Herbs Used in Magick
The following is a list of herbs and their magickal properties as used in Wicca and Witchcraft.
Please note that this page contains only information on herbal uses in magick and spellcraft. It doesn't contain any medicinal use information.
Please consult more information before ingesting any of these herbs! Some are known to be poisonous, whether mildly or extremely, and it's not recommended to eat/drink any of these herbs or their extracts without first learning about their medicinal uses and possible poisonous potency.
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A - Acacia to Avocado
Acacia - Protection, Psychic powers
Adam and Eve Roots - Love, Happiness
Adder's Tongue - Healing
African Violet - Spirituality, Protection
Agaric - Fertility
Agrimony - Protection, Sleep
Ague Root - Protection
Alfalfa - Prosperity, Anti-Hunger, Money
Alkanet - Purification, Prosperity
Allspice - Money, Luck, Healing
Almond - Money, prosperity, wisdom
Aloe - Protection, Luck
Aloes (wood) - Love, Spirituality
Althea - Protection, Psychic Powers
Alyssum - Protection, Moderating Anger
Amaranth - Healing, Protection, Invisibility
Amber - For stability, self-confidence, and peace
Ambergris - To awaken love and emotion, aids in psychic abilities and prophetic dreams, well-being
Anemone - Health, Protection, Healing
Angelica - Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Visions
Angelica Root - Ward Negativity, Purify the Home, Mediation, Protection, Divination, Exorcism, Healing, Health, Visions
Anise - Protection, Purification, Youth, Enticing Spirits, Divination, Psychic Awareness
Apple - Love, Healing, Garden Magick, Immortality
Apricot - Love
Arabic (gum) - Spirituality, Purification, Protection, Psychic/Spiritual Enhancement, Money, Love, Friendship, Consecration
Arbutus - Exorcism, Protection
Asafoetida - Exorcism, Purification, Protection
Ash - Protection, Prosperity, Sea Rituals, Health
Aspen - Eloquence, Anti-Theft
Aster - Love
Avens - Exorcism, Purification, Love
Avocado - Love, Lust, Beauty
B - Bachelor's Buttons to Burdock Root
Bachelor's Buttons - Love
Balm, Lemon - Love, Success, Healing
Balm of Gilead - Love, Manifestations, protection, healing
Bamboo - Protection, Luck, Hex-Breaking, Wishes
Banana - Fertility, Potency, Prosperity
Banyan - Luck
Barley -Love, Healing, Protection
Basil - Love, Exorcism, Wealth, Flying, Protection, Sympathy
Bay - Protection, Psychic Powers, Healing, Purification, Strength
Bayberry - Money, good luck, peace, harmony well-being
Bean - Protection, Exorcism, Wart Charming, Reconciliations, Potency, Love
Bedstraw - Love
Beech - Wishes
Beet - Love
Benzoin - Purification, prosperity
Bergamot, Orange - Money, hex-breaking
Bergamot, Wild - Clarity
Be-Still - Luck
Betony (wood) - Protection, Purification, Love
Birch - Protection, Exorcism, Purification
Bistort - Psychic Powers, Fertility
Bittersweet - Protection, Healing
Blackberry - Healing, Money, Protection
Bladderwrack - Protection, Sea Spells, Wind Spells, Money, Psychic Powers
Bleeding Heart - Love
Blessed Thistle - Purification, Protection from Negativity and evil, Hex-Breaking
Bloodroot - Love, Protection, Purification
Bluebell - Luck, Truth
Blueberry - Protection
Blue Flag - Money
Bodhi - Fertility, Protection, Wisdom, Meditation
Boneset - Protection, Exorcism
Borage - Courage, Psychic Powers
Bracken - Healing, Rain Magick, Prophetic Dreams
Brazil Nut - Love
