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Hyssop (Hyssopus Officinalis) Common Names: N/A Occurrence: Found in many parts of the Mediterranean and Europe. Parts used: The leaves, herb and essential oil. Magick/Lore: Hyssop is an herb of Protection. It may be gathered, dried, and hung in small bunches at all windows and doors, to keep out all negative energies, burglars, and unwanted intruders When the plagues visited Egypt, the Hebrew people made brushes of dried bunches of Hyssop. These were used to paint portals with blood, which protected their children until the Priest Moses would lead them away. Hyssop is said to have gone into the making of Solomon's Sprinkler, and it is the best choice of herb today to make a sprinkler for holy water. Gather Hyssop beneath the New Moon in Cancer, and dry it through the Full Moon (although it may take longer than this). The handle may be fashioned of wood, or a binding of leather wrapped around it. As such, it will cleanse your temple and amke it sacred for ritual. Hyssop makes an excellent oil for cleansing auras and for healing by the laying on of hands. It is an herb excellent for consecrating magickal tools which are of tin and is the herb for amythyst and lapis lazuli. Remedial/Medicinal: Hyssop is used primarily for respiratory and digestive ailments, to regulate blood pressure and for a nerve tonic. Hyssop is also used for anxiety, asthma, bronchitis, bruise, burns, capillary fragility, catarrh, circulatory disorders, common cold, cough, epilepsy, fever, gout, dyspepsia, herpes simplex, hysteria, influenza, intestinal worms, night sweats, ophthalmia, petit mal, quinsy, rheumatism, rhinitis, sore throat, tonsillitis, toothache, and upper respiratory catarrh. Hyssop essential oil is used in liqueurs, perfumes, soaps, creams, and other cosmetics. Claims have been made that Hyssop leaves are often host to a mold that produces a natural penicillin...this is not proven. CAUTION: DO NOT USE HYSSOP WHEN PREGNANT. Administer as: Infusion, essential oil. Hyssop is a: Tonic, antispasmodic, taeniacide, febrifuge and expectorant. |