

Scientific Name: Quercus robur
AKA: English Oak
Medicinal Properties
White oak bark is primarily used to treat skin irritations. White oak bark is used to treat burns, anal
fissures, eczema and hemorrhoids. White oak bark can be used as a gargle to treat tonsillitis and sore
throats. White oak bark can be used to stop diarrhea and dysentery.
Magickal Properties
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Deities: Dagda, Dianus, Jupiter, Thor, Zues, Herme, Janus, Rhea, Cybele, Hecate, Pan and Erato
Used for Protection, Health, Money, Healing, Potency, Fertility & Luck
A tree as long-lived and strong as the oak naturally offers magickal protection. Two twigs of oak,
bound with red thread so that they form an equal-armed cross, makes a potent safeguard against evil. It
should be hung in the house. Acorns placed in windows guard against the entrance of lightning, and a
piece of oak wood, carried, protects its bearer from all harm.
If you can catch a falling oak leaf you shall have no colds all winter. When a sick person is in the house
make a fire of oak wood and warm the house with it to “draw off” the illness. Carry an acorn against
illnesses and pains, for immortality or longevity, and to preserve youthfulness.
Planting an acorn in the dark of the Moon ensures that you shall receive money in the near future.
Carrying an acorn increases fertility and strengthens sexual potency. Carrying any piece of the oak
draws good luck. There are other kinds of oak trees; each has the same basic powers, but each
expresses those powers differently. Observing and asking the oaks can reveal to you the finer points of
their powers.
Did You Know? (Background)
White oak bark has astringent qualities that have been used to smoke fish and to tan leather.
Medicinally, it is an astringent that can be used to treat skin irritations as well as diarrhea.
Safety
Do not take oak bark internally for more than 4 weeks at a time
because not everything can be learned in a book
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