Brimstone (Sulfur) - Hex-Breaking, Protection
Briony - Image Magick, Money, Protection
Bromeliad - Protection, Money
Broom - Purification, Protection, Wind, Spells, Divination
Buchu - Psychic Powers, Prophetic Dreams
Buckeye - Carry to attract money, and ward off aches and pains
Buckthorn - Protection, Exorcism, Wishes, Legal Matters
Buckwheat - Money, Protection
Burdock - Protection, Healing
Burdock Root - Cleansing Magick, Negativity, Earth Magick
C - Cabbage to Cypress
Cabbage - Luck
Cactus - Protection, Chasity
Calamus - Luck, Healing, Money, Protection
Camellia - Riches
Camphor - To awaken past life memories, Chasity, Health, Divination
Caper - Potency, Lust, Love
Caraway - Protection, Lust, Health, Anti-theft, Mental Powers
Cardamon - Lust, Love
Carnation - Protection, strength, healing, vitality
Carob - Protection, Health
Carrot - Fertility, Lust
Cascara Sagrada - Legal Matters, Money, Protection
Cashew - Money
Castor - Protection
Catnip - Attract Good Spirits, Love, Luck, Cat Magick, Beauty, Happiness, Protection
Cat Tail - Lust
Cedar - Healing, Purification, Courage, Money, Hex-breaking, Protection
Celandine - Protection, Escape, Happiness, Legal Matters
Celery - Mental Powers, Lust, Psychic Powers
Centaury - Snake-Removing
Chamomile (German) - Calming, Sleep, Money, Curse and Spell breaking
Chamomile (Roman) - Money, Sleep, Love, Purification
Chamomile Flowers - Love, Healing, Reducing Stress, Success, Hex/Curse/Spell Breaking
Cherry - Divination, love
Chestnut - Love
Chickweed - Fidelity, Love
Chicory - Removing Obstacles, Invisibility, Favors, Frugality
Chili Pepper - Fidelity, Hex-Breaking, Love, Energy
China Berry - Luck
Chrysanthemum (Mum) - Protection
Cinchona - Luck, Protection
Cinnamon - Lust, Love, Success, Power, Psychic Awareness, Healing, Protection, Spirituality
Cinquefoil - Money, Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Sleep
Citron - Psychic Powers, Healing
Cleavers - Relationships, Commitment, Protection, Tenacity
Cloth-of-Gold - Understanding Animal Languages
Clove - Money, Love, Lust, Protection, Exorcism, Success, Mental Health, Friendship
Clover - Protection, Money, Love, Fidelity, Success, Exorcism
Club Moss - Protection, Power
Coconut - Purification, Protection, Chasity
Cohosh, Black - Love, Courage, Protection, Potency
Coltsfoot - Peace, Tranquility, Vision, Animal Spells, Love
Columbine - Courage, Love
Comfrey - Safety during Travel, Money
Copal - Love, Purification
Coriander - Love, Health, Healing
Corn - Protection, Luck, Divination
Cotton - Luck, Healing, Protection, Rain, Fishing Magick
Cowslip - Healing, Youth, Treasure-Finding
Crocus - Love, Visions
Cubeb - Love
Cuckoo-Flower - Fertility, Love
Cucumber - Chasity, Healing, Fertility
Cumin - Protection, Fidelity, Exorcism, Anti-Theft
Curry - Protection
Cyclemen - To draw love and truth, Fertility, Protection, Happiness, Lust
Cypress - Comfort, Solace, Ease Loss, Longevity, Healing, Protection
D - Daffodil to Dutchman's Breeches
Daffodil - Love, Fertility, Luck
Daisy - Lust, Love
Damiana - Lust, Love, Visions
Dandelion - Divination, Wishes, Calling Spirits
Datura - Hex-Breaking, Sleep, Protection
Deerstongue - Lust, Psychic Powers
Devil's Bit - Exorcism, Love, Protection, Luck
Devil's Shoestring - Protection, Gambling Luck, Power, Employment
Dill - Protection, Money, Lust, Love, Luck
Dittany of Crete - Manifestations, Astral Projection
Dock - Healing, Fertility, Money
