The following incantation can be used to magickally charge any of the
healing potions found here. While visualizing your intent, repeat three times as the potion
boils or brews:
Witch's potion, I enchant thee
By intent and thrice told verse.
Be a tool of magick for me Work thy spell to heal and nurse Witch's potion, be now blessed
By power of the universe. In the cauldron effervesce Maladies and pain disperse Harming none I now decree This charm is done. So mote it be
*****Potion for Colds*****
Brew a tea-potion from two and one-half cups boiling water and three
tablespoons of any of the following fresh herbs: (one tablespoon if dried)
agrimony leaves, chamomile flowers, eyebright, fennel, lime (liden) flowers
Strain, sweeten with honey if desired, and drink while it's hot
*****Potion for Coughs*****
Using a mortar and pestle, crush any of the following roots: comfrey,
elecampane, or marsh mallow. Stir the root into one cup of water and boil
for ten minutes. Add one cup of milk and then simmer for fifteen minutes.
Sweeten with honey if desired, then slip slowly to help ease troublesome coughs.
*****Potion for Headache*****
Massage the temples with lavender oil and drink a warm, herbal tea potion brewed
from any of the following: chamomile flowers, lavender flowers, lemon balm, lime
flowers, rosemary, sage, thyme, voilet or woodruff. As with the previous healing
potions, use three tablespoons of fresh herbs or one tablespoon of dried for two and
one half cups of boiling water. Sweeten with a bit of honey if desired.
*****Sleep Potion*****
If you are troubled by insomnia or just occasional sleeplessness, try the following
for a good nights rest: Soak one-third ounce of valerian root in four fluid ounces of
cold water for a minimum of 12 hours. Strain and drink one cup cold before going to bed
Valerian has long been valued for it's sedative qualities, and it can also be used in
conjunction with magickal sleep pillows filled with other sleep-inducing herbs such as:
bergemot, chamomile, elderflower, hops, and lime (linden) flower.
