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Magickal Herbs & The Cranial Nerves Part 5 · The Occult Rejects

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  Speaker 1: Somethings going to happen, What's going to happen? What? Herbalism
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  Speaker 1: and ritual magic have long intertwined with practitioners of witchcraft, emeticism, wicca,
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  Speaker 1: and folk traditions attributing spiritual virtues to plants. Herbs are
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  Speaker 1: classified by correspondences, symbolic associations like gender, masculine and feminine, rolling, planet,
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  Speaker 1: element and patron deities, which guide their use in spells
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  Speaker 1: and rituals. Often these correspondences mirror the herbs precede effects.
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  Speaker 1: For example, a fiery mars ruled herb used to rouse
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  Speaker 1: courage might also contain physiologically warming or stimulating compounds. This
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  Speaker 1: episode explores eleven herbs famed in ritual practices devil, shoestring,
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  Speaker 1: eyebright solomon, seal, rue, witch, hazel, gandeline, basil, cinnamon, oris, root, hathorn,
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  Speaker 1: and eucalyptus, examining both their traditional magical uses and scientific
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  Speaker 1: insights into their effects on the human nervous system. Special
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  Speaker 1: attention is given to how each plant might influence to
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  Speaker 1: cranial nerves, especially the vagus nerve, the primary conduit of
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  Speaker 1: parasympathetic calm and neurochemistry. Like interactions with neurotransmitters like gabba
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  Speaker 1: or acetacoline. By bridging law with laboratory findings, we can
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  Speaker 1: appreciate how these herbs not only serve symbolically in ritual,
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  Speaker 1: but also tangibly affect mind and body, offering sedative calm,
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  Speaker 1: stimulating clarity, or other neuromodulatory actions. The aim is an
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  Speaker 1: evidence based exploration suitable for both academic inquiry and the
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  Speaker 1: practitioner seeking deeper understanding of the herbs that link spirit
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  Speaker 1: and nervous system up devil shoestring folk name devil shoestring,
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  Speaker 1: Joshua's beads gender is masculine, associated with the planet Mars,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes attributed to Satin or Jupiter in different traditions. Also
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  Speaker 1: associated with the element of fire occasionally earth water in
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  Speaker 1: Hoodu contexts not commonly linked to major deities. Some sources
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  Speaker 1: named Veritas the Roman goddess of truth due to its
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  Speaker 1: truth uncovering use, though this association is obscure. More often
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  Speaker 1: it is tied to generic spirits of protection in African
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  Speaker 1: American folk magic in appellation in Hudoo folk magic, devil shoestring,
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  Speaker 1: the root of certain Verburnum species, is a powerful protective charm.
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  Speaker 1: Its name comes from the belief that scattered roots trip
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  Speaker 1: up the devil, entangling evil influences. Traditionally, pieces of the
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  Speaker 1: root are strung together and hung above doorways, are carried
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  Speaker 1: in mojo bags to ward orf curses, hexes, and malicious spirits.
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  Speaker 1: It is a classic ingredient for uncrossing curses and for
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  Speaker 1: gambling luck. Gamblers steep the roots in whiskey or cologne,
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  Speaker 1: then rub the scent and liquid on their hands for
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  Speaker 1: money or success. In Hoodo law, tying nine devil shoe
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  Speaker 1: strings around the ankles protects one from enemy tricks and
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  Speaker 1: breaks spells laid with foot track magic. Because of its
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  Speaker 1: reputed power to bind evil, it finds use in banishing
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  Speaker 1: and protection rituals across various folk traditions. Cunningham notes it
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  Speaker 1: can also be carried for general good luck and to
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  Speaker 1: attract employment. In witchcraft correspondences, it is considered a root
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  Speaker 1: of power, protection, luck, courage, and strength, aligned with Mars
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  Speaker 1: in the element of fire to reflect its aggressive defense
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  Speaker 1: against negativity. Devil shoe string or black how contains compounds
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  Speaker 1: with notable effects on smooth muscle and the nervous system.
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  Speaker 1: Herbal medicine has long used black haw as an anti spasmodic,
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  Speaker 1: particularly to prevent uterine cramps and calm gastro intestinal or
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  Speaker 1: bronchial spasms. Pharmacological studies confirmed that Viburnum species relax smooth muscle,
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  Speaker 1: likely via direct action on muscle fibers and possibly central
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  Speaker 1: nervous system sedation. In the nineteenth century, black hor was
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  Speaker 1: even recommended for nervous disorders like hysteria, chorea, and mild
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  Speaker 1: epileptic states. An animal experiment showed Viburnum extract to press
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  Speaker 1: his spinal reflexes and motor activity, suggesting a central sedating effect.
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  Speaker 1: The active principle for burning is thought to contribute to
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  Speaker 1: muscle relaxation and dampering of nerve excitability, which aligns with
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  Speaker 1: the roots folk used to tie down or restrain evil,
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  Speaker 1: metaphorically paralleling its physiological ability to restrain overactive nerves or spasms. Thus,
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  Speaker 1: devil shoestring may support the parasympathetic response by reducing cramps
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  Speaker 1: and calming the body. It could indirectly enhance vagal tone,
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  Speaker 1: since relief from visceral pain and tension engages the vaguest
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  Speaker 1: driven relaxation response. The ethnobotanical record of viburnum backs its
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  Speaker 1: role as a nerve ne relaxing. In summary, the root
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  Speaker 1: carried to protect one from spiritual threats, also contains chemistry
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  Speaker 1: that physically protects against overstimulation, soothing muscle contractions and possibly
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  Speaker 1: quieting an over excited nervous system. A striking case of
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  Speaker 1: an herb's material and mystical reputation aligning. And Next we
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  Speaker 1: have ibright folk name Euphrosine, after the Greek grace of
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  Speaker 1: joy eyweed or gentrost, German eye comfort, and meadow eybrite
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  Speaker 1: gender is masculine, associated with the planet's sun and the
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  Speaker 1: element of air associated deities. No specific patron deity is
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  Speaker 1: universally cited, but its solo rulership sometimes connects it to
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  Speaker 1: sun gods for illumination, and the name ties it to
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  Speaker 1: a minor goddess of mirth. We might also see it
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  Speaker 1: as under the purview of Apollo, a sun aligned deity
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  Speaker 1: of healing and prophecy, given its clamvoyant uses. The genius
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  Speaker 1: name Euphrasia comes from Euphrosine, one of the three graces
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  Speaker 1: of Greek myth symbolizing joy, linking the plant to gladness
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  Speaker 1: and clear vision, as it implies. Ibright has a venerable
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  Speaker 1: reputation in European folk magic for enhancing clairvoyance, inner sight,
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  Speaker 1: and memory. In the Elizabethan era, it was brewed into
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  Speaker 1: ales and wines to make the spirit cheerful and sharpen
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  Speaker 1: the mind's eye. Applied as an infusion to the eyelids,
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  Speaker 1: it was said to induce second sight, allowing one to
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  Speaker 1: perceive hidden, fay or future visions, which as could dab
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  Speaker 1: their eyes with ibrit Ta adorned to see through glamour
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  Speaker 1: and deception during the day or at night to prompt
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  Speaker 1: prophetic dreams. It figuratively clears the eyes of the soul,
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  Speaker 1: helping one see reality or see the positive in a situation.
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  Speaker 1: It is a favorite herb for divination. A pinch in
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  Speaker 1: a scrying mirror or crystal water supposedly enhances the clarity
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  Speaker 1: of visions. In folk practice, carrying ibrite with rosemary or
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  Speaker 1: peppermint was thought to improve memory and help find lost objects.
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  Speaker 1: The herb's long association with vision, physical and metaphysical, and
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  Speaker 1: joy as euphrocity made it a symbol of clear sided optimism.
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  Speaker 1: Burning ibrite as a ritual incense lifts the mood and
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  Speaker 1: is said to invite joyful spirits and fairies, consistent with
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  Speaker 1: its name meaning joy and its history of bringing gladness
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  Speaker 1: and joy to human eyes. Ibright's renown effects on the
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  Speaker 1: eyes come from its astringent and anti inflammatory constituents such
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  Speaker 1: as iridoid glycosides and flavonoids, which reduce redness and secretions
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  Speaker 1: in conjunctivitis, biphysically clearing vision, reducing eye irritation, and metaphorically
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  Speaker 1: earned a reputation for clearing mental vision as well. Scientifically,
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  Speaker 1: ibrite is an anti inflammatory for mucous membranes. Studies show
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  Speaker 1: it can soothe conjunctival inflammation and may help dry irritated
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  Speaker 1: eyes by modulating cytokines. While direct effects on crinial nerves
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  Speaker 1: are not well studied, Ibright's impact on the ophthalmic branch
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  Speaker 1: of the trigeminal nerve, which senses eye irritation, is notable.
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  Speaker 1: It reduces the sensory feedback of irritation, which in turn
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  Speaker 1: calms reflex neural pathways that respond to eyestrain. There is
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  Speaker 1: also a mild neotropic folk claim by alleviating eye fatigue,
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  Speaker 1: eyebright might indirectly improve cognitive focus, since i discomfort can
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  Speaker 1: strain the mind. Historically, Nicholas Culpepper in sixteen fifty three
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  Speaker 1: assigned ibright to the zodiac sign Leo and the Sun,
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  Speaker 1: suggesting it cheers the spirit. Modern herbalists sometimes brew eyebrite
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  Speaker 1: tea as a gentle stimula from mental clarity, though this
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  Speaker 1: is more tradition than laboratory proven The herb contains tannins that,
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  Speaker 1: when ingested, have a slight drying effect and may reduce
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  Speaker 1: nasal congestion, potentially aiding clear breathing and thus oxygenation of
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  Speaker 1: the brain. Euphrasia species haven't shown strong direct neurotransmitter activity
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  Speaker 1: in the literature. However, their anti inflammatory action could benefit
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  Speaker 1: the nervous system by reducing inflammatory stress signals. In summary,
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  Speaker 1: ibright's influence of the nervous system is peripheral but significant.
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  Speaker 1: By literally easing eyes and sinus discomfort, it can trigger
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  Speaker 1: a cascade of relief. The vagus nerve often responds to
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  Speaker 1: reduction in pain and inflammation with a shift towards paras
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  Speaker 1: empathetic tone. This may be why eyebright folklore links to
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  Speaker 1: an uplifted clear mind. It illuminates by removing both the
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  Speaker 1: physical and metaphorical irritants that cloud vision, aligning well with
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  Speaker 1: its magical use for clear sight and a joyful spirit.
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  Speaker 1: And next we have Solomon's Seal. Folk name Dropberry, Lady Seal,
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  Speaker 1: Saint Mary's Seal, Seal Wart, and louder Wort. It is
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  Speaker 1: feminine associated with Saturn, chiefly reflecting the herb's association with
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  Speaker 1: boundaries and protection. Some traditions also connected to mercury for
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  Speaker 1: its wisdom and communication aspects. It is associated with the
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  Speaker 1: element of water, sometimes earth. Due to its grounding, rooty nature,
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  Speaker 1: it is often linked to deities of magic and transformation.
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  Speaker 1: Modern practitioners name Hakate, Greek goddess of crossroads and protective magic,
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  Speaker 1: as a patroness of solomon Seal. Likewise, Caridwin Celtic goddess
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  Speaker 1: of wisdom and change, and other wisdom figures like frig
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  Speaker 1: and Isis have been associated the biblical king Solomon, legendary
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  Speaker 1: master of arcane knowledge, is an implicit patron. The plant's
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  Speaker 1: signature scars on the rhizome are said to resemble the
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  Speaker 1: seal of Solomon, his signet ring, giving it an aura
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  Speaker 1: of wise authority. Solomon's Seal root has an enduring reputation
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  Speaker 1: as an herb of wisdom, protection and spiritual healing. In
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  Speaker 1: European folk magic, the root was placed at the four
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  Speaker 1: corners of a home to guard against evil and create
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  Speaker 1: a consecrated boundary. It is frequently used in exorcism and
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  Speaker 1: warding rights, and effusion of the root can be sprinkled
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  Speaker 1: around a space to seal it from align entities. The
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  Speaker 1: very name evokes King Solomon's seal, a symbol of command
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  Speaker 1: over spirits, so the herb is believed to confer authority
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  Speaker 1: in magical workings, helping practitioners bind or banish unwanted influences
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  Speaker 1: because its seals and finalizes. It's also employed in rituals
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  Speaker 1: to end unhealthy cycles or habits, eating the user and
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  Speaker 1: breaking attachments and moving through transitions, which may include Solomon
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  Speaker 1: seal and incenses or mojo bags to assist in decision
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  Speaker 1: making and life changes, Reflecting its folklore as a root
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  Speaker 1: of wise choices and smooth transitions, some use it in
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  Speaker 1: love spells as well, not to inflame passion, but to
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  Speaker 1: seal loving bonds and promote fidelity. Its alternate folk named
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  Speaker 1: seal word hints at binding together as an operatory incense,
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  Speaker 1: it is burned to honour protective deities or ancestors, to smoke,
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  Speaker 1: symbolically sealing the ritual space against interference. In Hudu, Solomon
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  Speaker 1: seal is sometimes added to bats for blessing and to
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  Speaker 1: seal one's or after uncrossing. The themes across traditions is completion, mastery,
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  Speaker 1: and protection. It helps close doors that need closing, whether
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  Speaker 1: casting out a spirit or ending a chapter of life,
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  Speaker 1: all under the ages of wisdom and divine order. When
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  Speaker 1: a cult source calls it the root of change and protection,
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  Speaker 1: noting it assists in accepting and seeking change while warding
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  Speaker 1: off malicious spirits. Indeed, to take up Solomon's seal in
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  Speaker 1: ritual is to invoke the disciplined, mature magic of Saturn,
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  Speaker 1: drawing boundaries, invoking wisdom, and ensuring that what is sent
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  Speaker 1: away stays away. Solomon seal has a quiet but notable
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  Speaker 1: profile and herbal medicine, primarily for the musculoskeletal system. The
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  Speaker 1: rhizome contains compounds like saponins that support connective tissue repair
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  Speaker 1: and may reduce inflammation in joints and tendons. Herbalists have
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  Speaker 1: used it as a tonic for tendons and ligaments, finding
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  Speaker 1: it helpful and healing strains. Interestingly, this mirrors its magical
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  Speaker 1: role in mending and sealing wholeness on the nervous system
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  Speaker 1: solomon Seal's effects or subtiler. It is not a famous
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  Speaker 1: sedative or stimulant when it can indirectly soothe nerves by
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  Speaker 1: resolving pain or imbalance in the body by reducing joint
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  Speaker 1: pain or aligning skeletal structures. Some herbalist claims it helps
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  Speaker 1: re knit bone and sinu It can relieve the chronic
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  Speaker 1: stress that pain imposes on the nervous system. This relief
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  Speaker 1: can allow the parasympathetic nervous system vegas mediated to engage
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  Speaker 1: more fully, promoting relaxation and recovery. Traditional Chinese medicine uses
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  Speaker 1: related polygonitim species huang ying as a yen tonic for
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  Speaker 1: nourishing the nerves, improving energy while calming restlessness. Modern research
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  Speaker 1: into polygonitim extracts suggests they have neuroprotective and cognitive benefits.