Dodder - Love Divination, Knot Magick
Dogbane - Love
Dogwood - Wishes, Protection
Dragons Blood - Power amplifier, Protection, Love, Banishing, Potency
Dulse - Lust, Harmony
Dutchman's Breeches - Love
E - Ebony to Eyebright
Ebony - Protection, Power
Echinacea - Strengthening Spells, Offerings
Edelweiss - Invisibility, Bullet-Proofing
Elder - Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Prosperity, Sleep
Elder Berries - Release Enchantments, Protection, Wisdom, Blessings
Elecampane - Love, Protection, Psychic Powers
Elm - Love
Endive - Lust, Love
Eryngo - Traveler's Luck, Peace, Lust, Love
Eucalyptus - Healing, Protection, Purification
Euphorbia - Purification, Protection
Eyebright - Mental Powers, Psychic Powers
F - Fennel to Fuzzy Weed
Fennel - Protection, Healing, Purification, Strength, Vitality, Sexual Virility, Hex-Breaking
Fenugreek - Money, Fertility
Fern - Rain-making, Protection, Luck, Riches, Eternal Youth, Health, Exorcism
Feverfew - Protection
Fig - Divination, Fertility, Love
Figwort - Health, Protection
Flax - Money, Protection, Beauty, Psychic Powers, Healing
Fleabane - Exorcism, Protection, Chasity
Foxglove - Protection
Frankincense - Spirituality, Protection, Consecration, Exorcism, Success, Meditation
Fumitory - Money, Exorcism
Fuzzy Weed - Love, Hunting
G - Galangal to Groundsel
Galangal - Protection, Lust, Health, Money, Psychic Powers, Hex-Breaking
Gardenia - Love, Peace, Healing, Spirituality
Garlic - Protection, Healing, Exorcism, Lust, Anti-Theft, Repel Vampires, Purification
Gentian - Love, Power
Geranium - Fertility, Health, Love, Protection
Ginger - Success, Power, Money, Love
Ginseng - Attracting Love, Luck, and Health, Wishes, Healing, Beauty, Protection, Lust
Goat's Rue - Healing, Health
Goldenrod - Money, Divination
Golden Seal - Healing, Money
Gorse - Protection, Money
Gotu Kola - Meditation
Gourd - Protection
Grain - Protection
Grains of Paradise - Lust, Luck, Love, Money, Wishes
Grape - Fertility, Garden Magick, Mental Powers, Money
Grass - Psychic Powers, Protection
Ground Ivy - Divination
Groundsel - Health, Healing
H - Hawthorn to Hyssop
Hawthorn - Fertility, Chasity, Fishing Magick, Happiness, Protection, Defense
Hazel - Luck, Fertility, Anti-Lightning, Protection, Wishes
Heather - Protection, Rain-Making, Luck
Heliotrope - Exorcism, Prophetic Dreams, Healing, Wealth, Invisibility
Hemp - Healing, Love, Visions, Meditation
Henna - Healing
Hibiscus - Lust, Love, Divination
Hickory - Legal Matters
High John the Conqueror - Money, Love, Success, Happiness
Holly - Protection, Anti-Lightning, Luck, Dream Magick
Honesty - Money, Repelling Monsters
Honeysuckle - Money, Psychic Awareness, Memory, Healing, Honesty, Protection
Hops - Healing, Sleep
Horehound - Protection, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Healing
Horse Chestnut - Money, Healing
Horseradish - Purification, Exorcism
Horsetail - Snake Charming, Fertility
Houndstongue - Tying Dog's Tongues (keep them from barking at you)
Houseleek - Luck, Protection, Love
Huckleberry - Luck, Protection, Dream Magick, Hex-Breaking
Hyacinth - Love, Protection, Happiness
Hydrangea - Hex-Breaking
Hyssop - Purification, Protection
I - Indian Paint Brush to Ivy
Indian Paint Brush - Love
Iris - Purification, Wisdom
Irish Moss - Money, Luck, Protection
Ivy - Protection, Healing
J - Jasmine to Juniper Berries
Jasmine - Love, Prophetic Dreams, Money, Sleep, Healing, Health, Meditation
