====== Meadowsweet ======
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latin_names: Spiraea filipendula, Filipendula ulmaria, Spiraea ulmaria
folk_names: Bride of the Meadow, Bridewort, Dollor, Gravel Root, Lady of the Meadow, Little Queen, Meadowwort, Meadowsweet, Queen of the Meadow, Steeplebush, Trumpet Weed
gender_tags:  Masculine
planet_tags: Jupiter
element_tags: Air
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Love, Divination, Peace, Happiness
part_tags: fresh leaves, dried leaves
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===== Magical Uses =====
Fresh meadowsweet is placed on the altar for love spells, or dried is used in various love mixtures. Also strewn about the house to keep peace. The scent of meadowsweet cheers the heart.

If gathered on Midsummer, meadowsweet will give you information regarding thieves; if you have been robbed, place meadowsweet on water. If it sinks, the thief is a man. If it floats, a woman.

===== Aromatherapy =====

Gerard states that the fragrance of meadowsweet “makes the heart merrie,” won’t cause headache or dull the appetite.

Long associated with love in European folk magic, the scent of meadowsweet can indeed be used to expand our ability to give and receive love. Inhale the aroma with visualization.
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