Danielin February

Apr 29, 20192 min

Herbal Alternatives

Hanging Bunches of Herbs

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

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