====== Coriander ======
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latin_names: Coriandrum sativum
folk_names: Chinese Parsley, Cilantro, Cilentro, Culantro, Uan-Suy, Stinkdillsamen, Hu-Sui
gender_tags: Masculine
planet_tags: Mars
element_tags: Fire
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Love, Health, Healing, Memory
part_tags: dried fruit, essential oil
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===== Magical Uses =====

Coriander has long been used in love sachets and spells. Add the powdered seeds to warm wine to make an effective lust potion.

The seeds are used for healing, especially easing headaches, and are worn for this purpose. If pregnant women eat coriander, their future children will be ingenious.

===== Aromatherapy =====

==== Lore ====

Unlike the origins of many planet names, the etymology of coriander isn’t filled with romance and intrigue. It stems from //koros//, a classical word meaning “bug.”

Here in the Southwestern United States, the fresh leaves are often added to Mexican and Southeast Asian cooking. Many persons dislike their rather astringent, pungent taste and odor but the dried fruits are deliciously scented.

It was one of the first herbs I ever grew from seed.

==== Magical Uses ====

In //The Art of Simpling//, an early treatise on herbalism, William Coles tells us to smell coriander to be ingenious and to have a good memory. The scent is also helpful in relieving headaches.

Crush a few of the small, round seeds between your fingers and sniff them while visualizing yourself in a loving, interpersonal relationship.

Or, inhale the odor of the crushed fruits and visualize it speeding up your body’s healing processes.
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