====== Bittersweet ======
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latin_names: Celastrus scandens-American Bittersweet; Solanum dulcamara-European Bittersweet
folk_names:  For American Bittersweet: Wax Work, False Bittersweet. For European Bittersweet: Violet Bloom, Felonwort, Woody Nightshade, Scarlet Berry, Dulcamara, Bitter Nightshade
gender_tags: Masculine
planet_tags: Mercury
element_tags: Air
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Protection, Healing
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===== Magical Uses =====
Some bittersweet placed beneath the pillow will help you in forgetting a past love.

The bittersweet is also used to protect against and to remove evil from both humans and animals, by tying a small piece of the herb somewhere on the body.

Tied to the neck, bittersweet cures vertigo or dizziness of the head, according to Culpeper.
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