Bayberry

Gender: Feminine

 

Planet: Jupiter

Element: Earth

Chakra Colour: Green

Medicinal Uses: Bayberry is a useful medicinal herb to have at hand for flu, coughs and colds. It stimulates the circulation and acts warming and diaphoretic. It is antibacterial and stimulates the immune system while simultaneously drying out the mucous membranes. It is an excellent astringent for sore throats and for digestive problems such as colitis and irritable bowel syndrome. It also used to be used for dysentery with good results. Externally it can be used as a wash for skin ulcers and sores, or as a gargle for loose teeth. Native Americans made use of the herb to cure a fever and to dispel worms. It also played an important role in women’s medicine.

Magical Uses: Native American used Bayberry to banish the restless spirits of the dead and to protect against disease. In western magical herbalism it has been used as a money charm.

Other Names: Wax myrtle, Myrica, Candle Berry, Myricae Cortex, Tallow Shrub, Wachsgagle, Tallowberry, Candleberry Myrtle, Northern Bayberry, Small Waxberry, Vegetable Wax

Contraindications: Do not take if you are pregnant or breast-feeding, have high blood pressure or low blood pressure, or take diuretics.

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