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Volume 6 Issue No. 3 Spring Equinox, Issue March, 2011

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HERB OF THE MONTH

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VALERIAN

Also known as All-Heal, Amantilla, Bloody Butcher, Capon’s Trailer, Cat’s Valerian, English Valerian, Fragrant Valerian, Garden Heliotrope, Phu, Red Valerian, St. George’s Herb, Sete Wale, Set Well, and Vandal Root. It is considered a Feminine plant, of the planet Venus and the element Water. It has powers in love, sleep, purification, and protection. It is so strong, that Cunningham urges against driving while under the effects of it taken internally.

According to Cunningham, the root of this herb can be hung in the home to guard against lightning strike, used powdered in protective sachets or placed in pillows to aid in falling asleep, despite its bad odor. A sprig of the plant pinned to a woman’s clothing will cause men to “follow her like children.” It may also be used to dispel a quarrel. The Greeks used it as a window charm to keep evil away. The powdered root is sometimes used as “Graveyard Dust.”

Valerian is indigenous in Britain, where two species are found, V. officinalis and V. dioica, however V. officinalis is the one referred to in medicine and magick.

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