Job's Tears - Healing, Wishes, Luck
Joe-Pye Weed - Love, Respect
Juniper - Protection, Anti-Theft, Love, Exorcism, Health, Healing
Juniper Berries - Protection, Health, Psychic Powers
K - Kava-kava to Knotweed
Kava-kava - Visions, Protection, Luck
Kelp - Travel, Protection
Knotweed - Binding, Health
L - Lady's Mantle to Lucky Hand
Lady's Mantle - Love
Lady's Slipper - Protection
Larch - Protection, Anti-Fire
Larkspur - Health, Protection
Lavender - Chastity, Love, Peace, Happiness, Clairvoyance, Longevity, Sleep, Protection, Purification
Leek - Love, Protection, Exorcism
Lemon - Lonevity, Purification, Love, Friendship
Lemongrass - Lust, Psychic Powers, Repel Snakes, Purification
Lemon Verbena - Purification, Love
Lettuce - Chasity, Protection, Love, Divination, Sleep
Licorice - Lust, Love, Fidelity
Life-Everlasting - Longevity, Health, Healing
Lilac - Protection, Banishing, Exorcism
Lily - Protection, Breaking Love Spells
Lily of the Valley - Peace, Harmony, and Love, Mental Powers, Happiness
Lime - Healing, Love, Protection
Linden - Protection, Immortality, Luck, Love, Sleep
Liquidambar - Protection
Liverwort - Love
Lobelia - Halting Storms, Love
Loosestrife - Peace, Protection
Lotus - Spirituality, Love, and Protection, Lock-Opening
Lovage - Love, Prophetic Dreams, Energy, Purification, Psychic Cleansing
Love Seed - Love, Friendship
Lucky Hand - Employment, Luck, Protection, Money, Travel
M - Mace to Myrtle
Mace - Psychic Powers, Mental Powers
Maguey - Lust
Magnolia - Peace, nature spells, hair growth, Fidelity
Mahogany (Mountain) - Anti-Lightning
Maidenhair - Beauty, Love
Male Fern - Luck, Love
Mallow - Love, Protection, Exorcism
Mandrake - Protection, Money, Fertility, Love, Health
Mandrake Root - Protection, Prosperity, Fertility, Exorcism
Maple - Love, Longevity, Money
Marigold - Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Legal Matters, Psychic Powers
Marjoram - Protection, Love, Happiness, Health, Money
Marjoram Leaf - Cleansing, Purification, Dispelling Negativity
Marshmellow Root - Protection, Psychic Powers, Drawing Good Spirits
Masterwort - Strength, Courage, Protection
Mastic - Psychic Powers, Manifestations, Lust
May Apple - Money
Meadow Rue - Love, Divination
Mesquite - Healing
Mimosa - Protection, Love, Prophetic Dreams, Purification
Mint - Money, Lust, Healing, Travel, Exorcism, Protection
Mistletoe - Protection, Love, Fertility, Health, Hunting, Exorcism, Creativity
Molukka - Protection
Moonwort - Money, Love
Morning Glory - Happiness, Peace
Moss - Luck, Money
Motherwort - Nurturing, Mothering, Relaxation, Peace, Serenity
Mugwort - Strength, Health, Healing, Astral Projection, Exorcism, Psychic Powers, Protection
Mulberry - Protection, Strength
Mullein - Courage, Protection, Health, Love Divination, Exorcism, Invocation, Sleep
Mustard (Black) - Fertility, Protection, Mental Powers
Musk - Courage, fertility, lust
Myrrh - Spirituality, Healing, Protection, Exorcism, Transformation, Consecration, Meditation, Blessings
Myrtle - Love, Fertility, Youth, Peace, Money
N - Narcissus to Nuts
Narcissus - For peace and harmony
Nettle - Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Lust
Nettle Root - Dispel Darkness and Fear, Strength, Exorcism
Norfolk Island Pine - Protection, Anti-Hunger
Nutmeg - Fidelity, Luck, Money, Health
Nuts - Fertility, Prosperity, Love, Luck
O - Oak to Orris
Oak - Protection, Health, Money, Healing, Potency, Fertility, Luck, Strength
