Astringent, Tonic. Used medicinally in India and employed in pharmacy for coloring tinctures. Used to invoke the Goddess Venus. It was a funeral herb in the Orient, used for embalming the body and carrying the soul into the next life. May be used in all forms of meditation, divination and trancework. Calms the mind and allows the spiritual aspects of the self to do their work with confidence and ease. It carries the virtue of success with it and may be added to any magickal incense. It is also the appropriate herb to consecrate the altar cloth.