====== Dill ======
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latin_names: Anethum graveolens
folk_names: Aneton, Dill Weed, Dilly, Garden Dill, Chebbit, Sowa, Keper, Hulwa, Buzzalchippet
gender_tags: Masculine
planet_tags: Mercury
element_tags: Fire, Air
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Protection, Money, Lust, Love, Concious mind, Purification
part_tags: dried fruit, fresh fruit, leaves
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===== Magical Uses =====

The herb is protective when hung at the door and carried in protective sachets. Placed in the cradle it protects children. And if it is placed over the door, no one ill-disposed or envious of you can enter your house.

Dill, owing to the number of seeds the plant produces, is used in money spells.

Added to the bath, it makes the bather irresistible, and dill stimulates lust if eaten or smelled (which is why dill pickles are so popular).

Smell dill to cure hiccoughs.

===== Aromatherapy =====

==== Lore ====

No one who has ever smelled fresh dill will forget its scent. It is richer and more potent than that of the dried leaves or of pickles. Just smelling dill makes me hungry.

As far back as Culpeper’s time (see Bibliography), the scent of dill was thought to “stayeth” hiccoughs.

==== Magical Uses ====

The sharp odor (especially of fresh dill) sharpens the conscious mind. Smell it for a few seconds to clear your head. Then get on with the mental work at hand. This is ideal for balancing checkbooks.

If you enjoy the odor, inhale it during purification rituals while visualizing yourself being cleansed.

Taken internally, dill seed is considered to be an aphrodisiac. The aroma is not.
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