====== Nutmeg ======
---- dataentry herbs---- latin_names: Myristica fragrans folk_names: Qoust, Sadhika, Wohpala, Bicuiba Acu gender_tags: Masculine planet_tags: Jupiter element_tags: Fire deity_tags: effect_tags: Luck, Money, Health, Fidelity, Physical Energy, Magical Energy, Psychism part_tags: dried nut, essential oil ----
===== Magical Uses ===== Nutmegs have long been carried as good luck charms, and are strung with star anise and tonka beans for a potent herbal necklace. Specifically, nutmegs are carried to ward off rheumatism, cold sores, neuralgia, boils, and sties. A nutmeg hung from a string around a baby's neck will aid in its teething. Nutmeg is included in many money/prosperity mixtures, and (ground) is sprinkled onto green candles for this purpose as well. To ensure your lover's fidelity, cut a nutmeg into exactly four pieces. Bury one part in the Earth; throw one off a cliff into the air; burn the third part; and boil the last in water. Drink a sip of the water and take this last piece of nutmeg with you everywhere; sleep with it under your pillow at night. No one will tempt your mate. ===== Aromatherapy ===== The state of Connecticut was once famous for nutmegs. Enterprising business persons whittled wood into the shape of this once costly spice and placed these “woodnuts” among shipments of the real thing to improve their profits while cheating their buyers. Anyone who has ever had a sip of real eggnog knows the powerful spiciness of nutmegs The scent, so warming and stimulating to the physical body, is inhaled prior to any form of magic which requires a tremendous release of bioelectrical energy. Visualize its scent (and, hence its energy) mingling with and arousing your own in preparation for the coming magical act. The fragrance of nutmeg is suited to bringing money into your life. Smell and visualize. In herbal folk magic, nutmeg has long been utilized to tap into our psychic minds, and the scent can also be called upon for this purpose. Nutmeg essential oil is toxic in large quantities. Do not inhale for long periods of time, and do not add to bathwater.