Bloodroot is a plant and an herb.
- botanical information
- part used
- astrological correspondences
- magick correspondences and uses
- cautions and contraindications
botanical information:
Botanical name: Sanguinaria canadensis
Common name: bloodroot
Use the botanical name when ordering seeds (bulbs, etc.) or when looking up information in the library. Common names vary by nation, culture, and region, and sometimes the same common name is applied to different plants.
part used:
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Part Used: Root. Information courtesy of Mountain Rose Herbs |
astrological correspondences:
Astrological planet: Venus or Mars 
magickal correspondences and uses:
Gender: masculine (traditional western European magickal gender)
Western element: fire
Venus spells: See the article on Venus for a list of herbal substitutes for bloodroot in Venus spells involving beauty, compassion, fidelity, friendship, happiness, interchanges, joy, love, luck, meditation, pleasure, reconciliation, and youth.
Mars spells: Bloodroot (as an herb) may be used in as an ingredient for magick spells and formulas related to Mars matters. Be careful about substitutions for preparations that will be ingested or come in contact with the skin. These substitutions do not apply to medical uses. See the article on Mars for a list of herbal substitutes for bloodroot.
Love spells: Bloodroot flowers are appropriate for use in love spells, such as the Aphrodite New Moon love spell.
Magickal substitutions: Rosemary usually may be safely substituted for any herb in magick spells and rituals. Roses may safely be substituted for any flower.
Magical Uses  Love, Protection, Purification
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cautions and contraindications:
Cautions and contraindications: Bloodroot is poisonous.
Wild gathering: Avoid wild gathering. Some plants are endangered species. Some plants can be toxic just by touch. Even experts can make deadly misidentifications of wild plants. Please grow your own herbs in your own goddess garden (or window boxes).
See also: herbs
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