Tansy (Tacacerum Vulgara)

The Botanical Name for Tandy is Tanacetum Vulgara and unfortunately the only folk name i could find was Buttons. 

Habitat & Description:  Zone 4-9, Tansy is a flowering herbaceous plant with finely divided compound leaves and yellow, button-like flowers. It has a stout, somewhat reddish, erect stem, usually smooth, 50–150 cm (20–59 in) tall, and branching near the top.

Parts Used:  whole plant, oils (warning: Tansy oil is highly toxic and can cause death from as little as 10 drops if consumed internally. Never use it in cooking or for internal consumption!)

Culinary Uses: leaves are used, Cakes, custards and puddings

Tansy Pudding
Ingredients
  5 ounces of grated bread
  1 pint of milk
  5 eggs
  a little nutmeg
   juice of tansy and spinach, to your taste
  1/4 pound of butter
  some sugar
  a little brandy
Directions
Put it in a saucepan, and keep it stirring on a gentle fire till thick.
Then put it in a dish and bake it; when baked, turn it out, and dust sugar on it.
Source:  The Lady's Own Cookery Book (1844).


Medicinal Uses: enema for round & thread worms in children, topical crèmes for scabies, lice and fleas.

Magickal Uses: Tansy’s have correspondence with health and longevity. Tansy’s planetary ruler is Venus, its magickal gender is female, elemental rule is water.

It is not recommended to eat too many tansys at once because it could be unsafe if eaten in large quantities and it is also unsafe for pregnant women to ingest as it could end up being aborted.

Tansy has a strong aromatic warming herb.

Ants do not like Tansy.

Tansy expels intestinal parasites.

TANSY OIL IS HIGHLY TOXIC BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTENALLY.  

Workcited:

https://classes.witchschool.com/classes/BSCH102/L1/p04.asp

Dandelion (Taraxacum Officinale)

Botanical Name for dandelion is Taraxacum Officinale and some folk names I was able to find are Goats beard, Wild chicory, Pisseabed, Dent de lion

Habitat & Description: Perennial that likes moist to dry, neutral- alkaline soil in full sun. It can be deadheaded to prevent seed production.

Parts Used:  the Whole plant plant is used in a variety of different ways.

Culinary Uses: Salads, greens, teas, substitute for coffee. The young leaves of the Dandelion are popular and They have a bitter chicory-like taste, as also has the root.

Directions for dandelion root tea/decoctionAdd 2 cups of water, to 2 tsp of herb. Simmer for 15 minutes covered. Shut off the heat. Allow the mixture to settle in the pan. Stain and pour into a cup. If you make extra, store the remainder in the fridge and consume it within 24 hours.

Medicinal Uses:  Used as tinctures, extracts & capsules. Stimulates bile production and helps with digestive disorders.

Magickal Properties include correspondences with Divination, wishes, calling spirits, psychic powers. Dandelion’s Planetary Ruler is Jupiter, Magickal Gender is Male, Elemental Rule is Air

Other Information:

• It is hard to eradicate from yard as it is invasive. 
• Plants cut in early summer and dried for use. 
• Leaves picked late in spring before they flower. 
• To use roots of dandelion you would harvest them at the end of second year before they seed.
• Dandelion reduces swelling and inflammation.
• It may help with gallstones.
• Women’s health has benefited from the use of dandelion for menstrual problems.

WorkCited:

https://classes.witchschool.com/classes/BSCH102/L1/p01.asp

https://www.homeopathycenter.org/remedy/taraxacum

https://joybileefarm.com/harvesting-dandelion-root-tea/

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