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  Speaker 1: One study found irisin and other compounds on polygonanim may
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  Speaker 1: promote neural growth and protect brain cells from oxidative stress.
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  Speaker 1: Preliminary evidence also shows anticholon estrace activity a polygonitim extract
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  Speaker 1: modestly inhibited acetocholon estates, potentially aiding memory by preserving acetocholine.
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  Speaker 1: Such an effect, while needing further validation, aligns with solomon
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  Speaker 1: seal lore of wisdom and mental clarity. Additionally, the star
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  Speaker 1: marches in the room provide steady nutritive energy, hence its
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  Speaker 1: historical use as a food by some indigenous groups, which
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  Speaker 1: can stabilize blood sugar and prevent the generous or neural
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  Speaker 1: irritability that comes with hypogloscemia. Summarizing its neurological profile, Solomon's
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  Speaker 1: seal is adaptogenic and restorative. It gently supports the body's
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  Speaker 1: structural healing and likely has an antiolytic side effect By
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  Speaker 1: grounding and strengthening the body. It grounds the mind. People
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  Speaker 1: who take it off and report a sense of centered calm.
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  Speaker 1: Over time, It may modulate the autonomic nervous system towards balance,
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  Speaker 1: neither sedating heavily nor over stimulating, but rather encouraging a
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  Speaker 1: return to homeostasis. This makes sense for an herb under
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  Speaker 1: Saturn's tutelage, slow and steady restoration of order, while not
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  Speaker 1: as overt in neuropharmacology as some other herbs. Here, Solomon
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  Speaker 1: Seal's contribution to vagual health comes through healing what is
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  Speaker 1: broken and calming what is inflamed, sealing the body and
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  Speaker 1: wholeness so the mind can find peace. And Next up
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  Speaker 1: we have Ru. Folk names are herb of grace, Ruda, garden, Rue, Herbie, grass,
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  Speaker 1: and witchman. It is masculine. It is associated with Mars
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  Speaker 1: and the Sun. Ru carries fire pungent energy, yet also
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  Speaker 1: a solar golden hue and is associated with the element
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  Speaker 1: of fire for deities. Radia, the folkloric Italian witch messenger
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  Speaker 1: of Diana, and Diana herself are often cited as patrons
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  Speaker 1: of Rue, likely due to Ru's prominence and Mediterranean magic
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  Speaker 1: and its role in protecting against the evil eye, something
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  Speaker 1: under Diana's purview as a guardian of the vulnerable. In
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  Speaker 1: Stregaria Italian witchcraft, Ru is sacred to Aradia as a
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  Speaker 1: key witch's herb. Some also like it to Apollo for
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  Speaker 1: its sun aspects, or Mars as a martial herb, but
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  Speaker 1: Aradia and Diana are the clearest deity connections given in
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  Speaker 1: modern sources. In Catholic folk practice, it's associated with the
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  Speaker 1: virgin Mary, hence of grace, as holy water was sprinkled
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  Speaker 1: with ru. Few herbs are renown for protection and banishment
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  Speaker 1: as rue. Across Europe and Latin America. Ru has been
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  Speaker 1: the godu herb to ward off the evil eye in
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  Speaker 1: all manner of hexes, witches, in layfolk alike war sprigs
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  Speaker 1: of rou or place it above doorways to repel curses
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  Speaker 1: and malevolent spirits. Its very scent was believed to drive
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  Speaker 1: away evil. In Italy, a silver charm called the Timaruda
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  Speaker 1: sprig of Roux was crafted in the shape of a
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  Speaker 1: roue sprig and hung around necks over infant cribs for protection.
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  Speaker 1: Rue's protective power with such that paradoxically it was known
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  Speaker 1: as witchbane, which is purportedly feared, yet also as one
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  Speaker 1: of the witch's five herb allies with ravane, yarrow, and
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  Speaker 1: so on, marking it as both tool and ward Historically,
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  Speaker 1: Middle aged sorcerers carried you to guard against poison and
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  Speaker 1: werewolf spells, and it was used to fume or smudge
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  Speaker 1: homes to cleanse negativity. As the herb of grace, Priests
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  Speaker 1: dipped roux and holy water edie to sprinkle blessings and
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  Speaker 1: act mirrored in magical practice by using ruse briggs to
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  Speaker 1: expurge salt water for purification rites. In spells, rou is versatile.
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  Speaker 1: Added to bath, it breaks chinxes and removes curses burned
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  Speaker 1: with frankinsense. It exercises demons mixed into floor washes. It
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  Speaker 1: spiritually sanitizes a home. Ru is also said to sharpen
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  Speaker 1: psychic sight. A small amount in tea or under the
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  Speaker 1: pillow is believed to stimulate second sight and creativity. Because
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  Speaker 1: it ruefully smells bitter, it symbolically drives away bitterness and
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  Speaker 1: negative influences. It has a malevolent detecting lore. One superstition
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  Speaker 1: claims that rule will wither in the hand of an
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  Speaker 1: unfaithful lover or in the presence of someone cursing you.
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  Speaker 1: In love magic, it's less common, though some use is
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  Speaker 1: to promote fidelity, sprinkling rue around the bed to cool
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  Speaker 1: lust and keep a partner faithful, tying to its property
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  Speaker 1: of chastity. In some sources, however, generally, rue banishes rather
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  Speaker 1: than attracts. When in doubt, use ru goes the occult
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  Speaker 1: saying for uncrossing work fame. The cultis Agrippa loided Rux's
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  Speaker 1: ability to repel venomous energies and even actual poison. Modern
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  Speaker 1: witches continue to regard ru as an herb that nobody
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  Speaker 1: hexes you when you wureak O rue In summary, Ru's
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  Speaker 1: magical use is center on cleansing, protection, exorcism, and clarity.
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  Speaker 1: It both purifies the space and the spirit, helping one
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  Speaker 1: detach from negativity. Juliet Diaz calls it the herb of detachment,
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  Speaker 1: to find one's true self beyond outside influences. Little wonder.
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  Speaker 1: It's counted among the most powerful protective herbs in folklore,
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  Speaker 1: its legacy spanning from ancient Greek usage to contemporary Latin
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  Speaker 1: American Caranderismo, where rue ininabulant or bath is a staple
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  Speaker 1: against mal puesto bad vibes. Ruse biochemical profile is potent.
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  Speaker 1: It contains alkaloids, quinonine, alkaloids like scimianine, volatile oils, methyl
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  Speaker 1: non ol ketone, siniole, and flavonoids, notably route named after Rue.
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  Speaker 1: These confer a mix of medicinal and toxic properties and
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  Speaker 1: high doses. Rule can be narcotic and slightly convulsant, but
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  Speaker 1: in controlled doses it has notable neuromodulatory effects. Recent pharmacological
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  Speaker 1: studies have found extracts have anti convulsiant and ensiolytic properties
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  Speaker 1: seemingly medicated by the GABBA urgic system. In mice, a
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  Speaker 1: methanol extract of RULE leaves significantly protected against chemically induced seizures,
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  Speaker 1: much like standard GABBA boosting drugs. Co Administering RU with
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  Speaker 1: GABBA A agonists enhanced the anti seizure effect, and the
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  Speaker 1: effect was blocked by flumizinal a benzodiazepine site antagonist, indicating
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  Speaker 1: RUE contains compounds that positively modulate GABBA A receptors. In essence,
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  Speaker 1: RULE likely increases GABBA availability or receptor responsiveness, contributing to
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  Speaker 1: a sedative calming influence on the CNS. This aligns with
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  Speaker 1: traditional reports that RULE calms hysterics and was us used
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  Speaker 1: for anxiety and folk medicine. Conversely, ruse alkaloids also interact
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  Speaker 1: with serotonin and dopamine pathways. One study noted its antiolytic
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  Speaker 1: effects involve modulation of dopamine D two and serotonin five
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  Speaker 1: H T two receptors as well. The net effect is
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  Speaker 1: a mild tranquilizing action. Users of ruet sometimes report drowsiness
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  Speaker 1: and mental calm. Interestingly, in the Renaissance, RU is said
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  Speaker 1: to improve iesight and creativity. Michelangelo and da Vinci supportedly
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  Speaker 1: kept RUE for clear vision and inspiration. We now know
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  Speaker 1: Ruse routin is a strong antioxidant that can improve microcirculation,
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  Speaker 1: including to the eyes of brain by reducing oxidative stress
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  Speaker 1: and inflammation, root and strengthens capularies and has neuroprotective antioxidant effects.
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  Speaker 1: Rue might safeguard neural tissue and support cognitive clarity in
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  Speaker 1: the long term. There is also evidence that ruse compounds
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  Speaker 1: inhibit enzymes like gabba, transseminase and MAO, which would raise
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  Speaker 1: GABBA and a monoamy neurotransmittal levels, respectively. Such inhibition can
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  Speaker 1: produce calm and even antidepressant effects. However, caution at improper doses,
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  Speaker 1: rou can cause neurotoxicity, dizziness, and spasms. Its perranocuremins can
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  Speaker 1: provoke phototoxic reactions, and its alkaloids can overstimulate. If not balanced.
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  Speaker 1: Folk use cleverly employed tiny doses just enough to steady
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  Speaker 1: the nerves without harm. Another notable effect RU is a
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: bronchodilator and anti spasmodic. In traditional Persian medicine, it was
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  Speaker 1: used for breathing difficulties. Modern finding suggests RUE relaxes smooth muscle, bronchi,
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  Speaker 1: and intestines via calcium channel blocking, which can relieve asthma
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  Speaker 1: and digestive cramps. By easy breathing, it directly signals the
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  Speaker 1: vagus nerve that all is well, since slow, deep breathing
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  Speaker 1: is vagual. In some rue's physiological actions mirror its magic.
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  Speaker 1: It wards off caeizures and excessive neural firing just as
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  Speaker 1: a wards off evil. It clears the head with improved
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  Speaker 1: circulation and calm, just as it clears negative influences. The
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  Speaker 1: vagus nerve likely benefits from Ruse multifaceted calming, lowering heart
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  Speaker 1: rate and blood pressure due to less anxiety and enhancing
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  Speaker 1: parasympathetic tone. By gabber, urgic means little wonder, those under
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  Speaker 1: psychic attack or high stress might instinctively reach for rudity.
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  Speaker 1: It literally soothes the brain and spirit, creating a biochemical
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: sanctuary for internal and external assaults. And next up we
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: have witch hazel folk names snapping hazelnut, spotted elder, and
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  Speaker 1: winter bloom. It is masculine associated with the sun and
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  Speaker 1: the element fire. No prominent deity is traditionally tied to
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: witch hazel, but its attributes suggests connections to solar and
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  Speaker 1: healing figures. Being a North American plant, some see it
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  Speaker 1: as sacred to native woodlands spirits. The neo pagan use
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  Speaker 1: one might invoke Apollo or raw for its sun rulership,
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  Speaker 1: or forest goddesses for its use in dowsing, ardio a
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  Speaker 1: Diana in her aspect as goddesses or wild grows. However,
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  Speaker 1: which hazel is far more famed for its tool use
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  Speaker 1: divining rods than for divine patrons. Its title, which comes
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  Speaker 1: from Old English, weis's client rather than implying witches, yet
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  Speaker 1: witches quickly adopted it. It can be symbolically linked to
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  Speaker 1: Hikate of Freyer in her c RS role due to
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  Speaker 1: its divinatory function, but such associations are modern and not universal.
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  Speaker 1: Which hazel branches have a storied place in divination and
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  Speaker 1: protection magic. The forked twigs of which hazel, were the
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: classic choice of dowsing rods, used to locate underground water
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: or hidden minerals. This practice was so prevalent that the
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: plant's name became synonymous with finding what is hidden. Magically,
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: this translates to which hazel being used in spells of
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: seeking revelation and inner guidance, which might carry a which
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: hazel wand when searching for a missing object or seeking
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  Speaker 1: clarity on an issue, Trusting the plants a tumin to
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  Speaker 1: hidden currents. Because it flowers in the witching season late
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: fall of winter, unusual for shrubs, it earned a bit
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  Speaker 1: of mystical oree winter bloom that brings golden fringed flowers
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  Speaker 1: after sam Hayne. Thus it's associated with hope and light
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  Speaker 1: in darkness, used in charms to uplift during dark times.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: Cunningham notes which hazel bark and twigs carried on one's
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  Speaker 1: person helped mend a broken heart and cool the passions. Indeed,
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: infolk belief, wearing a small piece of which hazel wood
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: would soothe heartbreak, likely due to its calming sunfire energy,
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: calling the turbulence of emotional pain. In protective magic, which
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: hazel is stored to guard against evil influences if hung
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: by windows or doors. Its a stringency in medicine stops bleeding,
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  Speaker 1: carries into magic as an ability to contract and repel harm.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: Some nineteenth century sources suggest sprinkling, which hazel in a
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: room dispels evil spirits, somewhat akin to how it dispels
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  Speaker 1: varicose veins and medicine, metaphorically shrinking the presence of unwanted entities.
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: Because of its name, people have long assumed which is
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: favorite to which hazel moniker, possibly coming from its use
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: by New England, which is for spells. Whiches might use
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: which hazel water the distilled extract to cleanse ritual tools,
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: or as a skin purifying toner before rituals, believing it
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: cleanses the ore as well as the complexion. In rural
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  Speaker 1: American folklore, which hazel could be used to charm away
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: a fever or warp an incantation said over a which
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: hazel stick, then the stick buried, transferring the malady into
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: the earth. This overlaps with its medical use for skin
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: issues mirrored magically summarily, which Hazel's magic is subtler than
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: fiery herbs like rhue or cinnamon. It's a balancer. It
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: divines truth, protects quietly, heals emotional wounds, and brings light
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: to shadow, much as its extract brings down swelling and
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: its rod finds water on the ground, as one witchy
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: writer put it, which Hazel teaches us to bend without breaking,
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: reflecting its flexible twigs used as wands, imparting resilience and
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: hidden wisdom to the practitioner, which Hazel's most famous. Medically
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: as a topical estringent and anti inflammatory, The bark and
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  Speaker 1: leaves are rich in tannins, which can strict tissue and
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  Speaker 1: blood vessels, reducing swelling, bleeding, and irritation. Applying which Hazel
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  Speaker 1: to the skin or gums causes local nerve endings to
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  Speaker 1: calm simply because inflammation is reduced. It relieves the stinging
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: pain of cuts, hemorrhoids, or rashes by tightening the tissue
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: and reducing fluid leakage that presses on nerves. While it's
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: not traditionally ingested in large amounts, eternal use can upset
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: the stomach due to tannins. Small doses were used for diarrhea,
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: which also involves calming over active smooth muscles. In terms
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: of direct neurological effect, which Hazel doesn't strongly sedate or
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: stimulate when taken internally, Instead, its contribution to the nervous
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: system is us through indirect modulation of sensory signals and inflammation.
