Black Mallow Flowers Malva sylvestris
In previous centuries, blue mallow flowers were strewn in front of
one's house or worn as a garland for
Mayday/Beltane celebrations in England. Culpeper considered this a
Venus herb, and it is good for love magick, but it's also useful in
Water magick. Blue mallow promotes spiritual healing and peace. It can
be incorporated into a dream pillow for soothing nightmares or drunk as
a tea or added to a bath to soften one's character. A nice Venus or
Dark of the Moon ink can be made from blue mallow. This magick herb has more than a bit of Saturn in
it, both because of the color and because it is a hedgerow
plant, one that likes to grow on borders, a traditional Saturn
location.
In Herbalism
This herb is cooling and demulcent (soothing) and has traditionally
been used as poultice on the belly to ease internal aches or against
the
stings of Martial insects (typically Venus work). It is good mixed with
eucalyptus in a tea for coughs
or boiled with a bit of honey to make a gargle for sore throat. It was
once a remedy for epilepsy ("falling sickness").
Other Uses
Blue mallow is great for adding color to pot pourri. It also dramatically colors floral teas and has been used to color bitters.
A
tincture of the flowers will show the presence of alkalinity by
changing color. Blue mallow is also known as high mallow, cheese-cake,
cheese-flower, cheese-log, common mallow, ebegumeci, groot
kaasjeskruid, high
mallow, malva, mallards, mauls, schloss tea, Althea zebrina, and French
hollyhock. These flowers do not have a fragrance.
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Discontinued
Uses in Witchcraft & Magic:
Mayday/Beltane Celebrations Love Magic Water
Magic Spiritual Healing Dreamwork Venus Herb
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