In the fourth episode of Elder Hour Juliet and Chelsea discuss dangerous and deadly belladonna. They dissect its historic connection to witchcraft, the spooky habitat it thrives in, mind altering substances, and how it’s used in ancient and modern medicine!
To recognize belladonna poisoning symptoms check if the patient is “Hot as a hare, blind as a bat, dry as a bone, red as a beet, and mad as a hatter.”
These recipes are purely for historical purposes and are not intended for practical use.
Classic Flying ointment recipe:
Bearded Darnel, henbane, poison hemlock, corn poppy, bitter lettuce, purslane, deadly nightshade
“Devil’s Mush” picked during the waning moon: Deadly nightshade, monkshood or wolfsbane, mallow leaves, henbane, black nightshade, cinquefoil, opium poppy, poison hemlock, black hellebore)
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Sources:
Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart
The Encyclopedia of Magickal Ingredients by Lexa Rosean
The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners by Wolf D. Storl
Weiser Concise Guide to Herbal Magick by Judith Hawkins-Tillerson
Encyclopedia of Witchcraft by Judika Illes
Magical Herbalism by Scott Cunningham
A Druid’s Herbal by Ellen Evert Hopman
Culpeper’s Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham
The Master Book of Herbalism by Paul Beyerl