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: By using peripheral irritation, skin and mucous membranes, it lowers
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: the barrage of distress signals sent to the central nervous system,
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: for example in hemorrhoids or skin ezema, which Hazel soothes
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  Speaker 1: the local neurons, leading to a general sensation of relief
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  Speaker 1: and comfort. This reduction of pain and discomfort allows the
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  Speaker 1: parasympathetic nervous system to exert itself. Someone with chronic itch
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: or pain experiences sympathetic arousal stress, but once which Hazel
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: quells the irritation, the vagus nerve can prompt relaxation. Interestingly,
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: which hazel has been included in some herbal nerve tonics
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: not for a sedative effect, but because as a cooling
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: anti inflammatory it was thought to cool the nerves in
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: a free brille or aggravated state. Its sun association might
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: hint at why in astrological medicine, the sun governs vitality,
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: which hazel soul equality is to restore integrity, like sunlight
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: healing a wound, and herbal reality focuses on topical use.
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  Speaker 1: There it might interact with nerve endings. Tannins can precipitate
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: proteins on nerve endings, somewhat numbing them and reducing hypersensitivity.
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  Speaker 1: That's why which Hazel can take the itch out of
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: a mesquitobite or the burn out of a minor sunburn.
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  Speaker 1: There is also a mild antiseptic and antiviral action which
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: reduces pathogen related nerve irritation, useful in herp sores to
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: reduce pain, for instance, by both drying and anti viral effect.
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: On the circulatory side, which Hazel improves venous tone. By
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: tightening veins, it can improve returned blood flow from extremities.
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: This might have an interesting effect on autonomic signals. Better
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: circulation often means less pooling of blood and less sympathetic compensation.
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: Some anecdotal reports suggest that using which Hazel for varicose
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: veins or swelling in legs lead to reduce sensation of restlessness,
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: possibly because improved circulation relieve the discomfort that triggers paar
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: sympathetic stress. In conclusion, which Hazel doesn't act on neurotransmitters
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: like GABBA or serotonin. Instead, it is a local ally
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: to sensory nerves, keeping them calm. By keeping tissues calm,
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: it cools and contracts. In doing so, it exemplifies the
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: adage that pain, relief and comfort at the periphery lead
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: to peace at the center. A broken heart soothed by
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: which Hazel in law may parallel how which hazel water
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: soothes a raizor burn. In each case it diminishes raw irritation. Thus,
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: while not a dramatic CNS agent, which Hazel contributes to
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: nervous system well being by creating a foundation of physical
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: ease and thereby emotional relief. Aligning neatly with its role
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: in cooling passions and protecting from harm. When you're not hurting,
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: your nerves can finally rest. And up next we have
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: dandelion folk name lion's tooth, blowball, puff ball, wild and
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: dive and piss a bed, piss a bed. Never heard
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: of it. Under masculine planet Jupiter, and the element is air.
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: Dandelion's bright yellow flowers and airborne seeds link it to
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: solar and wind deities. Many modern sources specifically list Hakat
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: as an associated goddess, since dandelion is used for spirit
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: cooling and Hakaate Rulls, ghosts and night crossings also cited
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  Speaker 1: are bridget the Celtic goddess of spring and healing, and Bellinos,
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  Speaker 1: the sun god, reflecting the plant's presence in spring and
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: its solar color. Some consider it touched by a sun
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  Speaker 1: deity as well as by mercurial spirits due to the
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: airborne seeds and message sending use. In one compilation, dandelione
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: is linked to any solar deity Hakate, Brigid and Belenos,
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  Speaker 1: which nicely covers its dual nature sunny yet used at
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: night for psychic work. Dandelion is beloved in folk magic
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: for wishes, divination and spirit communication. Who hasn't made a
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: wish while blowing a dandelion seed head? This child's game
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  Speaker 1: is actually a simple spell. You project your wish on
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  Speaker 1: the seeds and send it off on the winds, trusting
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  Speaker 1: the airy element to carry your message. Similarly, people have
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: long used dandelion clocks to tell fortune. Blowing on a
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: puff ball and counting remaining seeds tell the time of
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  Speaker 1: day or how many years until marriage one seed per year.
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  Speaker 1: This practice earned its nickname Tell Time or Priest's crown
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  Speaker 1: after the white bald head that remains as a divinatory tool.
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  Speaker 1: Dandelion is simple yet potent. The idea is that its
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: responsiveness to breath and wind can reveal hidden knowledge. Another
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: widespread use is a spiritual messenger. Folklore says if you
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: blow dandelion seeds towards someone or in a specific direction
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  Speaker 1: while visualizing a thought, your message will be carried to them.
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: This has made dandelion a plant of astro communication in
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: sentences or astral work. Burning dandelion root as an incense
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: or placing it tea of dandelion by the bed is
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: believed to invite spirits or dreams in which the deads speak. Indeed,
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: one instruction is to place a steaming cup of dandelion
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: root tee by your pillow to coal forth spirits or
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: enhance prophetic dreams. In witchcraft, dandelion tea is also drunk
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: to boost psychic powers, and clairvoyants thought to clear the
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: third eye, perhaps owing to its cleansing bitterness. Because dandelions
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: are resilient, sprouting through cracks and concrete, they represent perseverance
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: and survival, and whiches use them in spells for resiliency
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: and overcoming hard times. A dandelion that pops up uninvited
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: might be seen as an omen of a departed loved
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: one's tenacity or a message from the spirit world. This
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: plant is also used in simple weather magic. The number
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: of puff it takes to blow all seeds off indicates
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: how many days of good weather or left. There's a
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: joyvill side too. Dandelion wine and dandelion crowns are may
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: day staples, connecting with beltane celebrations of life renewed. Magically,
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  Speaker 1: this translates to dandelion being in spells for joy and optimism.
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  Speaker 1: It replaces sorrow which here indeed, some folklore calls it
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  Speaker 1: an herb of hakate because it guides lost souls with
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: a light, yet it's a sunny light. A more obscure
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: practice using dandelion and cleansing washes to break hexes as
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: a strong diuretic pissabed action symbolically forces out unwanted influences.
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  Speaker 1: In Hudu, dandelion is less common, but when it's used,
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: it's often for wish fulfillment or summoning spirits, similar to
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: European usage. Summing up, dandelion's magical persona is that of
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: a bright communicator between worlds. It straddles earth and sky
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: with its deep taproot and floating seeds, so it helps
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: witches send intentions outward and receive messages from beyond. It
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: carries a Jupiterian vibe of expansion and luck. Think of
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: how widely its seeds disperse, proliferating abundance, and the air
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: elements qualities of intellect and travel messages. Writing the breeze
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: as the dandelione became shorthand for trusting nature's signals, A
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: dandalion nodding in the wind might seem to answer yes
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  Speaker 1: or no In pragmatic terms, if you have a dandelion nearby,
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  Speaker 1: you have a quick oracle and a vessel for your hopes.
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: Dandelion is a gentle yet powerful medicinal herb, primarily known
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: as a detoxifier and nutritive tonic. Its effects on the
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  Speaker 1: nervous system are indirect, flowing from its influence on the liver,
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: digestion and inflammation. The root of dandelion is rich embitter
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: suskaterpene lac tones that stimulate digestion and liver function, promoting
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: the clearance of metabolic waste. How does this relate to nerves?
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: In herbal philosophy, a sluggish liver can lead to irritability
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: and tension. By improving liver function. Dandelion root was thought
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: to brighten mood and clarity, which aligns with the plant's
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: joyful gladness folklore. Modern science supports some of this. Dandelion's
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: high levels of antioxidants can reduce system dedemic inflammation and
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: oxidative stress. Chronic inflammation is linked to neurodegenerative issues and
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: mood disorders. Dandelion's antiaxidant activity may confer a neuroprotective effect,
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: shielding neurons from damage. There is research in cell and
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: animal models suggesting dandeliine extract have protective effects against neurotoxins
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: and might improve memory. For example, as study and fruit
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: flies found that dandelion leaf and seed extracts alleviated aluminium
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: induce neurotoxicity, improving the flag's neuronal function. This hints that
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: dandelion might help tolate or counteract heavy metals and free
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: radicals that harm the nervous system. Additionally, dandeliine is a
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: known diuretic pissobed, meaning it increases vagial activity indirectly through
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: volume reduction and blood pressure modulation. As blood pressure lowers,
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: gently borer receptive signals via vegis can increase inducing calm.
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: Dandelione's annuline rich roots also support gut health and a
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: healthy gut microbiome profoundly influences the nervous system via the
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: gut brain access. Some research suggests that inuline type fractans
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: can have antiolytic effects by promoting beneficial gut bacteria that
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: produce GABBA and other calming compounds. Thus, a dandeline digestive
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: tonic might over time reduce anxiety and improve stress resilience
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: through gut mediated pathways. In terms of neurotransmitters, dandeline is
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: not known to directly bind receptors like GABBA or serotonin. However,
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: one could speculate that by improving sleep due to better
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: liver detox at night and providing minerals dandelion grains all
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: rich and potassium, magnesium, and calcium or crucial for nerve function,
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: it creates an environment for optimal neurotransmission. The high potassium,
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: for instance, can help regulate nerve impulses and blood pressure,
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: contributing to a calmer cardiovascular and nervous system state. Dandeline's
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: milky latex from the stem contains trace alkaloids and compounds
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: that might have analgesic or sedative effects, though this is
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: not well studied. Some foragers note a slight numbing when
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: the sap touches skin, implying an anodyne quality. From a
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: holistic perspective, dandeline is grounding and uplifting at once. It
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: roots deeply like a stable nervous system and disperses freely
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: like creative thought. This is merrit in physiology. It provides
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: grounding nutrients and detox rude and an uplifting mild diuresis
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: and antioxidant spark, flour and leaf. Empirically, many who drink
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: dandaline root tea or eat the greens report feeling lighter
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: and more energetic, which for someone bogged down by stress,
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: can translate to a better mood and clearamine. If we
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: consider vagal tone, dandeline might improve it by reducing inflammatory cytokines.
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: Inflammation can decrease vagal tone, and by contributing to a
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: relaxed digestive process, engaging the vague is driven rest in
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: digest All these subtle contributions make dandelion a stealth ally
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: for the nervous system. No, it's not a potent sedative
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: herb that one feels immediately, but it sets the stage
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: for nervous equilibrium, much as blowing on a dandelion sets
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: the seeds for future blessings. Over time, its gentle support
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: can translate to improved cognitive function. As a systemic review
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: noted cinnamon a somewhat analogeous herb significantly improved cognition and
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: preclinical studies, we might expect similar for dandelion, given overlapping effects. Thus,
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: the herb of childhood wishes helps make real the wish
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: of a healthy mind. By cleansing, nourishing, and defending, dandelion
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: keeps the nervous system resilient and receptive, just as it
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: keeps the lawn surprisingly green and alive. Next up, we
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: have basil folk names Sweet Basil, witches Herb, Saint Joseph's
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: wart our Herb, and American ditty. It is masculine, is
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: associated with the planet Mars and West in tradition. Some
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: also credit Venus due to its sweet set and love uses,
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: but Mars is primary for its spicy, protective qualities. It
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: is associated with the element of fire, and the associated
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: deities are Vishnu in Hinduism, Holy Basil a Tulsi is
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: sacred to Vishnu Erzuli, the Haitian voodoo loa of love,
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: perhaps due to Basil's use and love work. Other mentions
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: include Lakshmi, as Tulsi is also associated with her and
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: European laws sometimes links Basil to Saint Anthony or Chalice
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: well guardians for its protective role at home In Hudu.
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: Basils also tied to Abatala in some lineages as a
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: purifying herb. Cunningham specifically lists Vishnu and Urzuli as Basil's deities,
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: signifying Basil's dual role in devotion. Vishnu and love Erzuli.
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: Basils among the most universally useful magical herbs, an herb
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: of love, protection, wealth, and exorcism. Its bright, clove like
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: aroma is said to force to sympathy and affection. Indeed,
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: folklore holds that smelling fresh basil causes two people to
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: bond in friendship. Because of this, basil is used to
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: soothe tempers between quarreling lovers or family. A basil leaf
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: placed in the hand of someone who is angry is
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: supposed to calm them and restore harmony. Is classic in
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: love spells. One can anoint one's self with basil essential
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: oil or rub fresh basil leaves on the skin as
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: a love perfume to attract romantic attention. In Eastern Europe,
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: there was a belief that a man would love any
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: woman from whose hand he accepted a basil spring. Basils
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: also used in love divination. Cunningham describes an old method
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: of laying two basil leaves on a hot coal. If
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: they lie peacefully and burn together, the couple's marriage will
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: be harmonious. If they crackle a fly apart, it poortends
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: quarrels or separation. In Italy, basil has been a symbol
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: of love, with a pot of basil on a balcony,
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: meaning a woman is ready to receive suitors beyond matters
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: of the heart. Basil is a powerful protector and exerciser.
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: Where basil grows, no evil goes. Basil plants around the
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: home repel malign forces. Dried basils burned as an offering
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: to cleanse a space of negativity, and basil infusion can
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: be added to bath water or floor washes to remove
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: curses and malevolent attachments. In Christianity, it was cold herb
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: of John or holy basil used to sprinkle holy water
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: in church that carries into folk magic, where basil and
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: purification bats cleanses one's aura. Hudu practices prizes basil for
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  Speaker 1: money drawing and luck. Keeping. A basil leaf from one's
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  Speaker 1: wallet or a bit of basil on each cash register
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: is to believe to attract customers and financial success. Likewise,
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: a pinch of basil in each corner of a room
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: or at the doorstep invites prosperity and keeps the devils out.
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: A curious use, basil is said to exercise ill influences.
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: Basil incense or sachet's drive away evil, making it an
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: ingredient in many uncrossing and protection spells. For example, basil
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: and rosemary might be hung in a sick room to
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: chase away the spirit of illness. Basil has a lighter side, too,
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  Speaker 1: featuring in flying ointments. In Which's sabbot lore, one legend
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: claims witches drank half a cup of basil juice before
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: flying off into the air. Whether literally or figuratively, basil
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: does seem to lift energies. Furthermore, giving a gift of
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: basil to a new homeowner is said to ensure good luck.
