comme-le-vent: Lavender “ Gender : Masculine Planet : Mercury Element : Air&nbs
comme-le-vent: Lavender “ Gender : Masculine Planet : Mercury Element : Air Powers : Love, protection, sleep, Chastity, longevity, purification, happiness, peace. Magical uses : Lavender has long been used in love spells and sachets. Clothing nabbed with the fragrant flowers attracts love. [ … ] It also protects against cruel treatment at the hands of a spouse if worn. These flowers are burned to induce sleep, scattered about the home to maintain its peacefulness. [ … ] Lavender is also used in healing mixtures, carried to see ghosts, and worn to protect against the evil eye. [ … ] . “Source : Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of magical herbs.Medicinal Uses : Infusion : 15 to 30 g of flowers, 1l of boilling water, infuse 10 minutes. Insect bites : Apply one drop of essential oil or scrub the flower on it. In a sachet it repels moths. -- source link