Oats - Money
Oleander - Love
Olive - Healing, Peace, Fertility, Potency, Lust, Knowledge, Wisdom
Onion - Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Money, Prophetic Dreams, Lust
Orange - Divination, Luck, Love, Money
Orange Blossom - For beauty, love
Orchid -Love
Oregon Grape - Money, Popularity
Orris - Love, Protection, Divination
P - Palm to Purslane
Palm (Date) - Fertility, Potency
Pansy - Love, Rain Magick, Love Divination
Papaya - Love, Protection
Papyrus - Protection
Parosela - Hunting
Parsley - Lust, Protection, Purification
Passion Flower - Peace, Sleep, Friendship
Patchouli - Fertility, Lust, Money, Protection, Divination, Banishing, Releasing, Love, Earth and Underworld
Pea - Money, Love
Peach - Love, Exorcism, Longevity, Fertility, Wishes
Pear - Lust, Love
Pecan - Money, Employment
Pennyroyal - Strength, Protection, Peace
Peony - Protection, Exorcism
Pepper - Protection, Exorcism
Peppermint - Protection, Psychic Awareness, Lust, Mental Stimulant, Energy, Purification, Sleep, Love, Healing
Peppermint Leaf - Exorcism, Health, Healing, Lust, Money, Changes, Psychic Awareness, Purification
Pepper Tree - Purification, Healing, Protection
Periwinkle - Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Money, Protection
Persimmon - Changing Sex, Healing, Luck
Pilot Weed - Protection
Pimento - Love
Pimpernel - Protection, Health
Pine - Healing, Protection, Money, Fertility, Exorcism
Pineapple - Luck, Money, Chasity
Pipsissewa - Money, Spirit Calling
Pistachio - Breaking Love Spells
Plantain - Healing, Strength, Protection, Snake Repelling
Plum - Love, Protection
Plum (Wild) - Healing
Plumeria - Love
Poke - Courage, Hex-Breaking
Pomegranate - Divination, Luck, Wishes, Wealth, Fertility
Poplar - Money, Flying
Poppy - Fertility, Love, Sleep, Money, Luck, Invisibility
Potato - Image Magick, Healing
Prickly Ash - Love
Primrose - Protection, Love
Purslane - Sleep, Love, Luck, Protection, Happiness
Q - Quassia to Quince
Quassia - Love
Quince - Protection, Love, Happiness
R - Radish to Rye
Radish - Protection, Lust
Ragweed - Courage
Ragwort - Protection
Raspberry - Protection, Love
Rattlesnake Root - Protection, Money
Rhubarb - Protection, Fidelity
Rice - Protection, Rain, Money, Fertility
Roots - Protection, Power Divination
Rose - Love, Beauty, Psychic Powers, Love Divination, Healing, Luck, Protection, Health, Creativity, Balance, Anointing
Rose Geranium - Protection, fertility, love, health
Rosemary - Mental Health, Youth, Protection, Love, Lust, Purification, Sleep, Exorcism, Mental Powers, Healing
Rowan - Psychic Powers, Healing, Power, Success, Protection
Rue - Healing, Mental Powers, Protection, Love, Exorcism, Anti-Magickal, Consecration, Blessings, Inspiration, Wisdom
Rye - Love, Fidelity
S - Saffron to Sweet Pea
Saffron - Love, Healing, Happiness, Wind Raising, Lust, Strength, Psychic Powers
Sage - Wisdom, Animal Guides, Wishes, Purification, Immortality, Longevity, Protection, Money, Healing, Exorcism
Sagebrush - Purification, Exorcism
St. John's Wort - Health, Protection, Strength, Love Divination, Happiness, Exorcism, Invincibility, Willpower
Sandlewood (White) - Purification, Protection, Wishes, Healing, Exorcism, Spirituality
Sandlewood (Red) - Love
Sarsaparilla - Love, Money
Sassafras - Health and Money
Savory (Summer) - Mental Powers
Scullcap - Love, Fidelity, Peace
Sea Salt - Cleansing, Purification, Grounding, Protection
Senna - Love
