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Scientific Name: Nepata cataria
A.K.A. : Catnip leaf
Medicinal Properties
Catnip has long been used medicinally as tea, tincture, infusion and poultice. Used to treat headache,
stomach ache, colic and sleeplessness in children. Also used in treating cancer, mental illness,
nervousness, nightmare, scurvy and tuberculosis. Said to treat flatulence, hiccups, whooping cough,
cold and flu, reduces eruptions in measles and chicken pox (reduces occurrence and size of eruptions.)
Poultices were used for hives, and to minimize the breast pain of nursing mothers, and to reduce
localized, related swelling. It is used as an anodyne, and as a mild sedative. A tincture can be used
topically as a friction-rub for reducing pain in aching joints.
Magickal Properties
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Deity: Bast.
Used for Cat Magick, Love, Beauty & Happiness
Give to your cat to create a psychic bond between the two of you. Use in love sachets with rose
petals. Attracts good spirits and great luck. Used in beauty and happiness spells. Large pressed leaves
are used for bookmarks in magickal texts. Mix with dragon's blood in an incense to rid oneself of bad
habits or behavioral problems
Did You Know? (Background)
The genus name Nepeta is possibly related to the Italian town of Nepi. It was cultivated in classical
Greek and Roman times for human use, and for charming their cats. By 1265 it was common in herb
gardens throughout England where it was dried and also used fresh as a nutritional seasoning herb.
Prior to the importation of camilla sinensis, true teas, from China, catnip was the familiar and popular
beverage of the daily, twice, thrice or, even, hourly tea-time ritual of pre-Elizabethan England.
In Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter's charming children’s tale, Peter’s mother gives him a tea of fennel,
catnip and chamomile, to soothe his stomachache. Catnip is combined with rose petals in love sachets.
Introduced to the Americas, catnip became an important commercial crop in the United States by
1796.
Fresh leaves were chewed to relieve headache. Catnip was combined with damiana leaf and the
smoke inhaled to produce euphoria with visual hallucinations (partially due to the nepetalactone
content of Nepata cataria.) Catnip, in combination with Eugenia caryophyllata, and Sassafras albidum,
was used as poultice for aching teeth by those in America's Ozark Mountain region. Catnip alone was
sometimes smoked to relieve respiratory ailments
Catnip leaf can be used to make a natural, light yellow dye.
A.K.A. : Catnip leaf
Medicinal Properties
Catnip has long been used medicinally as tea, tincture, infusion and poultice. Used to treat headache,
stomach ache, colic and sleeplessness in children. Also used in treating cancer, mental illness,
nervousness, nightmare, scurvy and tuberculosis. Said to treat flatulence, hiccups, whooping cough,
cold and flu, reduces eruptions in measles and chicken pox (reduces occurrence and size of eruptions.)
Poultices were used for hives, and to minimize the breast pain of nursing mothers, and to reduce
localized, related swelling. It is used as an anodyne, and as a mild sedative. A tincture can be used
topically as a friction-rub for reducing pain in aching joints.
Magickal Properties
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Deity: Bast.
Used for Cat Magick, Love, Beauty & Happiness
Give to your cat to create a psychic bond between the two of you. Use in love sachets with rose
petals. Attracts good spirits and great luck. Used in beauty and happiness spells. Large pressed leaves
are used for bookmarks in magickal texts. Mix with dragon's blood in an incense to rid oneself of bad
habits or behavioral problems
Did You Know? (Background)
The genus name Nepeta is possibly related to the Italian town of Nepi. It was cultivated in classical
Greek and Roman times for human use, and for charming their cats. By 1265 it was common in herb
gardens throughout England where it was dried and also used fresh as a nutritional seasoning herb.
Prior to the importation of camilla sinensis, true teas, from China, catnip was the familiar and popular
beverage of the daily, twice, thrice or, even, hourly tea-time ritual of pre-Elizabethan England.
In Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter's charming children’s tale, Peter’s mother gives him a tea of fennel,
catnip and chamomile, to soothe his stomachache. Catnip is combined with rose petals in love sachets.
Introduced to the Americas, catnip became an important commercial crop in the United States by
1796.
Fresh leaves were chewed to relieve headache. Catnip was combined with damiana leaf and the
smoke inhaled to produce euphoria with visual hallucinations (partially due to the nepetalactone
content of Nepata cataria.) Catnip, in combination with Eugenia caryophyllata, and Sassafras albidum,
was used as poultice for aching teeth by those in America's Ozark Mountain region. Catnip alone was
sometimes smoked to relieve respiratory ailments
Catnip leaf can be used to make a natural, light yellow dye.
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