====== Nettle ======
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latin_names: Urtica dioica
folk_names: Ortiga Ancha, Stinging Nettle
gender_tags: Masculine
planet_tags: Mars
element_tags: Fire
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Lust
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===== Magical Uses =====
The protective powers of the nettle have long been used in magic. To remove a curse and send it back, stuff a poppet with nettle, or carry some in a sachet.

Also, sprinkle nettle around the house to keep evil out and to send it back. Nettle is also thrown onto a fire to avert danger, held in the hand to ward off ghosts, carried with yarrow to allay fear, and worn as an amulet to keep negativity far away.

A pot of freshly cut nettles placed beneath a sickbed will aid in the person's recovery.

Nettle has sometimes been used as a lust-inducing herb, and contemporary Mexican spiritualists recommend its use in purification baths--because it is "more carnivorous" than other herbs, and so will work more efficiently.
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