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: Tying it into its prosperity vibe. In summary, basil is
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: an herb of integration. It reconciles between people. It draws
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: in positivity, money, love, and it banishes the negative demons
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: and anger little wonder. It's often called king of the
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: herbs and folklore, it wears many crowns in the magical kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: Basil's warm aromatic chemistry, rich in eugenol, little oil, and rosemarinica,
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  Speaker 1: makes it not just a culinary delight, but a notable
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: neurological herb. One key aspect is basil's antiolytic and antidepressant activity.
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: Modern studies, including clinical trials, have shown that sweet basil
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: can alleviate anxiety and depressive symptoms. In a twenty twenty
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: five randomized trial, patients with an anxiety and depression who took
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: basal syrup so with significantly reduced anxiety scores compared to placebos.
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: These calming effects are likely due to basil's influence on neurotransmitters,
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: especially its phenolic constituents, modulates gabberurgic system and serotonin receptors.
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: Animal research indicates that basol essential oil, especially its phenolic constituents,
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: modulates the gabberurgic system and serotonin receptors. For instance, estrogol,
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: methyl cavicol, and linol in basil oil produced antiolytic effects
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: in GABBA A and five HT receptors in a mouse
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  Speaker 1: model of anxiety. Inhalation of line oil and one eighth
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: siniole present in some basal chemotypes reduces locomotive activity in
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: signs of anxiety and mice, an effect blocked by flumizino,
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: implying a benzodiazepine like action on GABBA A receptors. Thus,
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: a basol's aroma alone can have a sedative tension relieving
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: influence on the brain. Another compound, rosemarinic acid, is a
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: GABBA transminase inhibitor, also found in its mint family cousin lemonbalm.
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: This would increase GABA levels in the brain, contributing to
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: tranquility and improved mood. Basol is also considered an adaptogen,
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: especially holy basol. It helps moderate the HPA, hypothalamic pituritary
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: adrenal stress access, lowering cortisol levels, and enhancing resilience to
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: stress over time. Holy basol has shown in studies to
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: reduce stress, improve sleep, and even enhance cognitive function in
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: stress conditions. For the nervous system, basol offers a dual
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: action immediate relaxation via gabba logic and sedative volatile oils,
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: and long term resilience via aptrogenic neuroprotective effects. On a
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: neurochemical level, basil extracts have been found to promote neurogenesis
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: and modulate brain inflammation. A Frontiers A Nutrition article noted
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: basil extract influence of popatosis and neurogenesis in the hippocampus,
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: suggesting it may help brain cells grow and survive, which
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: correlates with observed antidepressant like effects. Moreover, basil's usual is
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: an anti inflammatory that can pass the blood brain barrier,
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: potentially dampening neuroinflammation that contributes to anxiety or brain fog.
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: Basil also exhibits anti convulsive properties in animal studies, reducing
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: caesar incidents, likely through gabba potentiation. Another fascinating aspect, basol's
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: aroma incompounds can enhance cognitive performance and memory. Research on
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: aromatherapy showed that exposure to rosemary rich in one eighth sinile,
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: which basil also contains, improved memory speed and accuracy. M
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: plasma sinial levels correlated with cognitive benefits. Basil likely shares
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: some of this cognitive lift, as traditional aerobatic medicine used
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: it for brain fog and mental clarity. Basil's effect on
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: the vagus nerve is a bit indirect but profound. By
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: reducing anxiety and stress hormones, it allows parasympathetic tone to rise.
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: People taking basil, or even drinking basil tea often report
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: they feel less tense and sleep better signs of increased
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: vagel activity, since vagel tone promotes relaxation and sleep readiness.
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: Basil can also relieve headaches and migraines, partly via eugenol's
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: mild analgesic effect. Eugenol is similar to the compound inclose
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: that gnomes pain and partly by relaxing muscle tension. Its
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: anti spasmodic effects on smooth muscle, Basil helps dispel gas
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: and cramping and digestion reflect a general calming of neural
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: signaling two muscles. Additionally, basil's high magnia content supports nerve
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: function and may help ease muscle twitches or restless legs.
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: Taking all this together, basil emerges as a broad spreactrum neurological,
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: ally antioltic, antidepressant, cognitive enhancing, and mildly sedative. It doesn't
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: knock one out like a heavy sedative intead. It gently
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: uplifts mood and calms the mind simultaneously, very much in
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: line with its magical persona of chasing away evil negative
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: thoughts enforstering love and wealth positive feelings. The intelligent aptogenic
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: modulation basil provides calming and overactive nervous system, yet preventing
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: excess to drowsiness. Mirrors its magical fire element, a steady,
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: warming flame that brings light and comfort, not a destructive blaze.
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: Small wonders whiches drink basil and love potions and exorcism
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: brews alike and bio chemical terms. Basil opens the heart
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: via increasing dopamine and serotonin and banishes in a demons
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: via gabba calming. It is the kingly herb that restores
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: aueign control over one's mental domain. And next we have
• 48:06
  Speaker 1: cinnamon folk named sweetwood, ceylon, cinnamon, and cassia for the
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: stronger a variety it is masculine. Is associated with the sun,
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: also sometimes mercury, but sun is widely cited is associated
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: with the element of fire, and cinnamon's rich history ties
• 48:24
  Speaker 1: it to sola deities and gods of prosperity. In ancient Egypt,
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: it was used in the mummification ointment and temple incense,
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: linking it to Ra, the sun god, and horse. The
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: Hebrews use it in wholly anointing oil, as commanded in Exodus,
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: so it's sacred to yahe Vade in that context. The
• 48:44
  Speaker 1: Romans burned cinnamon in honor of Venus for its aphrodisiac scent,
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: and it was later associated with aphrodite by correspondence due
• 48:51
  Speaker 1: to lustful qualities. However, cinnamon is primarily associated with solar
• 48:55
  Speaker 1: deities like Apollo, who, as a god of prophecy, would
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: have appreciated. Cinnamon is mind sharpening aroma and associated with
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: Sol and Victus. In Hudu and folk Catholicism, some attribute
• 49:07
  Speaker 1: cinnamon to Saint Anne for home prosperity Alakshmi in Hindu
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: practice for wealth. Generally, any deity or spirit petition for wealth,
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: success or vitality might appreciate an offering of cinnamon. It's
• 49:20
  Speaker 1: not uncommon to see cinnamon offered to Shango, the thunder god,
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: for its fiery energy or to Sunna, the Norse sun goddess.
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: In medieval occultism, cinnamon was under the Sun's ages, thus
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: tied to archangel Michael and any solar entity. Cinnamon is
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: among the most fiery and uplifting of spices in magic.
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: It's famed for money drawing, success and stimulation of energy.
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: A pinch of cinnamon one's wallet or cash register is
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: a classic prosperity charm. It is said to attract money
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: like a magnet, often combined with basil or bay for
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: this purpose, Cinnamon, incense, or essential oil is burned to
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: raise spiritual vibrations and heat up a power. In fact,
• 50:01
  Speaker 1: adding cinnamon to any spell of mixture is thought to
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: speed up its effect, which is called a booster herb.
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: It has strong associations with passion and lust as well.
• 50:11
  Speaker 1: Its warm scent kindles desire, so it's used in lust
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: potions and love filters. For example, one might sprinkle cinnamon
• 50:18
  Speaker 1: powder and a lover's shoe or tea to intensify their
• 50:20
  Speaker 1: ardor cinnamon sticks tied with red ribbon can serve as
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: potent ambulance for sexual attraction. Despite his value in antiquity,
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: it was worth its weight in gold also translates to
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: luxury and elevation. Sprinkling cinnamon in a space is believed
• 50:35
  Speaker 1: to invite wealth and success into that environment. Many money
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: drawing oils and powders include cinnamon for this reason. Additionally,
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: cinnamon appears in recipes for psychic enhancement. When burned as
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: part of a psychic vision incense, it is said to
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: stimulate the third eye and produce a state of focused inspiration.
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: This might be due to its energizing property. Unlike sedaining herbs,
• 51:00
  Speaker 1: cinnamon quickens the senses. It's also used for protection, albeit
• 51:04
  Speaker 1: in a unique way. Cinnamon's high vibration supposedly makes a
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: hostile entity uncomfortable, essentially burning it. Thus, cinnamon and frankincense
• 51:14
  Speaker 1: together are a classic combo for high powered, protective purification
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: of a space. In folk rituals, some will circle their
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: home with a cinnamon broom or hang cinnamon brooms at
• 51:24
  Speaker 1: the door for protection and prosperity. Chinese law also considered
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: cassia cinnamon one of the four Great herbs and associated
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: with yang, energy and immortality, so in Taoist magic, cinnamon
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: might be used in longevity and vitality potions. At new
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: year's A simmering pot of milk with cinnamon or rose
• 51:44
  Speaker 1: con leche or similar is made in some cultures to
• 51:46
  Speaker 1: ensure a sweet, prosperous year ahead. In Hudu, cinnamon is
• 51:51
  Speaker 1: an ingredient in fast luck formulas meant to bring quick
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: opportunities in love or money. It is also in gambling charms,
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: cinnamon powder, and mojo bags for luck at the casinos.
• 52:03
  Speaker 1: Because cinnamon sticks resemble rolled scrolls, they are symbolically linked
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: to knowledge and wisdom, though this is a lesser known aspect.
• 52:10
  Speaker 1: So ocultists will keep a cinnamon stick in books of
• 52:13
  Speaker 1: spells or under pillows during study to help memorize information.
• 52:17
  Speaker 1: Blending mercury and sun attributes. Summarizing cinnamon's medical profile is hot, sweet,
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: and golden. It brings love, sweet, money, golden, and accelerative energy. Hot.
• 52:30
  Speaker 1: It's a prime example of an herb that nourishes the yang,
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: or active side of magic, hence often recommended when one's
• 52:36
  Speaker 1: spells or life need a jumpstart of good fortune and vigor.
• 52:40
  Speaker 1: Cinnamon's impact on the body, particularly the nervous system, is
• 52:43
  Speaker 1: significant yet nuanced. As a stimulant and warming agent, cinnamon
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: can increase circulation in metabolic activity, which often translates to
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: enhanced alertness. In traditional use, a sip of cinnamon tea
• 52:57
  Speaker 1: was a remedy for fatigue or cold sluggishness, essentially giving
• 53:00
  Speaker 1: a mild adrenaline like boost. Modern studies have explored cinnamon's
• 53:05
  Speaker 1: effect on the brain, especially regarding cognition and neuroggeneration. The
• 53:10
  Speaker 1: Systematic review of preclinical studies concluded that cinnamon significantly improves
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: cognitive function in animal models. For instance, cinnamon fed rats
• 53:20
  Speaker 1: show better learning and memory in maze tests, likely due
• 53:23
  Speaker 1: to cinnamon's potent anti inflammatory and antioxidant action in the brain.
• 53:29
  Speaker 1: Cinnamon's polyphenols can cross the blood brain barrier. Once in
• 53:32
  Speaker 1: the CNS, they can help reduce oxidative stress and amyloid
• 53:36
  Speaker 1: beta accumulation. One study found that a cinnamon extract inhibited
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: TAU protein aggregation, a hallmark of Alzheimer's, and even disaggregated
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: tau filaments in vitro. Moreover, cinnamon has been shown to
• 53:49
  Speaker 1: upregulate neuroprotective proteins like parkin and DJ one in Parkinson's
• 53:54
  Speaker 1: mouse model, protecting dopamine neurons. In that study, oral cinnamon
• 53:59
  Speaker 1: effectively converted to sonium benzoate in the body, a compound
• 54:03
  Speaker 1: which then enter the brain, increased levels of BDNF, a
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: neurotrophic factor, and shielded neurons from oxidative damage. These findings
• 54:12
  Speaker 1: hint at regular consumption of cinnamon could have preventative or
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: slowing effects of neurodigenitive diseases by calming neuroinflation. These findings
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: hit that regular consumption of cinnamon could have preventative or
• 54:25
  Speaker 1: slowing effects of neurodegenerative diseases by calming neuroinflammation and bolstering neurosurvival.
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: On a neurotransmittal level, cinnamon's components may interact with systems
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: like insulin signaling in the brain. Some cognitive benefits might
• 54:40
  Speaker 1: come from improved glucose utilization, as cinnamon is well known
• 54:44
  Speaker 1: for its blood sugar regulating properties. A healthier energy supplied
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: to neurons mean better function and less mental fatigue. Some
• 54:52
  Speaker 1: research also indicate cinnamon might influence serotonin or catecholamine pathways,
• 54:56
  Speaker 1: modestly contributing to move improvement, though the evidence is early. Additionally,
• 55:02
  Speaker 1: the sensory effect of cinnamon scent shouldn't be underestimated. In
• 55:05
  Speaker 1: a romatherapy tests cinnamon order tends to cause increased attention
• 55:09
  Speaker 1: and motor response as it's punchent in peacant. One study
• 55:13
  Speaker 1: found that sniffing cinnamon improved participant scores on task demanding
• 55:16
  Speaker 1: intentional processes. Physiologically, cinnamon can cause a slight release of
• 55:21
  Speaker 1: nouretpronefrin adrenaline due to trigeminal nerve stimulation. Its spiciness is
• 55:25
  Speaker 1: an irritant that the body responds to by heightened alertness.
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: This results in temporary increased heart rate and blood pressure,
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: which one feels as an invigorating sensation over time. However,
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: cinnamon also acts beneficially on the cardiovascular system. It's a
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: mild blood thinner and vasodiameter via nitric oxide increase from cinemaldehyde,
• 55:46
  Speaker 1: which can actually help reduce blood pressure and improve peripheral circulation.
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: Improve circulation to the brain means more oxygen and nutrient delivery,
• 55:55
  Speaker 1: supporting cognitive clarity, Tying back to the notion of cinnamon
• 55:59
  Speaker 1: making the head work better another neural effect, Cinnamon and
• 56:04
  Speaker 1: its constituent eugenol have mild analgesic pain relieving properties. In cinnamon,
• 56:09
  Speaker 1: lower amounts contribute to a warm analgesic effect that can
• 56:12
  Speaker 1: ease tension, headaches, or muscle aches By reducing pain signals,
• 56:16
  Speaker 1: Cinnamon indirectly spares the nervous system from stress. On the
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: autonomic nervous side, cinnamon's warming of the body can trigger
• 56:24
  Speaker 1: thermoregulatory responses. If you get warmer, your body might activate
• 56:28
  Speaker 1: cooling mechanisms, sweating, slight parasympathetic responses. Once the initial sympathetic
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: cake passes, people often feel a sense of comfort with cinnamon.
