Danielin February
Apr 29, 20192 min
Finding the right herb for a particular spell can be hard, but finding a substitute can be easy. Belladonna can be hard to find but Tobacco is readily available.
Please check the chart below for alternative herbs that can be substituted:
ACACIA = Gum Arabic
ACACIA GUM = Gum Arabic
ACONITE = Tobacco
ARABIC GUM = Frankincense, Gum Mastic, Gum Tragacanth
(for binding wet ingredients, not for incense)
AMMONIA GUM = Asafetida
ASAFOETIDA = Tobacco; Valerian
BALM OF GILEAD = Rose buds, Gum Mastic
BELLIUM , GUM = Copal; Pine resin; Dragons Blood
BELLADONNA = Tobacco
BENZOIN = Gum Arabic; Gum Mastic
CACHANA = Angelica Root
CARNATION = Rose petals anointed with a few drops of clove oil
CASSIA = Cinnamon
CASTOR BEAN = A few drops of Castor Oil
CEDAR = Sandalwood
CINQUE FOIL = Clover; Trefoil
CITRON = Equal parts of Orange Peel & Lemon Peel
CLOVE = Mace, Nutmeg
CLOVER = Cinquefoil
COPAL= Frankincense; Cedar
COW BANE= Tobacco
CYPRESS= Juniper; Pine needles
DEER'S TONGUE= Tonka Bean (not for internal use); Wood ruff; Vanilla
DITTANY OF CRETE = Gum Mastic
DRAGONS BLOOD = Equal Parts of Red Sandalwood and Frankincense
EUCALYPTUS OIL = Camphor oil; Lavender Oil
EUPHORBIUM = Tobacco
FRANKINCENSE = Copal; Pine resin
GALANGAL = Ginger Root
GRAINS OF PARADISE = Black Pepper
GUM AMMONIA = Asafetida
GUM BELLIUM = Copal; Pine resin; Dragons Blood
HELLEBORE = Tobacco; Nettle
HEMLOCK = Tobacco
HEMP = Nutmeg; Damiana; Star Anise; Bay
HENBANE = Tobacco
HYSSOP = Lavender
IVY = Cinquefoil
JASMINE = Rose
JUNIPER = Pine
LAVENDER = Rose
LEMONGRASS = Lemon Peel
LEMON PEEL = Lemongrass;
LEMON VERBENA = Lemongrass; Lemon peel
MACE = Nutmeg
MANDRAKE = Tobacco
MASTIC GUM = Gum Arabic; Frankincense
MINT(any sort) = Sage
MISTLETOE = Mint; Sage
MUG WORT = Wormwood
NEROLI OIL = Orange Oil
NIGHTSHADE = Tobacco
NUTMEG = Mace; Cinnamon
OAK MOSS = Patchouli
ORANGE = Tangerine Peel
ORANGE FLOWERS = Orange Peel
PATCHOULI = Oak moss
PEPPERMINT = Spearmint
PEPPER WORT = Rue; Grains of Paradise; Black Pepper
PINE = Juniper
PINE RESIN = Frankincense; Copal
RED SANDALWOOD = Sandalwood mixed with a pinch of Dragons Blood
ROSE = Yarrow
ROSE GERANIUM = Rose
RUE = Rosemary mixed with a pinch of black pepper
SAFFRON = Orange Peel
SANDALWOOD = Cedar
SARSAPARILLA = Sassafras
SASSAFRAS = Sarsaparilla
SPEARMINT = Peppermint
SULFUR = Tobacco; Club Moss; Asafetida
THYME = Rosemary
TOBACCO = Bay
TONKA BEAN = Vanilla
TREFOIL = Cinquefoil
VALERIAN = Asafetida
VANILLA = Woodruff; Deers tongue; Tonka Bean
VETIVERT = Calamus
WOLFSBANE = Tobacco
WOOD ALOE = Sandalwood Sprinkled with Ambergris Oil
WOODRUFF = Deer's tongue; Vanilla