Hi, my loves and welcome to WiccaNow. Recently I’ve been writing about all my favourite magickal herbs and plants with this botanical witchipedia, as well as writing individual posts about the magickal properties of mint, another post about bay leaves, one about chamomile and most recently a post about the wonderfully strong psychic herb, mugwort. Today I want to continue down this path by sharing the magickal properties of jasmine with you.
The magickal properties of jasmine are varied, ranging from love to happiness to moon magick. It’s often used to strengthen or find spiritual love. Jasmine also has some medicinal benefits, which range from easing menstrual cramps and symptoms of menopause to helping relieve anxiety to helping skin conditions among others.
Disclaimer: Any medicinal benefits given here are a product of my own research and as such should not be taken over the advice of trained medical professionals. If you are ill, please go and see a doctor. Always make sure that anything you consume is 100% safe. If you are pregnant, consult your doctor or midwife before consuming something you haven’t tried before.
History of Jasmine
Jasmine, or Jasminum Officinale, is a part of the Oleaceae family. There are around 200 native species which can be found in Eurasia and Oceania. There is only one species native to Europe. Botanists believe that Jasmin originated in Persia from where it crossed the Red Sea and made it’s way to Turkey and Greece. It’s believed that this may have happened as early as 1000BC.
The word jasmine comes from the word “Yasmin” which translates to “gift from God” and it was named because of it’s amazing scent. It’s also sometimes called the Queen of the Night.
During the Sung Dynasty (960-1279AD) in China, jasmine was revered for its scent. In the 1400’s Roroyalty in Afganistan, Nepal and Persia loved jasmine so much that they ordered it be planted around their palaces. From there, it moved to Spain in the 1600s where it was enthusiastically embraced and adopted by other European countries such as Italy and France.
Jasmine is prized as a perfume but is incredibly expensive due to how difficult it is to extract oils from. It must be picked at night to prevent the sun from dissipating the scent of the flowers. If it is bruised or damaged, this may lessen the oil yield and scent so extreme care must be taken when harvesting. It takes around 7.6 million flowers to produce 1kg of jasmine essential oil.
Fun Facts About Jasmine
- Jasmine and Olive are in the same family.
- Jasmine is the national flower of a number of countries and states such as Syria, Hawaii and Thailand among others.
- Jasmine is a common ingredient in green and black tea in China. It’s quite a process to infuse the tea with jasmine. The flowers are picked before they open and then placed in a temperature-controlled room with the tea. The humidity and temperature are manipulated to trick the flowers into opening, thereby releasing their scent. The tea is left with the open flowers for up to 4 hours, where it absorbs the scent of the jasmine. For extremely high-quality teas, this process is repeated up to 7 times.
- There are now native species of Jasmine everywhere except for Antarctica and North America.
- In Indonesia, jasmine flowers represent eternal life, nobility and beauty in women. It’s a very important part of traditional wedding ceremonies and is a sacred offering during Hindu ceremonies.
- There are quite a lot of other plants with the common name of jasmine which don’t belong to the true jasmine family. Some of these contain toxic alkaloids which can be lethal even in small doses.
- Because it only opens at night, jasmine is an amazing addition to a moon garden. Read more about them in my post on witches gardens.
Medicinal Benefits of Jasmine
Common ways of using jasmine to treat ailments is in tea form or as an aromatherapy treatment. It can be diffused or better yet applied as an aromatherapy massage. There hasn’t been that many studies about the medicinal benefits of jasmine, so all of these medicinal benefits should be treated with caution.
- May be good for liver health
- Stomach problems
- May increase sexual desire
- May have anti-anxiety properties
- May help alleviate menstrual cramps
- Might help to ease the symptoms of menopause
- May help immune function
- May improve moods and help with depression
- Might help reduce the symptoms of stress
- May help with skin conditions such as psoriasis, inflammation and dryness
- High in antioxidants
- Anti-bacterial
Magickal Properties of Jasmin
Jasmine is a powerful magickal plant which is particularly good for magick to do with spiritual love. If you are searching for a soul mate, then jasmine is your best friend. It’s also wonderful for helping to ease a broken heart and…
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