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: Part of that is physiological nostalgic scent, but part is pharmacological,
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: as it can cause the brain to release small bursts
• 56:45
  Speaker 1: of dopamine reward chemical in response to the sweet taste
• 56:48
  Speaker 1: and aroma. In terms of the vegus nerve any improvement
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: in the metabolic health, cinnamon helps with insulin sensitivity, tends
• 56:56
  Speaker 1: to improve agal tone because metabolic syndrome is associated with
• 56:59
  Speaker 1: REDUCEU vagal activity. Indeed, a small human study showed that
• 57:03
  Speaker 1: adding cinnamon two meals lowered postmeal blood sugar spikes and
• 57:07
  Speaker 1: resulted in less reactive hypogloscemia later. Stable blood sugar is
• 57:12
  Speaker 1: crucial for stable mood and energy, preventing the adrenaline spikes
• 57:15
  Speaker 1: that come with the lows. Thus, cinnamon helps maintain a
• 57:19
  Speaker 1: steady physiological environment conductive to parasympathetic vagueal dominance. Summing up
• 57:25
  Speaker 1: cinnamon for the nervous system is both protective and enhancing.
• 57:29
  Speaker 1: It actively defends neurons for degenerative harm. It boosts cognitive
• 57:33
  Speaker 1: processes and in acutely ten sharpened focus or lift mood.
• 57:38
  Speaker 1: Its fire element in magic is reflected in neurological spark.
• 57:41
  Speaker 1: A little cinnamon can wake up a tired brain, but
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: used consistently, it warms and illuminates the mind's long term health.
• 57:49
  Speaker 1: It's quite poetic that a spice used to honor the
• 57:51
  Speaker 1: dead in embalming preserving bodies now shows promise in preserving
• 57:55
  Speaker 1: the living brain. Cinnamon truly brings aromatic gold to neurology,
• 58:00
  Speaker 1: just as it does to one's fortune in spell work.
• 58:05
  Speaker 1: And next up, we have Ris Root folk named Queen
• 58:09
  Speaker 1: Elizabeth Root, Florentine Iris, myrtle flag and love drawing Root.
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: The gender is feminine. It is associated with the planet
• 58:17
  Speaker 1: Venus and the element water and sometimes Earth because it's
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: a root and fixative in powders. The very name Iris
• 58:25
  Speaker 1: points to Iris, Greek goddess of the rainbow and divine messenger,
• 58:29
  Speaker 1: appropriate as the flower comes in rainbow colors and the
• 58:32
  Speaker 1: root was used to send love messages. Iris was also
• 58:35
  Speaker 1: a guide of souls, which resonates with Oris roots use
• 58:38
  Speaker 1: in communication spells, though primarily it's for love. As a
• 58:43
  Speaker 1: Venus ruled root, it's often linked to Aphrodite of Venus
• 58:46
  Speaker 1: for its role in romance and beauty in Hudu. Called
• 58:49
  Speaker 1: Queen Elizabeth Root, it has a legendary connection to Queen
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: Elizabeth the First. Some say it's name to honor her.
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: Of this say its named after a New Orleans conjure woman.
• 58:58
  Speaker 1: While not a deity, that folk name abuse it with
• 59:01
  Speaker 1: the spirit of a powerful, commanding female figure. Also, because
• 59:05
  Speaker 1: Iris is associated with a rainbow bridge between realms, one
• 59:08
  Speaker 1: might associate Oris with Ohya Yoruba goddess of the rainbow
• 59:12
  Speaker 1: and storms, or is such a quantzil as tech flower goddess. However,
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: Clearest is Aphrodite, as the root is prized in love
• 59:19
  Speaker 1: work and Iris as its namesake guiding spirit. Ris root
• 59:24
  Speaker 1: is quintessentially a love drawing and lust inducing herb. In
• 59:27
  Speaker 1: magical practice in Huduo, Queen Elizabeth Root is carried by
• 59:31
  Speaker 1: women who wish to attract or dominate men. It's considered
• 59:35
  Speaker 1: a powerful aid for a woman to increase her lure
• 59:38
  Speaker 1: and command in relationships. Often, a piece of ors root
• 59:42
  Speaker 1: is dressed with the woman's personal scent and carried in
• 59:44
  Speaker 1: a mojo bag to draw suitors or to keep a
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: lover faithful. Powdered oors root, with its violet like fragrance,
• 59:52
  Speaker 1: is a common ingredient in love powders and sachets sprinkled
• 59:56
  Speaker 1: on letters or around the home to magnetize romantic attention.
• 59:59
  Speaker 1: It's it said that dusting one's body or lingerie with
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 1: ors powder before a date will make one irresistible, hence
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 1: its being sometimes nicknamed love drawing powder. The root is
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 1: also used in glamor magic. Being a perfume fixative, it
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 1: fixes one's desirable qualities in the eyes of others. In
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 1: European witchcraft, oris was occasionally used in divination. Some witches
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: would grind it and mix it with sandalwood to burn
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: as an incense for seeking the identity of a future
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 1: lover in dreams, the pleasant smell inviting gentle spirits. Renaissance
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 1: magicians associated iris with the seventh heaven of venus using
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 1: Ours root in talismans for grace and popularity. Beyond love,
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 1: Oris has a link to communication and messages, likely owing
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: to the goddess Iris's role. Some modern practitioners use ours
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: and spells to facilitate contact, for instance, including it in
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: a spell to get a phone call or to help
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 1: one get through to someone emotionally. It is an ingredient
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 1: in certain court case formulas two to sway the judge,
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 1: the logic being it draws favor and compromise a kind
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: of love. In a broader sense. There's also a protective
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: aspect in hohodou lore. Any personal concerns like hair and
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: nails stuffed inside a whole. Ors root and kept can
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 1: secure a person's influence over the one whose concerns they are,
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 1: which can protect a relationship from rivals. However, Ours is
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 1: mainly famed for positive attraction rather than aggressive domination. Wicked
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 1: sources often cite Orris roots power to find and hold love,
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 1: recommending a charm where you could cover heart into an
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: Oris root rapid in a pink cloth and carry it
• 1:01:42
  Speaker 1: to draw a new lover. Additionally, Ours is connected to
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 1: rainbow diversity magic via the Iris connection. Some LGBTQ practitioners
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 1: adopt iris orus as a token in spells for self
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: acceptance and attracting a loving community. Because ors takes years
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: to develop its scent, Oris must age to produce its
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 1: violent aroma. Magically, it teaches patience in love. Incorporating it
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 1: in a spell encourages a slow lasting love rather than
• 1:02:11
  Speaker 1: a click. Incorporating it into a spell encourages a slow
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 1: lasting love rather than a quick fling. Finally, ors root
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: can be used for dreamwork. A bit under the pillow
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 1: supposedly brings romantic dreams or messages, again tying to Iris
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 1: the messenger summing up. Ors root is the genteel but
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 1: potent love queen of roots. It draws romance, enhances one's charm,
• 1:02:36
  Speaker 1: fixes relationships, and sweetens any atmosphere with its powder. Orris
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  Speaker 1: root isn't as common in medicinal use today, but historical
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  Speaker 1: herbalism and modern research gives clues to its neurological influence. Chemically,
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  Speaker 1: Oris root contains irones, compounds that give the violet like fragrance,
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  Speaker 1: as well as isol flavones, tritopines like iridols, and mouth phenolics.
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  Speaker 1: Orus has subtle sedative and mood lifting properties, largely due
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  Speaker 1: to its scent. The aroma of oros root, once it
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  Speaker 1: has age and developed, the sweet fluoral notes can have
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  Speaker 1: a calming, almost hypnotic effect. In aromatherapy, violet like sense
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  Speaker 1: are considered soothing and sometimes mildly euphoric, potentially because they
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  Speaker 1: can trigger associations of spring and comfort. While specific studies
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  Speaker 1: on oros root aroma are scarce, analogies can be drawn
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  Speaker 1: to violet oil, which shares ironone and irone compounds in
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  Speaker 1: hilasia of alpha. Iroonone has been found to modulate the
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  Speaker 1: limbic system, producing relaxation and reduction in anxiety in animal models. Thus,
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  Speaker 1: smelling oros could plausibly reduce anxiety intension, aligning with its
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  Speaker 1: venusian and calming energy. Scientifically, some compounds in iris have
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  Speaker 1: shown anticholon ESTERATESE activity. A study on IRIS extracts revealed
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  Speaker 1: significant inhibition of acetycholon esterse, an enzyme that breaks down acetocholine.
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  Speaker 1: This implies that oros root might help keep acetocholine, a
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  Speaker 1: neurotransmitter important for memory and cognition levels higher, thereby potentially
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  Speaker 1: improving memory and cognitive function. Indeed, the same study noted
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  Speaker 1: antioxidant and flavonoid content in iris that could protect neurons
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  Speaker 1: and support cognitive health. So, while oros root was traditionally
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  Speaker 1: used for more perfumery than medicine, it carries hidden neotropic potential,
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  Speaker 1: consistent with the idea of the goddess iris, aiding communication
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  Speaker 1: and comprehension. Another area is neuroprotection. Researchers have isolated triturpenoids
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  Speaker 1: from oros rhizomes that exhibited neuroprotective effects in vitro, such
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 1: as defending neurons from glutamate induced toxicity. Isoflavones and iris,
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  Speaker 1: similar to those in lagomes, may exert estrogen like activity,
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  Speaker 1: which could influence the brain's mood centers. Estrogen has mood
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  Speaker 1: brightening antiolytic effects in many contexts. That suggests oros might
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  Speaker 1: have a gentle hormone modulating effect that in turn lifts
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  Speaker 1: mood or steadies emotions, relevant to why it's considered good
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  Speaker 1: for female power. In hudo, traditionally, orus was at times
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  Speaker 1: used as a mild, cordial and stomachic. A piece of
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  Speaker 1: ris root to two was said to settle nerves of
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  Speaker 1: the stomach and fresh in breath churing orus would release
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  Speaker 1: some of the fragrant oils into the mouth and sinuses,
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  Speaker 1: likely causing a bit of trigeminal nerve stimulation like how
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  Speaker 1: methyl does, leading to a wakeful yet clear state. It
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  Speaker 1: might have been given to combat nervous ingestion, which it
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  Speaker 1: could help by two means, first slight sedation from the
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  Speaker 1: pleasant flavor and then second mild bitter effect promoting digestion.
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  Speaker 1: As a result, a person would feel calmer once their
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  Speaker 1: digestin is eased. The vegus nerves strongly links gut distress
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  Speaker 1: with anxiety. Oris root also had a reputation as being
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  Speaker 1: good for the throat, perhaps via soothing muselage content, and
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  Speaker 1: a relaxed throat can feedback to a relaxed vegus nerve,
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  Speaker 1: since the vegas innervates part of the throat. Another notable
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  Speaker 1: piece modern herbal references suggest iris extracts can have anti
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  Speaker 1: inflammatory and analgesic effects. Less information means less pain signally,
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  Speaker 1: which reduces overall stress on the nervous system. So if
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  Speaker 1: someone had, say a chronic cof or sore throat, and
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  Speaker 1: ors root eased it, it was an ingredient. In nineteenth
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  Speaker 1: century corps herep that symptomatic relief would allow the autonomic
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 1: nervous system to shift towards parasympathetic activity and rest. Considering
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 1: these threads, ris roots net effect on the nervous system
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  Speaker 1: is subtle harmony. It does in jolt or heavily sedate,
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  Speaker 1: but rather gently enhances cognitive clarity, ease tension, and supports
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  Speaker 1: a pleasant mood. Its fragrance can be thought of as
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  Speaker 1: an old factory lullaby to frazzled nerves, not knocking one out,
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  Speaker 1: but coaxing a sense of comfort. Appropriately, this resonates with
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 1: its role in magic. Biochemically, if ors indeed inhibits acetylcholon estates,
• 1:06:59
  Speaker 1: it could heighten one's perceptiveness and social ability. The ccetylcholine
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  Speaker 1: is key for attention and social engagement, so wearing orus
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  Speaker 1: might literally make you more mentally, sharper and more present,
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  Speaker 1: which is inherently attractive. Additionally, some of those isoflavones could
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 1: reduce cortisol levels slightly, similar to soy isoflavones effect, contributing
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  Speaker 1: to a calm confidence. When the vodoo practitioners said Queen
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  Speaker 1: Elizabeth Root helps you have mastery and love, one aspect
• 1:07:29
  Speaker 1: could be that it makes you feel good and cognitively
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  Speaker 1: on point, Thus you naturally exude confidence and charm. On
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  Speaker 1: a final note, any slight estrogenic effect from ors is interesting.
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  Speaker 1: If it acts like a phyto estrogen, it might have
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  Speaker 1: an antiolytic and mood stabilizing influence in women, since estrogen
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 1: modulates serotonin and gabber receptors. This might partially explain why
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  Speaker 1: the route became associated specifically with female magic and empowerment,
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  Speaker 1: beyond just historical happenstance. In conclusion, oris root delicately tunes
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  Speaker 1: the nervous system, enhancing memory, shielding neurons, quietening unnecessary stress signals,
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  Speaker 1: and leaving behind a sense of well being and perhaps
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  Speaker 1: a sprinkle of mild euphoria carried on its violet aroma.
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  Speaker 1: It's the kind of herb that works in the background,
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  Speaker 1: much as affixative im perfumery does not overt, but crucial
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  Speaker 1: for the synergy. And with synergy between brain and heart achieved,
• 1:08:26
  Speaker 1: the stage is set for love to bloom, just as
• 1:08:29
  Speaker 1: the magical lore foretells. And next we have hawthorn folk
• 1:08:36
  Speaker 1: named whitehorn, may tree, hawberry, thorn, apple, and fairybush. It
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 1: is masculine. It is associated with the planet Mars, commonly
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 1: for its thorns and protective bite, though some Celtic glore
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 1: lines it with Venus because of its Beltane bloom and
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 1: love related taboos, and associated with the element fire in
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  Speaker 1: Western correspondences due to its bright blossoms and thorny fierceness.
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  Speaker 1: But interestingly, it also has a water aspect in Celtic
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  Speaker 1: tradition as a gateway to the other world. Hawthorne orphan
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  Speaker 1: guards holy wells. In Celtic mythology, Hawthorne is strongly associated
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  Speaker 1: with the fairy folk and by extension, deities of the fay.
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  Speaker 1: It is part of the triad with oaken Ash that
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  Speaker 1: is sacred to the fairies. Owen, a Welsh maiden whose
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  Speaker 1: footsteps sprouted white flowers, could be loosely tied to hawthorn blossoms.
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  Speaker 1: The month of Hawthorne May in Celtic tree calendar is
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  Speaker 1: connected to the festival of Beltane, so deities of love
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  Speaker 1: and fertility, like Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, and
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  Speaker 1: blow to Wed Welsh flower maiden, resonate with it. Also, Cardea,
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 1: Roman hinge goddess was given Hawthorne for protection of the threshold.
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  Speaker 1: Ovid relates how Hawthorne repels evil from doorways under cardaa's auspices.
