as for the image….I didnt have any real ginger..but this can assures me that this was made from real ginger..
Ginger
- zingiber officinale
- Ginger Magick
- ‘herb of the Moon’
COMMON FOLK NAMES
- African Ginger
- Ch’iang
- Garden Ginger
PARTS USED
root and essence
GENDER: Masculine
PLANET: Mars
ELEMENT: Fire
SCENT
- subtle
- warm
- spicey Peppery
POWERS
- Money
- love
- success
- power
MAGICKAL USES
- aphrodisiac
- love
- passion
- psychic development
- sensuality
Used to make sure spells are effective.
Eating ginger before performing spells will lend them power, since you have been “heated up” by the ginger.
This is especially true of love spells, in which ginger is much used.
Whole ginger roots are planted to attract money, or the powdered root is sprinkled into pockets or onto money for this purpose.
Ginger is used in success spells, or to ensure the success of a magickal operation.
In the Pacific the Dobu islanders make much use of ginger in their magick.
They chew it and spit it at the “seat” of an illness to cure it, and spit chewed ginger at an oncoming storm, while at sea, to halt it.
USES IN FOLKLORE
Ginger root (chewed) stimulates the salivary glands, which is said to be useful in paralysis of the tongue.
Prized since ancient times both for its flavor and for its medicinal properties.
In China, the tea has long been prescribed for colds, coughs, flu and hangovers.
The Chinese believe that the tea has the power to strengthen lungs and kidneys.
Tibetans use ginger to stimulate the vital energies of one who is debilitated, lethargic, or convalescing from an illness.
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(Source: geocities.ws)
