🌿 Mandrake Root (Mandragora officinarum) | Mystical Herb of Protection & Traditional Healing | NYCherbs®

The Remedy:

🌱 Other Names: Mandragora, Satan’s Apple, Circe’s Plant, Mandragore (French), Alraune (German), Yabroukh (Arabic)

✨ Key Benefits:
🌙 Traditional magical & protective herb
🧠 Sedative and calming effects in traditional medicine
🍃 Used historically for pain relief and sleep aid
🛡️ Protective amulet in folklore against curses and illness
⚖️ Ritual herb symbolizing balance between worlds

📌 Traditional & Modern Uses:

• Revered in European, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean folklore for its magical properties

• Used in ritual medicine and shamanic practices as a protective charm

• Historically applied in tinctures and salves for pain relief (extremely toxic, must be handled with care)

• Root’s human-like shape contributed to its mythic reputation in witchcraft and alchemy

🌼 Herbal Combinations:

• 🌿 Mugwort → amplifies dream and ritual work

• 🌱 Valerian Root → enhances sedative properties in folklore remedies

• 🌑 Belladonna (historical) → combined in occult traditions for trance states

🧴 Available Forms:

• Dried Root (ritual or display use)

• Powder (not for ingestion without expert supervision)

• Extract/Tincture (strictly limited use in homeopathy and ritual medicine)

⚠️ Note: Mandrake is highly toxic — modern use is mainly symbolic, ritualistic, or for display, not casual consumption.