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  Speaker 1: Some identify hawthorne with Thor or thunder gods, in that
• 1:09:53
  Speaker 1: a hawthorn bush was used as a lightning protector. The
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  Speaker 1: tree is rarely struck by lightning, per law, but this
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  Speaker 1: may be more superstition than deity link. In Christian legend,
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  Speaker 1: the glassonbury thorn or hawthorn is tied to Joseph of
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  Speaker 1: Arimathea and indirectly to Jesus. It blooms at Christmas miraculously. Nonetheless, overall,
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  Speaker 1: hawthorne is often left out for offerings to the good
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  Speaker 1: neighbors fairies, and is considered under the protection of Elvin
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  Speaker 1: or fairy queens. Also, given its planetary Mars attribute, one
• 1:10:22
  Speaker 1: could invoke ares of Mars for its protective warlike energy
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  Speaker 1: or hercules for strength, though these are less direct. Hawthorne
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  Speaker 1: occupies a special place in folklore as a tree of protection, heartbreak,
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  Speaker 1: and other worldly access. It is famously the fairy tree Lone.
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  Speaker 1: Hawthorns on hills or near sacred springs were believed to
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  Speaker 1: be entrances to the fairy realm, and great misfortune would
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 1: be full anyone who cut them. This imbusement means Hawthorne
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  Speaker 1: is used magically for bridging worlds. For instance, at Beltane,
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  Speaker 1: may Day people decorate Hawthorne may blossoms in a ritual
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  Speaker 1: inviting the fertility and blessing of the unseen realm into
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  Speaker 1: our world. Correspondingly, Hawthorne is considered a fertility and chastity charm. Paradoxically,
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 1: in spring, its abundant white blossoms symbolized fertility. It's used
• 1:11:10
  Speaker 1: in may Day garlands for maidens. Yet bringing those blossoms
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  Speaker 1: inside the house was taboo due to an old belief
• 1:11:15
  Speaker 1: they smell like the Great Plague, and thus they were
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  Speaker 1: linked to death or loss of virginity. This tension gave
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  Speaker 1: Hawthorne a role in spells to preserve chastity or purity,
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 1: like a sachet of Hawthorne barriers under the matches to
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  Speaker 1: ensure faithfulness and discourage wandering lust. On the other hand,
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 1: Hawthorne's role in marriage is significant. It was often woven
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: into the floral crown of brides, symbolizing protection and prosperity
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  Speaker 1: in the union, and into hand festing wreaths at Beltane,
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 1: ensuring fecundity for the couple. We see Hawthorne appearing in
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 1: spells for happiness in the home and banishing sadness. The
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  Speaker 1: saying never cast the cloud till maybe out, don't shed
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  Speaker 1: winter clothing till hawthorne blooms also had a magical bent
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  Speaker 1: wait for hawthorn to blome as a sign gloom is gone.
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  Speaker 1: As a protective herb, Hawthorne's formidable thorns literally and figuratively
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 1: ward off evil. In rural Britain, hawthorn hedges living fences
• 1:12:10
  Speaker 1: were believed to keep out maligned spirits and witches from
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  Speaker 1: one's property, not just crows. Cunning folk might tell clients
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  Speaker 1: to scatter hawthorne leaves or lay a branch across the
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  Speaker 1: threshold to repel a hex or bad witch. Hawthorne, especially
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 1: its berries called wares, has a gentle healing presence. They
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 1: are used in potions for heart healing, both physically and emotionally. Magically,
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 1: hawthorne is added a sachets or bats to mend a
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 1: broken heart to help one recover from loss in love.
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  Speaker 1: This aligns with Hawthorn's strong affinity for the heart in
• 1:12:43
  Speaker 1: herbal medicine. In fact, a folk ritual for heartbreak was
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  Speaker 1: to go to a hawthorn tree prick one's finger on
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  Speaker 1: a thorn symbolic heart pain, and then bury a lock
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  Speaker 1: of one's hair among the tree's roots, asking the tree
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  Speaker 1: to take the sorrow and stabilize the heart. Given hawthorne
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 1: steadiness and longevity, they live for centuries. Hawthorne also appears
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 1: in fishing magic. Oddly specific, but it was said to
• 1:13:08
  Speaker 1: bring luck in fishing if you carried a bit of it,
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  Speaker 1: possibly since it blooms around spring when fishing season picks up.
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  Speaker 1: When English hues had hawthorn berries placed on a string
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  Speaker 1: and worn by fishermen for better catch. Hence some list
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  Speaker 1: fishing magic as an attribute. In general, hawthorn fruits and
• 1:13:26
  Speaker 1: flowers are used in wishing spells. By threading the redhores
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  Speaker 1: onto a thread and focusing on a wish as you
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  Speaker 1: make a necklace, then wearing it until it naturally breaks,
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  Speaker 1: you supposedly secure the wish. Given Hawthorne's connection to fairies
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  Speaker 1: and may, many such wishes are about love or fertility.
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  Speaker 1: At sam Hayne Halloween, another Celtic belief was that throwing
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  Speaker 1: hawthorn berries into a bonfire could invite healthful spirits or
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 1: carry prayers to the other world. It's one of the
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  Speaker 1: triad of sacred woods. Oak ash thorn used in protective
• 1:13:58
  Speaker 1: enchantments to take a Hawthorne wand implies raising a defense
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  Speaker 1: or boundary. Indeed, witches might use a thorn from Hawthorne
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  Speaker 1: in poppet magic to pin down and immobilize a harmful
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 1: spirit or person. Mar's influence, again summarizing Hawthorne's magic is
• 1:14:15
  Speaker 1: rich protection, especially of the home and heart, connection to
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 1: faye and nature, spirits, blessing of unions and fertility, and
• 1:14:23
  Speaker 1: emotional healing. It is like an old hedge wizard, simultaneously
• 1:14:28
  Speaker 1: guarding and guiding between realities, stern to enemies, yet generous
• 1:14:32
  Speaker 1: to friends. Hawthorne is best known medically as a cardiotonic.
• 1:14:38
  Speaker 1: It strengthens and regulates the heart, but what's less recognizes
• 1:14:41
  Speaker 1: how much a healthy heart and circulation influence the nervous system,
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  Speaker 1: particularly the vagus nerve. Hawthorne's active constituents, flavonoids like vitexin
• 1:14:50
  Speaker 1: and oligomeric procyonidan's, improve coronary blood flow, enhance heart muscle
• 1:14:55
  Speaker 1: contraction efficiency, and modulate rhythm. Clinically, Hawthorne has been shown
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 1: to reduce palpitations mild arrhythmia. Is an anxiety related tachycardia.
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: This suggests that Hawthorne can help stabilize ortonomic nervous signals
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 1: to the heart. Indeed, Hawthorne appears to improve heart rate
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 1: virability HRV, a key measure of vagel tone and nervous
• 1:15:16
  Speaker 1: system balance. As one herbalists put it, Hawthorne helps the
• 1:15:20
  Speaker 1: heart dance between beats, meaning it increases the slight variations
• 1:15:24
  Speaker 1: between heart beats that occur with breathing. As one herbalists
• 1:15:27
  Speaker 1: put it, Hawthorne helps the heart dance between beats, meaning
• 1:15:31
  Speaker 1: it increases the slight variations between heart beats that occur
• 1:15:34
  Speaker 1: with breathing. High HRV indicates a responsive vegas influenced heart.
• 1:15:39
  Speaker 1: The Sacred Plant Company article explicitly notes that Hawthorne enhances
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 1: the heart's ability to respond to atonomic signals with resilient variability. Mechanistically,
• 1:15:49
  Speaker 1: Hawthorne's dilation of blood vessels and reduction of blood pressure
• 1:15:52
  Speaker 1: relieves strain on the barrel receptors pressure sensors, and thus
• 1:15:56
  Speaker 1: likely allow the vegus nerve to assert a calmer control
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 1: up their activation triggers vegel response to lower heart rate. Additionally,
• 1:16:04
  Speaker 1: Hawthorn has mild ace inhibiting effects, like some blood pressure medications,
• 1:16:09
  Speaker 1: increasing nitric oxide and relaxing arteries. This not only low
• 1:16:13
  Speaker 1: is blood pressure, but can also promote a sense of relaxation.
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 1: When blood pressure is high, the sympathetic nervous system is
• 1:16:20
  Speaker 1: often in overdrive. Hawthorne helps shift that. Another neural aspect,
• 1:16:25
  Speaker 1: Hawthorn is rich in antioxidants that cross the blood brain barrier,
• 1:16:28
  Speaker 1: potentially offering some neuroprotection. Flavonoids like hyperoside and oligomeric procyanidins
• 1:16:34
  Speaker 1: are scavengers of free radicals, which can reduce neuroinflammation. There's
• 1:16:39
  Speaker 1: some research indicating Hawthorne extract may have antiolytic effects in
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 1: animal models, possibly because a commer heart and improved circulation
• 1:16:47
  Speaker 1: signals safety to the brain. Many who take hawthorne report
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 1: not just cardiac benefits, but also better sleep and reduced anxiety,
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 1: which could be due to improve oxygenation of the brain
• 1:16:58
  Speaker 1: and heart brain signaling. Pharmacologically, hawthorne might interact with neurotransmitters.
• 1:17:06
  Speaker 1: One study on isolated tissues suggested hawthorne extract bound to
• 1:17:09
  Speaker 1: a denoscene A one receptors, which can have sedative and
• 1:17:12
  Speaker 1: cardioprotective effects. Also improved heart function means better exercise tolerance
• 1:17:18
  Speaker 1: and less breathlessness. When one's body is inconstantly stressed for oxygen,
• 1:17:22
  Speaker 1: the sympathetic nervous system winds down. Hawthorne, in essence, raises
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: vageal tone by making each heartbeat more efficient so the
• 1:17:29
  Speaker 1: vagus can afford to keep the rate slow and steady,
• 1:17:32
  Speaker 1: and by decreasing circulating adrenaline as a reaction to lowered BP.
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  Speaker 1: In heart rate failure patients, Hawthorne has shown to improve
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  Speaker 1: ejection fraction and reduce fatigue, which also likely reduces the
• 1:17:44
  Speaker 1: constant sympathetic activation those patients have. Now Emotionally, Hawthorn's effect
• 1:17:50
  Speaker 1: on the nervous system might extend to the brain's emotional centers.
• 1:17:54
  Speaker 1: This is an interesting overlap. Hawthorne's affinity for the heart
• 1:17:58
  Speaker 1: translates to support for the heart mind in TCM, or
• 1:18:01
  Speaker 1: the emotional center in Western terms. Hawthorne's affinity for the
• 1:18:05
  Speaker 1: heart translates to support for the heart mind in traditional
• 1:18:09
  Speaker 1: Chinese medicine, or the emotional center in Western terms. By
• 1:18:13
  Speaker 1: decreasing palpitations and heart anxiety, Hawthorne reduces the feedback loop
• 1:18:18
  Speaker 1: that can escalate panic attacks by decreasing palpitations and heart anxiety.
• 1:18:23
  Speaker 1: Hawthorne reduces the feedback loop that can escalate panic attacks,
• 1:18:27
  Speaker 1: where heart racing triggers fear, which triggers more heart racing.
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  Speaker 1: This is a clear intersection of physiological and psychological. Hawthorne
• 1:18:35
  Speaker 1: breaks the cycle, perhaps via the vagus nerve. A calmer
• 1:18:39
  Speaker 1: heart begets a calmer mind. Moreover, some constituents of hawthorne
• 1:18:42
  Speaker 1: might act on central nervous system receptors. For instance, by
• 1:18:47
  Speaker 1: Texan A flavonoid in hawthorn has been studied for sedative
• 1:18:50
  Speaker 1: effects in rodents that had a sedative influence, likely through
• 1:18:54
  Speaker 1: modulation of gabba A receptors or adenoscene receptors. So hawthorne
• 1:18:58
  Speaker 1: t before bed might indeed directly and indirectly makes sleep easier.
• 1:19:03
  Speaker 1: It's also worth noting hawthorne support of endothelial health means
• 1:19:07
  Speaker 1: better cerebral vascular health. Consistent blood flow to the brain
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  Speaker 1: can help cognitive function over time. Though hawthorn isn't known
• 1:19:14
  Speaker 1: as a neotropic per se, people with orthor static hypotension
• 1:19:19
  Speaker 1: sudden blood pressure drop on standing may sometimes find hawthorne helpful, ironically,
• 1:19:24
  Speaker 1: because it normalizes blood pressure swings by toning vessels. That
• 1:19:28
  Speaker 1: stability can prevent dizzy spells and the sympathetic surges they cause.
• 1:19:33
  Speaker 1: One caution, Hawthorne can interact with cardiac meds, which is
• 1:19:37
  Speaker 1: a sign of how physiologically active. It is a neurocardiac function,
• 1:19:41
  Speaker 1: but in healthy individuals it's quite safe and gentle. So
• 1:19:46
  Speaker 1: if we consider the synergy, Hawthorne defends the physical heart
• 1:19:50
  Speaker 1: cardio protection and the emotional heart, reducing heartbreak and anxiety,
• 1:19:54
  Speaker 1: which together lighten the load on the nervous system. It's
• 1:19:57
  Speaker 1: like a guardian that stands at the threshold of r
• 1:20:00
  Speaker 1: much like its magical hedge protecting the cottage. The nervous
• 1:20:03
  Speaker 1: system under Hawthorne's care can afford to relax into a
• 1:20:06
  Speaker 1: parasympathetic state on HRV, which is a prime vagal indicator.
• 1:20:11
  Speaker 1: One herbal protocol specifically lists Hawthorne for supporting parasympathetic tone
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 1: via microcirculation and heart resiliency. That is direct evidence of
• 1:20:20
  Speaker 1: Hawthorne's vagel boost. In summary, Hawthorne's nervous system effects center
• 1:20:25
  Speaker 1: on the heart brain access. By fortifying the brain and
• 1:20:28
  Speaker 1: soothing its rhythm, it communicates safety instability to the brain,
• 1:20:32
  Speaker 1: reducing anxiety and encouraging a RESTful, nourished state. It's a
• 1:20:37
  Speaker 1: fine example of an herb whose physical pharmacology improved cardiac
• 1:20:41
  Speaker 1: function underpins a metaphysical reputation happiness, protection, and hope. The
• 1:20:47
  Speaker 1: fairies perhaps knew that a happy heart is the key
• 1:20:50
  Speaker 1: to a happy spirit, and Hawthorne, whether in bloom on
• 1:20:53
  Speaker 1: a spring morning or in a tincture dropper, delivers that
• 1:20:56
  Speaker 1: to our physiology. And last, we have Eucalyptus. Folk name
• 1:21:03
  Speaker 1: is blue gum, gum tree, and fever tree, and it
• 1:21:06
  Speaker 1: is feminine in several modern correspondence lists, though its strong
• 1:21:10
  Speaker 1: scent might suggest masculine to some. It's usually considered a cool,
• 1:21:14
  Speaker 1: cleansing female energy. It's associated with the Moon for its soothing,
• 1:21:18
  Speaker 1: healing water like qualities, and sometimes mercury for its respiratory
• 1:21:22
  Speaker 1: association and quick action. It's associated with the element of
• 1:21:26
  Speaker 1: air and water. Often both are listed air because it
• 1:21:30
  Speaker 1: opens the airways and is carried on the breeze, water
• 1:21:33
  Speaker 1: due to its role in healing and the fact koalas
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  Speaker 1: who eat it and need a lot of water. Eucalyptus
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  Speaker 1: being native to Australia was not in Old World mythology,
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  Speaker 1: but in modern practice, it's linked to health and healing deities.
