Jasmine
Latin Name:
Jasminum officinale
Folk Names:
Moonlight on the Grove. Jessamine, Queen of Perfume, and Pikake.
Description:
White in color with a unique fragrance. Be careful! True jasmine and false jasmine have the same fragrance, but belong to a different genus and family. True Jasmine looks more like a shrub or a vine. False Jasmine is poisonous. Jasmine is the most primary herb used by Dianic women.
Magickal Correspondences:
Prophetic Dreams, Love, Protection, and Money
Dried jasmine flowers are added to sachets and other love mixtures.
They will attract a spiritual (as opposed to a physical) love.
The flowers will also draw wealth and money if carried, burned or worn. Jasmine will also cause prophetic dreams if burned in the bedroom, and the flowers are smelled to induce sleep.
Medical Uses:
The flower can be used as an aphrodisiac, cancer treatment, dysentery, liver pain due to cirrhosis, hepatitis, and a minor sedative.
Jasmine is also used to flavor foods and add fragrance.
Gender:
Female
Planet:
Moon
Element:
Water
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