A ritual to picking and charging vervain. This holy herb was renowend for centuries for its medical vaule and its magickal properties. The Druids prized it as highly as thier beloved mistletoe, and legend told that it was found on Mount Calvary and used to stuanch Christ's wounds.
Vervain has been used over the years to keep evil spirits from the house, mixed in love potions, and drunk as a tea for a hundred complaints.
It is very refreshing if brewed in boiling water and then added to bath water. Use it as your intution dicates and, whenever you gather it, say these echanter's words:
Oh healing hand, though holy herb
Vervain, which groweth here upon the ground,
blessed be the field or lane
wherever youre leaf is found
You will find that 25grams dried leaves steeped in half a liter of boiling water relieves indisgestion and upset stomachs; twice this strength is used to treat a cut or wound or burn and can be gargled for throat problems and mouth ulcers.
Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:37 am