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  Speaker 1: One might associate it with Apollo as a god of
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  Speaker 1: healing via medicine, Artemis or Diana, or Asclepius. Some connected
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  Speaker 1: to Oaken in Santaia for its sweet scent and cleansing.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps Airmid, the Celtic herbal healing godess, would be apt
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  Speaker 1: a more literal association. In some Aboriginal folklore, the rainbow
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  Speaker 1: serpent is connected to eucalyptus groves, since billibongs often have
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  Speaker 1: gum trees, but it's not direct. Generally, Eucalyptus in goddess
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  Speaker 1: focused circles is considered under lunar goddesses of healing and moisture.
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  Speaker 1: It's also frequently dedicated to archangel Raphael, patron of healers
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  Speaker 1: and New Age Angelic correspondences. Due to its strong healing
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  Speaker 1: vibes and green leaves Raphael's color. Eucalyptus is renowned to
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  Speaker 1: magic for purification, protection and health spells. Its leaves, fresh
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  Speaker 1: or dried, are used in sachets of floor washes to
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  Speaker 1: ward off illness and evil. Much like its essential oil
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  Speaker 1: disinfects a room physically, it's believed to clean metaphysically. A
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  Speaker 1: common practice is to hang eucalyptus sprigs in the shower
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  Speaker 1: or sickroom. This not only clears congestion, but also supposedly
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  Speaker 1: clears negative energy that contributes to illness. In fact, some
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  Speaker 1: attribute a magical antiseptic property two eucalyptus. Burning a dried
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  Speaker 1: leaf is thought to kill evil influences in the vicinity,
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  Speaker 1: akin to how its smoke can kill bacteria. Thus, eucalyptus
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  Speaker 1: often features in exorcism and uncrossing mixtures. If one has
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  Speaker 1: been the victim of a jinx or simply feels weighed
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  Speaker 1: by others negative thoughts, as spiritual bath with eucalyptus leaves
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  Speaker 1: or perhaps salt or high stop is recommended to break
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  Speaker 1: that condition. The plant's intense methylated aroma is credited with
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  Speaker 1: breaking bad spells or psychic clinging. Normalign spirit can stand
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  Speaker 1: the sind, as one old saying goes. Another big role
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  Speaker 1: for eucalyptus is in healing spells and prayers. For example,
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  Speaker 1: for someone with a cold of flu, you might create
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  Speaker 1: a small cloth doll, fill it with eucalyptus and rosemary,
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  Speaker 1: and breathe your intention for health into it. Then give
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  Speaker 1: it to the sick person to keep near. Eucalyptus leaves
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  Speaker 1: can also be used as a kind of medical charm.
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  Speaker 1: One spell says to write the name of the ill
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  Speaker 1: person on a eucalyptus leaf and place it under their
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  Speaker 1: pillow to speed recovery, the leaf representing absorbing the illness.
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  Speaker 1: In Hudu, Eucalyptus sometimes called gum tree, is an ingredient
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  Speaker 1: in some peaceful home and healing conditioned formulas and also
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  Speaker 1: in jinxx breaking formulas. It is less about attracting good
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  Speaker 1: fortune and more about dispelling harm and soothing the environment.
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  Speaker 1: Eucalyptus is also seen as protective. A simple protective charm
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  Speaker 1: is to carry a few leaves and a white sachet
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  Speaker 1: to guard against colds and unwonted spiritual attention. Because of
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  Speaker 1: its strong association with the koala and the idea of
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  Speaker 1: survival in harsh climates Australian sun and dryness, it symbolically
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  Speaker 1: lends qualities of resilience and adaptability. Therefore, in spells two
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  Speaker 1: strengthen one's immune system or even one's personal resolve, Eucalyptus
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  Speaker 1: might be included on the flip side. Occasionally it's used
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  Speaker 1: in dreamwork. Some say sleeping with eucalyptus leaves nearby can
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  Speaker 1: produce vivid dreams that clarify one's healing path, though too
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  Speaker 1: much of the scent might keep one awake. For the
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  Speaker 1: air element usage, eucalyptus is used to help with communication
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  Speaker 1: and clarity, a bit of leaf or oil on a
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  Speaker 1: candle for mercury retrograde, for instance, to clear misunderstandings. However,
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  Speaker 1: its primary magical rep is clearly as a healing and
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  Speaker 1: cleansing powerhouse. As Scott Cunningham wrote, eucalyptus has a history
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  Speaker 1: of protecting health, string the green pods on green thread
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  Speaker 1: and where to maintain good health, an ambulant for vitality,
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  Speaker 1: and indeed a garland of eucalyptus in the home is
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  Speaker 1: thought to bring fresh energy and keep mischievous spirits at bay.
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  Speaker 1: When a space has been the site of sorrow or sickness,
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  Speaker 1: Burning eucalyptus or diffusing its oil is a final step
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  Speaker 1: to push out lingering negative vibrations In some Eucalyptus in
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  Speaker 1: magic is like a brisk wind blowing through a stagnant place.
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  Speaker 1: It sweeps away negativity, promotes healing and leaves clarity and
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  Speaker 1: calm in its wake. Eucalyptus is a superstar in respiratory
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  Speaker 1: therapy and has notable neurological interactions, particularly through its primary
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  Speaker 1: active instintuate one eighth sinial. When you inhale eucalyptus vapor,
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  Speaker 1: the sineal triggers trigeminal nerve receptors, the same cool receptors
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  Speaker 1: that methyl activates, producing a cooling sensation in the nasal
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  Speaker 1: passages and a reflexive calm in the mind. There's evidence
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  Speaker 1: that inhaling sinial rich oils can cause changes in brain
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  Speaker 1: wave activity, promoting a more relaxed yet wakeful state, somewhat
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  Speaker 1: like a mild increase in alpha waves commonly associated with meditation.
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  Speaker 1: A stodiomyce found that inhalation of one eighth sinile reduced
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  Speaker 1: their locomotive activity and had a sedative effect comparable to
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  Speaker 1: minor tranquilizers, an effect that was reversed by a GABA
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  Speaker 1: a benzodiazepine receptor antagonist. This strongly implies that Eucalyptus siniole
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  Speaker 1: acts as a positive modulator of GABBA A receptors, enhancing
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  Speaker 1: gabas inhibitory action, resulting in sedation and antiolysis. It's fascinating
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  Speaker 1: that a sin can do that, but indeed, flumazonol blocking
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  Speaker 1: this sedative effect suggests sineal linds to the same allosteric
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  Speaker 1: site as benzodiazepines on the gabba, a receptor for humans.
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  Speaker 1: This means eucalyptus could reduce anxiety and induce calm when
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  Speaker 1: in health. However, many people report eucalyptus to be mentally
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  Speaker 1: clarifying rather than soporific. The likely resolution of this paradox
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  Speaker 1: is dose dependent and context dependent effects. Low levels of
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  Speaker 1: sinile might be stimulating by clearing airways and mildly irritating
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  Speaker 1: trigeminal nerve, causing a light sympathetic arousal, whereas sustain inhalation
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  Speaker 1: or higher levels cause enough gabba potentiation two cause calm
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  Speaker 1: some humans. Studies support cognitive effects. One research show that
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  Speaker 1: exposure to rosemary aroma, which also contains sinile, improve cognitive performances,
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  Speaker 1: but interestingly, it did not significantly affect mood. Another work
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  Speaker 1: suggested sineol improve cognitive function without strongly altering subjective calm.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps eucalyptus similarly sharpens the mind while relaxing the body,
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  Speaker 1: a desirable combination beyond neuromie modulation via gabba, Eucalyptus affects
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  Speaker 1: the autonomic nervous system through its impact on breathing. Its
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  Speaker 1: a potent expectorant n broncho dilator sinial acts on airway,
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  Speaker 1: smooth muscle somewhat via reducing inflammation and maybe better to
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  Speaker 1: agonism indirectly to open the bronchi deeper. Easier breathing triggers
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  Speaker 1: barrel receptors and stretch receptors in the lungs that signal
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  Speaker 1: the vagus nerve to induce a parasympathetic state. This is
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  Speaker 1: the principle behind breathing exercises. Eucalyptus chemically facilitates that deep breath,
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  Speaker 1: so inhaling eucalyptus can literally lead to physiological relaxation by
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  Speaker 1: improving breath and oxygenation. Many people find that eucalyptus oil
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  Speaker 1: in a steam inhalation not only relieves their sinus pressure,
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  Speaker 1: but also reduces mental fatigue and headache. This analgesic property
• 1:28:46
  Speaker 1: is partly due to its action on transient receptor potential
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  Speaker 1: trp ion channels. Eucalyptus's cooling effect is mediated by TRPM
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  Speaker 1: eight activation, which can distract from pain signals and cause
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  Speaker 1: the release of endorphins. Also, eucalyptol has some anti inflammatory
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  Speaker 1: effect in the nervous system. For example, in patients with asthma,
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  Speaker 1: which involves airway nerves, siniole reduces cytokines and hyperresponsiveness, likely
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  Speaker 1: calming irritated pulmonary nerves. On the cardiovascular side, eucalyptus oil
• 1:29:17
  Speaker 1: tends to cause a slight increase in circulation, initially from
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  Speaker 1: the sympathetic activation of a strong scent, but then may
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  Speaker 1: lead to a decrease in blood pressure due to vasco
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  Speaker 1: dilation and relaxation when you breathe easier. In one clinical trial,
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  Speaker 1: one eighth sinile taken orally even improves symptoms in people
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  Speaker 1: with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, improving their exercise tolerance.
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  Speaker 1: More exercise means stronger cardio respiratory coupling and often improved
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  Speaker 1: HRV as exercise training boosts vagel tone at rest. Now
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  Speaker 1: an interesting cognitive aspect, one eight sinile can cross into
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  Speaker 1: the brain and has been studied for effects on Alzheimer's pathology.
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  Speaker 1: It seems to inhibit acetocholon esteres like many terpenes, which
• 1:30:01
  Speaker 1: could raise acetylcholine levels, a plus for memory. It also
• 1:30:05
  Speaker 1: might have direct antioxidant in microglio modulating effects, meaning it
• 1:30:10
  Speaker 1: could help reduce neuroinflammation. Some research in cell models suggests
• 1:30:14
  Speaker 1: eucalyptol is neuroprotective via anti inflammatory pathways. Psychologically, the scent
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  Speaker 1: of eucalyptus is often reported as clarifying, uplifting, and renewing.
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  Speaker 1: This is likely a combination of physiological and associative factors. Physiologically,
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  Speaker 1: clearing breathing and small GABA enhancement yields a mentally clearer
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  Speaker 1: but calmer headspace. Associatively, people link the smell to cleanliness
• 1:30:38
  Speaker 1: and healing, which can reduce anxiety. Physiologically, some small studies
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  Speaker 1: have looked at eucalyptus in combination with peppermint and ethanol
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  Speaker 1: as a scent, showing it increases cognitive performances on tests.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe the freshness prevents fatigue during tests, so one could
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  Speaker 1: say eucalyptus provides a gentle mental stimulant that doesn't provoke anxiety,
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  Speaker 1: the opposite of caffeine, which stimulates but can be jittery.
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  Speaker 1: Another neural effect. Eucalyptus also contains some alpha pinine and limanine,
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  Speaker 1: depending on species, which are broncho dilating and alertness promoting.
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  Speaker 1: Alphapinine is even being studied for attention in ADHD. Limanine
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  Speaker 1: is known from mood elevation serotonin increases in cortex in
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  Speaker 1: animal studies. All these likely contribute to Eucalyptus's ability to
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  Speaker 1: both soothe and invigorate the synergy of multiple terpenes on
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  Speaker 1: the spinal reflex level, Eucalytus apply topically creates a cooling
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  Speaker 1: followed by warming sensation, which can relieve muscle and nerve
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  Speaker 1: pain by stimulating local inhibitory into neurons counter irritant mechanisms
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  Speaker 1: similar to methol and camphor. So if you have a
• 1:31:43
  Speaker 1: tense back or headache, eucalyptus oil can reduce the somatic
• 1:31:46
  Speaker 1: stress signals to the brain from that area, indirectly alleviating stress.
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  Speaker 1: There is also some suggestion eucalyptus oil massaged on the
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  Speaker 1: abdomen can encourage parasympathetic digestive activity, possibly via TV one.
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  Speaker 1: There's also some suggestion eucalyptus oil massage on the abdomen
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  Speaker 1: can encourage parasympathetic digestive activity, possibly via TRPV one heat
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  Speaker 1: receptives simulation, leading to muscle relaxation in GI tract. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: on mood, some aromatherapy studies in clinics found that diffusing
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  Speaker 1: a eucalyptus oil in sick rooms reduced patients self reported
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  Speaker 1: stress and improve their mood, likely combination of expectation and
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  Speaker 1: actual breathing improvement. It's notable that in one EEG study,
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  Speaker 1: one eight siniole did not increase beta waves alertness waves
• 1:32:34
  Speaker 1: as much as menthol did, but it did maintain performance,
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  Speaker 1: indicating its steadier alertness agent possibly more alpha theta friendly,
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  Speaker 1: meaning conductive to calm focus. In summary, eucalyptus for the
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  Speaker 1: nervous system is a balancer and clarifier. It clears out
• 1:32:52
  Speaker 1: congested channels, both literal airways and metaphorical mental cobwebs. It
• 1:32:56
  Speaker 1: cools inflammation, soothing nerves peripherally and centrally. It modulates neurotransmitters
• 1:33:02
  Speaker 1: gabaphcalm HH for focus, and encourages a robust parasympathetic response
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  Speaker 1: via improved respiration. Little wonder it's associated with breath and
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  Speaker 1: life force. In magic, with eucalyptus, one can breathe deeply
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  Speaker 1: in si out tension, an experience that speaks to both
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  Speaker 1: body and spirit. It's a wonderful example of how an
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  Speaker 1: herb can simultaneously stimulate and relax in a harmonious way,
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  Speaker 1: resulting in centered vitality rather than genery energy or dulcination.
