Wild Lettuce dates back to the time of the Egyptian's and was used to calm menstrual symptoms in women along with many disease's. The fertility God Min has been found to be in connection with this herb. Through ceremony the Egyptians used wild lettuce while also praying to there God Min as a way to help connect with her with its psychoactive effects. The Egyptian's used the herb as aphrodisiac to induce fertility. The Greeks and Romans continued the use of Wild Lettuce for as a cure for disease and menstrual symptoms for women. They often served it at the end of a meal to help induce sleep. Women were never aloud to eat the heart of the plant as this was a bad omen.
Fertility rituals
Wild lettuce can be used in fertility rituals to honor the Egyptian god Min.
Love potions
Wild lettuce can be added to love potions.
Meditation
Wild lettuce can be used as a meditation aid to help calm and center the mind. It can also help with astral journeys and path workings.
Incense
Wild lettuce can be powdered and burned as incense for divination, healing, sleep, calming, protection, and moon magic.
Divination
Wild lettuce can be used in sachets for divination, especially when engaging with darker deities.
Shut-up spells
Wild lettuce leaf can be used to shut-up spells to stop gossip about you from your enemies.
Wild lettuce is also generally used when working with Deities and energies of a darker nature.
The Egyptians used Wild Lettuce as an aphrodisiac, but warned that excessive use would dull the brain. The Egyptian fertility god "Min" was also the god of magic plants, he is always pictured with stalks of wild lettuce behind him and had an entire festival in his honour.
Ancient Greeks and Romans used Wild lettuce as a cure-all to treat everything from menstrual pains to disease. Wild lettuce resin was also smoked by the Hopi tribe in Arizona before sleeping because they believed that it induced vision dream states.
The shape of lettuce is tied to Saturn and Mars and carries masculine or projective energy. It is also associated with the root chakra. More round heads of lettuce are tied to the Moon and carry feminine or receptive energy. They're also corresponded to the element of water.
Wild lettuce herb (Lactuca virosa) is a natural remedy that has been used for centuries to improve sleep, relieve pain, and reduce stress. It is a member of the sunflower family and is native to Europe, Asia, and North America.
Wild lettuce tea can be made by steeping 1-2 teaspoons of dried wild lettuce leaf in hot water for 5-10 minutes.
If you are looking for a natural way to improve your sleep quality, relieve pain, reduce stress, or soothe the digestive system, wild lettuce herb is a great option. It is safe for most people to consume and has a long history of use in traditional medicine.
Try wild lettuce herb today and experience the difference it can make in your health!
Want to learn more about Wild Lettuce? Check out Witchy Pooh's Blog about Wild Lettuce and also find recipes of how to make products with it to use so you can start living better! Click the link to learn! https://witchypoohs.com/blogs/news/wild-lettuce-herb-natures-opium-for-chronic-pain-relief
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Other popular names:
- Prickly lettuce
- Bitter lettuce
- Tall lettuce
- Opium lettuce
- Wild opium
- Lettuce opium
- Sonchus virosus
- Lactuca virosa sativa
- Lactuca scariola var. virosa
- Lactuca scariola var. sativa
- Lactuca scariola var. crispa
- Lactuca scariola var. longifolia
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- Witchy Pooh's Exotic Teas and Herbs
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