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Grace Metzler

Quarantine Dreamer, 2020

Oil on Canvas

Digitalis (foxglove)

From: Lawrence, S., (2020), Witch’s Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, p.133:

“Goblins’ thimbles, fairy weed, snoxums, snompers, fairy’s petticote - the local nicknames for Digitalis have to be some of the most evocative of all plants.

“It’s a clever plant; the female flowers at the bottom of the stems contain the most nectar, persuading the bees to visit there first and then work their way up the flower spike to the male flowers, pollinating as they go…

“…It was unlucky to bring foxgloves, especially white ones, into the house, as it encouraged witches. they could be useful, however, in a somewhat risky method of identifying a changeling. The child was given three drops of foxglove juice, put on a shovel and swung out of the front door three times, the parents crying, “If you are a fairy, away with you!” If the child was a changeling, it would die. If it was a human, it would be traumatised for the rest of its life. The child would be ill, at the very least. Digitalis contains toxins, including cardiac glycosides, which increase heart rate. Nausea, headaches, diarrhoea and visual, heart and kidney problems are just some of the symptoms caused by ingesting the plant. Nevertheless, the leaves were useful to bind around fresh wounds. Placed in a child’s shoes, they were said to guard against scarlet fever.

“While those cardiac glycosides could be fatal, others have been developed into pharmaceutical drugs. it’s possible the Egyptians knew about foxglove’s ability to stimulate the heart - but in 1775, Dr. William Withering, searching for treatments for dropsy (oedema), began systematic trials using Digitalis. The resulting An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses (1785) proved a game changer in the treatment of certain heart conditions. His memorial, in St. Bartholomew’s churchyard in Edgbaston, is carved with foxgloves.”

(These plants are extremely dangerous. Do not attempt to use them in any kind of home remedy, and use gloves if you do have to handle them)

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☾ Rose Salt ☽

One of my personal favorite things to make, Rose Salt has a variety of uses. Whether you use it as a scrub in the shower to cleanse yourself and your energies, as a relaxing soak in a warm bath to relax in, or sprinkle it in doorways and on windowsills as a form of protection, it’s multipurpose and very easy to make! What You’ll Need: - Dried Roses - Salt - A Vessel With a Lid to Keep It In - A Mortar & Pestle Optional: - Rose Essential Oil Steps:

Take the petals and buds of your Roses, save the stems and thorns for other spells, and grind them finely with your Mortar & Pestle.

Add Salt.

Mix both well until they are combined well.

Add the mixture into the vessel you chose.

Add the essential oil, seal the vessel, and gently shake to combine everything together more easily.

One of the many properties of Roses is Protection as is with Salt so combining the two gives you a simple, fragrant protective material to keep around your home.

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