Sesame - Money, Lust
Shallot - Purification
Skunk Cabbage - Legal Matters
Slippery Elm - Halts Gossip
Sloe - Exorcism, Protection
Snakeroot - Luck, Money
Snakeroot (Black) - Love, Lust, Money
Snapdragon - Protection
Solomon's Seal - Protection, Exorcism
Sorrel (Wood) - Healing, Health
Southernwood - Love, Lust, Protection
Spanish Moss - Protection
Spearmint - Healing, Love, Mental Powers, Energy, Protection
Spiderwort - Love
Spikenard - Good Luck, Fidelity, Health
Squill - Money, Protection, Hex-Breaking
Star Anise - Psychic Powers, Luck
Stillengia - Psychic Powers
Straw - Luck, Image Magick
Strawberry - Love, Luck, Beauty
Sugar Cane - Love, Lust
Sumbul - Love, Psychic Powers, Health, Luck
Sunflower - Fertility, Wishes, Health, Wisdom
Sweetgrass - Calling Spirits
Sweet Pea - Friendship, Courage, Strength, Chasity
T - Tamarind to Turnip
Tamarind - Love
Tamarisk - Exorcism, Protection
Tangerine - Psychic powers, mental powers
Tansy - Health, Longevity
Tea - Riches, Courage, Strength
Tea Tree - Healing, anti-fungal
Thistle - Strength, Protection, Healing, Exorcism, Hex-Breaking
Thistle (Holy) - Purification, Hex-Breaking
Thistle (Milk) - Snake-Enraging
Thyme - Health, Healing, Sleep, Psychic Powers, Love, Purification, Courage, Energy, Power, Strength
Ti - Protection, Healing
Toadflax - Protection, Hex-Breaking
Toadstool - Rain Making
Tobacco - Healing, Purification
Tomato - Prosperity, Protection, Love
Tonka Beans - Love, Money, Courage, Wishes
Tormentil - Protection, Love
Tragacanth Gum - Binding, Transformation in the Subconscious
Trillium - Money, Luck, Love
Tulip - Prosperity, Love, Protection
Tumeric - Purification
Turnip - Protection, Ending Relationships
U - Uva Ursa
Uva Ursa - Psychic and Intuitive Workings
V - Valerian to Violet
Valerian - Love, Sleep, Purification, Protection
Valerian Root - Reconciliation, Love, Harmony, Dream Magick, Protection
Vanilla - Magickal Powers, Mental Powers, Love, Lust, Rejuvenation
Venus' Flytrap - Protection, Love
Vervain - Love, Protection, Purification, Peace, Money, Youth, Healing, Chasity, Sleep
Vetch (Giant) - Fidelity
Vetivert - Hex-Breaking, Peace, Luck, Love, Protection, Exorcism, Money, Anti-Theft
Violet - Animal Guides, Wishes, Peace, Love, Luck, Lust, Protection, Healing
W - Wahoo to Wormwood
Wahoo - Hex-Breaking, Courage, Success
Walnut - Health, Mental Powers, Infertility, Wishes
Wax Plant - Protection
Wheat - Fertility, Money
White Oak Bark - Strength, Purification
Willow - Love, Love Divination, Protection, Healing
Wintergreen - Protection, Healing, Hex-Breaking
Winter's Bark - Success
Witch Grass - Happiness, Lust, Love, Exorcism
Witch Hazel - Protection, Chasity
Witch Hazel Leaf - Happiness, Lust, Love, Exorcism, Hex-Breaking
Wolf's Bane - Protection, Invisibility
Wood Rose - Luck
Woodruff - Victory, Protection, Money
Wormwood - Psychic Powers, Calling Spirits, Protection, Love, Binding
Y - Yarrow to Ylang ylang
Yarrow - Courage, Love, Psychic Powers, Exorcism
Yellow Evening Primrose - Hunting
Yellowdock - Healing, Fertility, Money
Yerba Mate - Fidelity, Love, Lust
Yerba Santa - Beauty, Healing, Psychic Powers, Protection
Yew - Raising the Dead
Yohimbe - Love, Lust
Yucca - Transmutation, Protection, Purification
Ylang ylang - Love, Lust, Peace
Compiled by Evylyn Rose using various written sources (chief among them Magical Herbalism and Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham) and personal experiences.