Herbal Substitutions

[Litha]

* Rosemary can be safely used for any other herb.

* Rose for any flower

* Frankincense or Copal for any gum resin

* Tobacco for any poisonous herb.


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Unless otherwise noted, all listings below refer to plant materials (not oils)
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ACACIA
Gum Arabic

ACACIA GUM
Gum Arabic

ACONITE
Tobacco

ARABIC GUM
Frankincense, Gum Mastic, Gum Tragacanth (for binding wet ingredients, not
for incense)

AMMONIAC GUM
Asafoetida

ASAFOETIDA
Tobacco; Valerian

BALM OF GILEAD
Rose buds, Gum Mastic

BDELLIUM , GUM
Copal; Pine resin; Dragons Blood

BELLADONA
Tobacco

BENZOIN
Gum Arabic; Gum Mastic


CACHANA
Angelica Root

CARNATION
Rose petals anointed with a few drops of clove oil

CASSIA
Cinnamon

CASTOR BEAN
A few drops of Castor Oil

CEDAR
Sandalwood

CINQUEFOIL
Clover; Trefoil

CITRON
Equal parts of Orange Peel & Lemon Peel

CLOVE
Mace, Nutmeg

CLOVER
Cinquefoil

COPAL
Frankincense; Cedar

COWBANE
Tobacco

CYPRESS
Juniper; Pine needles

DEERSTONGUE
Tonka Bean (not for internal use); Woodruff;

Vanilla

DITTANY OF CRETE
Gum Mastic

DRAGONS BLOOD
Equal Parts of Red Sandalwood and Frankincense

EUCALYPTUS OIL
Camphor oil; Lavender Oil

EUPHORBIUM
Tobacco

FRANKINCENSE
Copal; Pine resin

GALANGAL
Ginger Root

GRAINS OF PARADISE
Black Pepper

GUM AMMONIAC
Asafoetida

GUM BDELLIUM
Copal; Pine resin; Dragons Blood

HELLEBORE
Tobacco; Nettle

HEMLOCK
Tobacco

HEMP
Nutmeg; Damiana; Star Anise; Bay

HENBANE
Tobacco

HYSSOP
Lavender

IVY
Cinquefoil

JASMINE
Rose

JUNIPER
Pine

LAVENDER
Rose

LEMONGRASS
Lemon Peel

LEMON PEEL
Lemongrass;

LEMON VERBENA
Lemongrass; Lemon peel

MACE
Nutmeg

MANDRAKE
Tobacco

MASTIC GUM
Gum Arabic; Frankincense

MINT (any sort)
Sage

MISTLETOE
Mint; Sage

MUGWORT
Wormwood

NEROLI OIL
Orange Oil

NIGHTSHADE
Tobacco

NUTMEG
Mace; Cinnamon

OAKMOSS
Patchouli

ORANGE
Tangerine Peel

ORANGE FLOWERS
Orange Peel

PATCHOULI
Oakmoss

PEPPERMINT
Spearmint

PEPPERWORT
Rue; Grains of Paradise; Black Pepper

PINE
Juniper

PINE RESIN
Frankincense; Copal

RED SANDALWOOD
Sandalwood mixed with a pinch of Dragons Blood

ROSE
Yarrow

ROSE GERANIUM
Rose

RUE
Rosemary mixed with a pinch of black pepper

SAFFRON
Orange Peel

SANDALWOOD
Cedar

SARSAPARILLA
Sassafras

SASSAFRAS
Sarsaparilla

SPEARMINT
Peppermint

SULFUR
Tobacco; Club Moss; Asafoetida

THYME
Rosemary

TOBACCO
Bay

TONKA BEAN
Vanilla

TREFOIL
Cinquefoil

VALERIAN
Asafoetida

VANILLA
Woodruff; Deerstongue; Tonka Bean

VETIVERT
Calamus

WOLFSBANE
Tobacco

WOOD ALOE
Sandalwood Sprinkled with Ambergris Oil

WOODRUFF
Deerstongue; Vanilla

WORMWOOD
Mugwort

YEW
Tobacco

[Lavender]

Thanks for such a great list! That's for magical workings, right?

[Litha]

yes, indeed..for Magick*

[sherry]

Where did this list come from? and have you personally tried any of them? What kind of tobacco did you use?

[Lavender]

Litha, is it the list of substitutions at the back of Scott Cunningham's Incences, Oils, & Brew Book?

I have used that list as reference before & have used some of the subs in magical workings. It doesn't seem to have any negative effects.

I found organic tobacco leaves at a health food store. I was hoping to grow a small patch this year but just didn't have the space.

[Litha]

I don't have the book myself and got this list from a cyberbuddy.
lemme email them and I'll check back with ya'll...