Scented Container Candles
Home Herbalists… what are the basic herbs that you keep on hand in your home?
What kind of containers do you keep them in? I use glass for the most part but need a list of basic herbs for teas and for scenting candles, soaps and lotions. What books are the best for home herbalists? I really want to get into this heavily. Any helps would be appreciated.
Ms Crone, the apex of the heap is John Lusts, “The Herb Book”. It contains most of the most important info for more than 500 of the most common hergbs and plants. Also Cunninham’s “Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs”. I also highly recommend the National Audobon Societie’s “Field Guide to NOrth Amercian Wildflowers”, The Peterson Field guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs, and the Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
I tend to keep my herbs bunched and hanging in a darkened area of a room. Yes, they tend to bleach out after a while and become ineffective (after a year or so) but there’s a l;ot to be said for having freshly dried herbs around the home. They smell wonderfully as they’re drying and add an exotic scent to the home even after they’ve dried. Dried roots can be held in a zip lock baggie for years, seed should be kept in a paper envelope in a dry spot with low humidity. If you make your own tinctures then you should keep them in dark colored glass dropping bottles in a cabinet that’s also way from direct sunlight. Make sure you use the glass droppers as they can be cleaned with a pipe cleaner and sterilized in boiling water. This same thing applies if you make your own essential oils as well.
Powdered herbs should be kept in tightly sealed canning jars out of the light and they’ll keep their scents for use as incense for several years. When they begin to fade in color then just add them to the compost heap and gather fresh ones.
If you are going to be gathring herbs from the wild then I highly reccomend that you start small and work ONLY with those plants that you can positively identify. For the firast 8 years of my practice I tended to keep my herb collection at under 20 plants and did a ton of research into each one. You would be surprised at how versatile those 20 have been over the years, just in terms of medicinal usages.
So far, my favorite herbs have been Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Yellow Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis), Angelica (Angelica archangelica), Valerian (Valeriana officinalis), Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis), Whtie Willow (Salix alba), Black Willow (Salix nigra), Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), Sage (Salvia officinalis), Thyme (Thymus vulgaris), Thistle (Caruus benedicta), Nettle (Urtica dioica), Mullein (Verbascum thapus), Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), and Mint (all species of the Mentha family).
I have found these to be the most versatile of the home herbal medicne cabinet as well as useful for purpose of Witchcraft.
Hope this begins to help.
Brightest Blessings,
Raji the Green Witch
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