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  Speaker 1: From the protective root of devil shoe string to the
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  Speaker 1: clarifying leaves of eucalyptus, these eleven plants reveal a profound
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  Speaker 1: concordance between traditional magical law and physiological action on the
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  Speaker 1: nervous system. Each herb carries a distinct personality in ritual
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  Speaker 1: use any signature effect on all cranial and autonomic nerves, neurotransmitters,
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  Speaker 1: and visceral organs. The herbs are protection and exorcism. Devil
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  Speaker 1: shoe string, Solomon, seal, rue witch, hazel, hawthorn, and eucalyptus
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  Speaker 1: in magic are banishes of evil and illness, and indeed,
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  Speaker 1: scientifically they tend to calm over activation in the body.
• 1:34:05
  Speaker 1: Devil's shoes strings anti spasmodic sedative effect mirrors its role
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  Speaker 1: in tripping up malignant forces. It literally ties down erratic
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  Speaker 1: nerve firing and muscle convulsions. Solomon Sale, the boundary setter,
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  Speaker 1: quietly tonifies nerves and tissue, encouraging homeostasis where there was disorder.
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  Speaker 1: Rue stands out with a gabber urgic anti convulsive power,
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  Speaker 1: truly making it an exorcis of neurological storms, fitting that
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  Speaker 1: it banishes the evil eye and bad vibes which Hazel Gentler,
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  Speaker 1: but protects by shrinking and cooling. It reduces peripheral inflammation
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  Speaker 1: and sensory noise, thereby creating a physiological space of safety,
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  Speaker 1: akin to its magic of guarding hearts and thresholds. Hawthorn
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  Speaker 1: revered for warding off spirits targets the heart, nervous access.
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  Speaker 1: Under Hawthorne's influence, heart rate studies, vagueal tone rises, and
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  Speaker 1: emotional anxiety. The e within is warded off with a
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  Speaker 1: calm courage. Eucalyptus, used to cleanse sick rooms of negativity,
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  Speaker 1: literally cleanses the air and lungs. Its sinial clears breathing
• 1:35:10
  Speaker 1: and triggers gabba mediated tranquility. These herbs share the ability
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  Speaker 1: to damp and excessive sympathetic activity and fortify the paris sympathetic.
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  Speaker 1: They slower, racing, heart, relax, hypertense, muscle, cool and flame tissues. Physiologically,
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  Speaker 1: banning the malignant excitations as they banish malign spirits. In
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  Speaker 1: lare Solomon sealed to Saturn, rue to Mars hawthorn to
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  Speaker 1: Mars correspondences of boundary and force, and in the body
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  Speaker 1: they impose boundaries on overfiring neurons and exhort force against
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  Speaker 1: invading pathogens or stressors. They also show affinity for the
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  Speaker 1: vagus nerve hawthorne improving HRV, eucalyptus enhancing vagel, respiratory signals, rue,
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  Speaker 1: potentially boosting vagueal seizure inhibition, and so on. Thus, the
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  Speaker 1: herbs famed for protection often emerge as the neuroprotectors and
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  Speaker 1: autonomics toabilizes. In scientific terms, herbs of love, luck and joy, eyebright, dandelion, basal, cinnamon,
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  Speaker 1: orris root in magic. These bring people happiness, affection, and fortune.
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  Speaker 1: They open roads and hearts. Physiologically, a unifying theme is
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  Speaker 1: uplift without overload. Many work through neurotransmit of modulation that
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  Speaker 1: brightens mood or sharpens mind greatly. Eyebright's clearing of sight
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  Speaker 1: and spirit might tie to its anti inflammatory nature, lifting
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  Speaker 1: brain fog and perhaps mild cholinergetic boost per culper present
• 1:36:33
  Speaker 1: of cheerfulness. Dandelion, a Jupiter herb of wishes, acts on
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  Speaker 1: the liver and gut to lighten the whole system, relieving
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  Speaker 1: the depressive drag of toxicity, subtly improving mood and cognitive
• 1:36:45
  Speaker 1: energy via antioxidants and microbiome support. Basil, beloved for love
• 1:36:51
  Speaker 1: and wealth spells, shows confirmed anti stress effects, reducing anxiety
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  Speaker 1: and depression and clinical trials by modulating gabba, serotonin and cortisol.
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  Speaker 1: It literally makes one feel more love and optimism by
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  Speaker 1: biochemically forced to ring calm and a dopamine serotonin uplift
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  Speaker 1: and embodied venus mars dance, love and vitality in the
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  Speaker 1: nervous system. Cinnamon, used to speed up spells and draw money,
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  Speaker 1: indeed speeds brain processes, enhancing memory and neuroplasticity through its
• 1:37:20
  Speaker 1: pro cognitive neuroprotective compounds, while also quickening the pulse slightly
• 1:37:25
  Speaker 1: with its warming action. It's usu herb, radiating clarity and
• 1:37:30
  Speaker 1: dispelling the shadows of neuroinflammation. Cinnamon's unique dual of improving
• 1:37:34
  Speaker 1: cognitive function while suppressing neuroinflammatory stress echoes. How in folklore,
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  Speaker 1: it brings both success and security. Oris root, a love
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  Speaker 1: drawing root of Venus, doesn't excite like a fiery cinnamon,
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  Speaker 1: but rather enchance quietly. Its orosone and isoflavones potentially boost
• 1:37:51
  Speaker 1: acetocholine and act as antioxidants, aligning with its mythic role
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  Speaker 1: of helping one communicate attractively and preserving love. It calms
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  Speaker 1: nerves as a mild sedative and perfume, yet heightens perception
• 1:38:05
  Speaker 1: ach for mental connection, thus making one feel serenely confident
• 1:38:09
  Speaker 1: the magical glamour of attraction enacted in neurochemistry. These herbs
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  Speaker 1: show how pleasure and positivity and magic often correlate to
• 1:38:16
  Speaker 1: neurochemical enhancements of mood or cognition. More gabis erotonin, calm
• 1:38:21
  Speaker 1: and happiness, more acetycholine, mental engagement, balanced dopamine, motivation and reward.
• 1:38:27
  Speaker 1: The result is a person who is psychologically magnetic, exactly
• 1:38:31
  Speaker 1: what love, fortune magic seeks. Interestingly, most of these are
• 1:38:35
  Speaker 1: under Jupiter, Venus or Sun benefit planets in astrology, which
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  Speaker 1: in the body seem to correspond to antidepressive, anti anxiety,
• 1:38:43
  Speaker 1: pro neurogenous activities. Looking across all eleven. A striking commonality
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  Speaker 1: is their effect on the vagus, nerve, and cranial nerves
• 1:38:52
  Speaker 1: through breath, heart or gut. Hawthorne via Bauer receptors, vagal
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  Speaker 1: heart modulation, Eucalyptus via trigeminal and lung stretch receptors, vagel
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  Speaker 1: respiratory feedback, basalin, cinnamon via gut brain access and possibly
• 1:39:05
  Speaker 1: direct central receptors, improving digestion, reducing HPA stress, dandelion via liver,
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  Speaker 1: gut and anti inflammatory pathways, thus lowering systematic stress, signaling
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  Speaker 1: and rule via direct gabba, urgic caesar control, vegas linked
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  Speaker 1: anti epileptic. The physical conduits these herbs target respiratory tree,
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  Speaker 1: gi tract, cardiovascular system or all richly innervated by cranial nerves,
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  Speaker 1: vegas for heart, gut lungs, trigeminal for sinuses, and so on,
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  Speaker 1: meaning that therapeutic actions inherently involve sending, calming and normalizing
• 1:39:39
  Speaker 1: signals through those nerves to the brain. Like the breath
• 1:39:43
  Speaker 1: of life, Eucalyptus provides as literally improved breath activating calm
• 1:39:47
  Speaker 1: the heart's courage. Horthorne bestows comes from stabilizing heart rhythms
• 1:39:51
  Speaker 1: and enhancing vagal tone courage often linked with steady heart.
• 1:39:55
  Speaker 1: The gut intuition, joy, Dandelion and basil give might spring
• 1:39:59
  Speaker 1: from a happier gut microbiome and vagual feedback. Magic speaks
• 1:40:03
  Speaker 1: in metaphor of what science details and mechanism. Another insight
• 1:40:08
  Speaker 1: is how sedative verse stimulant polarity is handled. None of
• 1:40:11
  Speaker 1: these herbs or blunt sedatives like a pharmaceutical. Even the
• 1:40:15
  Speaker 1: calming ones tend to balance rather than knock out rural
• 1:40:19
  Speaker 1: calm seizures, but doesn't necessarily induce sleep at normal doses.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, in folklore, it clears the mind for psychic vision.
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  Speaker 1: Basil relaxing up left simultaneously, cinnamon stimulates without the edginess,
• 1:40:31
  Speaker 1: possibly even reducing long term neual inflammation. This aligns with
• 1:40:35
  Speaker 1: the concept of adaptogens and nervines. Many are bidirectional or normalizing.
• 1:40:41
  Speaker 1: They support sedation when overstimulated in stimulation when underactive. As
• 1:40:47
  Speaker 1: a result, herbs often have paradoxical sounding magical descriptions. Like
• 1:40:51
  Speaker 1: basil both exercises calm turmoil and Enliven's love adds positive incitement.
• 1:40:57
  Speaker 1: Scientific observation confirms the ability of these herbs to modulate
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  Speaker 1: rather than force, often through a receptor modulation and feedback
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  Speaker 1: loop effects. For instance, hawthorne does enforce a drop in
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  Speaker 1: heart rate like a beta blocker, it improves heart efficiency
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  Speaker 1: so that the heart rate can drop naturally a gentler mode.
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  Speaker 1: Such complexity is hard to replicate with single target drugs,
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  Speaker 1: but living systems of phytochemicals achieve it, which is why
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  Speaker 1: these herbs can simultaneously protect and encourage. When considering which
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  Speaker 1: herbs most clearly affect the vegus nerve or criminal nerves,
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  Speaker 1: hawthorn stands out for vegus heart HRV increase, eucalyptus for
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  Speaker 1: vegus lung and trigeminal breathing, and Gabba effect route for
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  Speaker 1: direct central gabba vegas mediated seizure gating, and perhaps basal
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  Speaker 1: holy basal known to improve vagel tone via stress reduction
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  Speaker 1: in some studies. Eyebright's effect on optic nerve is more symbolic,
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  Speaker 1: though easing eyestrain does reduce trigeminal stress, which hazels trigeminal impact.
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  Speaker 1: Cooling a stringent is local, but forced is vagel relaxation
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  Speaker 1: by pain relief. All have some into play, but those
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  Speaker 1: with the strongest documented vagel effects are hawthorne, eucalyptus, and rue,
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  Speaker 1: with basal and cinnamon notable for sedative verse stimulant balancing
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  Speaker 1: through central neurotransmitters regarding sedative verse. Stimulating sedative in this
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  Speaker 1: context means promoting parasympathetic dominance, calm sleep, anti anxiety stimulating
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  Speaker 1: means boosting sympathetic arousal alertness and energy. Regarding sedative verse.
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  Speaker 1: Stimulating sedative in this context means promoting parasympathetic dominance, calm sleep,
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  Speaker 1: anti anxiety stimulating means boosting sympathetic arousal alertness energy. Many
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  Speaker 1: of these herbs blur that line. Rue Solomon seal, hawthorn,
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  Speaker 1: which hazel or more on the sedative protective side, saturny cinnamon, basl,
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  Speaker 1: dandelion or more stimulating or uplifting, but with calming secondary aspects.
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  Speaker 1: Cinnamon's anti inflammatory and basil's ntiolytic adaptagen Ibright is lightly stimulating,
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  Speaker 1: solar or mercury clear mind but not jittery. Devil shoestring
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  Speaker 1: is sedative relaxes mars herb that restrains rather than excites,
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  Speaker 1: or its root is mildly sedative soothing. Venous herb promoting
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  Speaker 1: ease and gentle clarity. Eucalyptus is a bit of both
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  Speaker 1: an initial bright hit than a relaxation phase, ultimately aligning
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  Speaker 1: with healing moon and air cooling, but clearing in summation.
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  Speaker 1: The academic style analysis of these herbs a firm and
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  Speaker 1: energetic pharmacy at work. Those used to ward and sooth
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  Speaker 1: literally quench over ecitation of nerves or lowest stress mediators,
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  Speaker 1: those used to ward end soothe literally quench over ecitation
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  Speaker 1: of nerves or lowest stress mediators, and those used to
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  Speaker 1: attract and enliven literally enhance neurofunctions related to reward. Focused
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  Speaker 1: on positivity, it underscores a principle in both herbalism and
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  Speaker 1: ritual to influence the subtle spirit and mind, engage the
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  Speaker 1: physical pathways and depthly. By inhaling ascent, drinking a potion,
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  Speaker 1: or carrying a root which is in healers were likely
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  Speaker 1: modulating vagal tone, neurotransmittal levels, and hormonal cascades unbeknownst to them,
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  Speaker 1: yet through careful observation, they align the plant spirit with
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  Speaker 1: desired outcomes. Modern science, with its gabba receptors and anti
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  Speaker 1: inflammatory markers, is catching up to explain why a rubath
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  Speaker 1: dispels dread, it boosts GABA and eases oxidative brain stress,
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  Speaker 1: or why a cinnamon stick in milk on beltane might
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  Speaker 1: uplift the soul. It helps insulin feeds the brain, gluclose steadily,
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  Speaker 1: and triggers and dorphins. Ultimately, this exploration highlights that the
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  Speaker 1: divide between academic neuroscience and ritual herb law is thinner
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  Speaker 1: than supposed. Both speak of energy modulation, one in neurotransmitters
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  Speaker 1: and nerve excitability, the other in blessings and banishments. Herbs
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  Speaker 1: are the bridge. Eybrite helps one see clearly because it
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  Speaker 1: literally reduces inflammation that clouds v Basal Forster's love and wealth.
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  Speaker 1: By calming fear, cortisol and improving our sociable brain chemistry,
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  Speaker 1: Hawthorne protects the heart magically and medically. With extensive evidence
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  Speaker 1: from peer reviewed studies and traditional sources, we can appreciate
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  Speaker 1: these plants as holistic allies ritual agents acting on the
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  Speaker 1: subtle plane of intention and the tangible plane of neural
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  Speaker 1: circuits alike. The wise practitioner, armed with this knowledge can
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  Speaker 1: choose the herb that not only symbolically matches their intent,
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  Speaker 1: but also psychologically supports it. In doing so, the old
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  Speaker 1: spells gain new efficacy, and the new science gains the
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  Speaker 1: depth of millennia of human experience, the nervous system seed
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  Speaker 1: of consciousness in spirit, and many philosophies responds to the
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  Speaker 1: Green Magic as both sets of data show yielding a
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  Speaker 1: body at ease and a spirit in alignment, which perhaps
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  Speaker 1: is the truest healing and enhancement of all