like gauze, placed in a shallow dish, and steeped in boiling water for ten minutes. Placed on the chest, it soothes tight and congested breathing. Then, the water can be drunk as an infusion. Native Americans used an infusion as a wash to help with fever. It has also been used externally to soothe mosquito bites, rashes, bruises, wounds, and sprains, the sticky leaves being used for bandages. When burned in sacred ceremony, Yerba Santa nourishes and protects that which is wild in one’s self. It can be burned when in need of encouragement and courage.

Also Called: Consumptive's Weed, Gum Plant, Gum Bush, Bear's Weed, Bear Weed, Mountain Balm, Tar Weed, Tarweed, Holy Herb, Sacred Herb

Dried herbs and smudges: http://www.themagickalcat.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=Yerba+Santa

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Yew

Raising the dead, protection against evil, immortality, and breaking hexes.

TOXIC

Wood: https://www.etsy.com/listing/274730990/tree-slices-wood-slices-yew-wood-slices?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=yew&ref=sr_gallery_2

Leaves: https://www.etsy.com/listing/241254743/english-yew-leaves-for-the-dark-goddess?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=yew&ref=sr_gallery_18

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Ylang Ylang

Increases sexual attraction and persuasiveness. Also used for peace, love, and faery magick. Promotes calm, peaceful relaxation and relieves anxiety and depression.

Essential Oil: https://www.youngliving.com/en_US/products/ylang-ylang-essential-oil

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Yohimbe Bark

Love, lust, virility and fertility. Curing impotency. Cursing. Used in Pagan rituals of union.

Bark: https://www.etsy.com/listing/261486441/yohimbe-bark-wild-crafted?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=yohimbe&ref=sr_gallery_7

Powder: https://www.etsy.com/listing/251262824/yohimbe-bark-powder-corvanthe-yohimbe?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=yohimbe&ref=sc_gallery_3&plkey=5044cd8d79b5a903f7f054f698d5b2d1ad3fbf6a:251262824