Wednesday 29 July 2015

Working with Rosemary | Travailler avec le romarin #HerbsMoon #LuneDeGrain

Le romarin c'est aussi la rosée de mer et l'herbe aux couronnes, une plante masculine dédiée au soleil. Cette herbe aromatique émet des ondes purificatrices de très haute puissance lorsqu'on la brûle. Les feuilles de romarin renferment une huile essentielle à laquelle il doit ses propriétés intéressantes sur le système digestif. Le romarin stimule le fonctionnement de la vésicule biliaire. Il s'utilise pour soigner les bronchites grâce à son huile essentielle antiseptique. Placées sous l'oreiller, ou mieux encore mélangées au duvet qui bourre cet oreiller, quelques sommités fleuries assurent un bon sommeil paisible, réparateur, exempt de cauchemars. 
Beauty Care
- An infusion of rosemary makes an excellent hair rinse, gradually covering gray hair, and adding strength and shine to any color hair. It also helps reduce dandruff and stimulate hair growth. Rosemary oil rubbed into the ends of hair will also help reduce split ends.
- Rosemary oil massaged into the scalp is believed to prevent baldness and stimulate hair growth. 
- Massaging the body with rosemary oil will increase circulation, relieve aches and pains and warm the limbs.
- Used as a toner, rosemary will help bring blood to the surface of the skin and acts as an antiseptic and astringent.

Nota: Rosemary should not be used medicinally by pregnant women, but it is okay for them to use it as a food seasoning.

Kitchen Witchery 
Rosemary has one of those distinctive, strong flavours that convinces the palate that herbs aren’t just delicate things reserved for dainty soups and sprinkling on baby vegetables. It takes hold of the taste buds with a woodsy flavour, somewhat piny, mint-like yet sweeter, with a slight ginger finish.
It can also be used as a subtle accent, using just a hint of the flavour lightening the mood of an otherwise mundane sauce or pastry. Its flavour harmonizes with those of poultry, fish, lamb, beef, veal, pork, and game, particularly in their roasted forms. Rosemary enhances tomatoes spinach, peas, mushrooms, squash, cheese, eggs, lentils, and complements the herbs chives, thyme, chervil, parsley, and bay in recipes.
Rosemary branches are wonderfully easy to work into wreathes when fresh and hold their fragrance and color well when dry.
Sprigs of Rosemary can be placed in your dresser drawers to protect your clothes from moths.

Rosemary in Magick
Rosemary means "dew of the sea". This powerful herb, ruled by the sun, is often used in love spells. It is used in rituals for healing power, protection and strength, and to maintain focus. It's believed that if you're struggling to concentrate, sniffing a sprig of fresh rosemary will give you clarity and focus. Rosemary should not be taken internally in large doses. 
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Learning about herbs is beneficial for both cooking and medicine making. Those who are naturally drawn to herbal magic have an affinity with Nature. They innerstand the power of plants, herbs, and flowers, and their place in the world. You do not control nature; you learn to work with it. The power to take control of your health is available to you. You got this. ||| Aile Reve | Herbs Moon Celebration 

Sources: 
Le Grimoire des Herbes Magiques
The Epicentre, Encyclopedia of Spices
The Beginner's Guide to Wicca by Kisten Riddle
Witchipedia

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